LatinX Focused-Research
Research centred on Latina/o/x communities, including language access and mixed-status families.
18 opportunities · 8 traditional · 10 nontraditional
Traditional (8)
- Ford-LASA Special Projects GrantsFoundation grantLatin American Studies AssociationGrants for transregional research initiatives, conferences, working groups, and curriculum or teaching resource development in Latin American and Latino studies. Proposals are limited to five single-spaced pages.up to $13k · Periodic calls · Sep
- CHCI Public Policy Fellowship and Postgraduate FellowshipFellowshipCongressional Hispanic Caucus InstituteTwo nine-month paid fellowships placing Latino graduates in public policy work in Washington. These fund training and policy experience rather than a research project, and suit social workers moving toward policy analysis.Amount not published · Annual cycle · Dec
- Texas Resource Center on Minority Aging Research (RCMAR) Pilot ProgramPilot / seed fundingTexas RCMAR — University of Texas Medical Branch, UT San Antonio and UT Austin consortium (NIA-funded)A one-year mentored pilot award for behavioral and social science research on health and aging in under-represented populations, with particular emphasis on Hispanic communities in the U.S. and Latin America. Scholars get structured career development alongside the money — proposal development, IRB, data collection, presentations, publications — explicitly aimed at positioning them for a K01 or R01. The three-university consortium structure means the award is not confined to a single campus.up to $40k · Annual cycle · Mar
- Institutional Grants (Democratic Governance and Education)Foundation grantTinker FoundationGrants to organisations working in Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking Latin America. Eligible activities explicitly include applied research, evaluation, community engagement, workshops, and scaling up promising interventions.$50k–$150k per year · Annual cycle · Jan
- Race, Ethnicity, and Immigration (Core Research Grants)Foundation grantRussell Sage FoundationInvestigator-initiated social science research on how race, ethnicity, nativity and legal status — and their interactions — shape social, economic and political outcomes, including for immigrant-origin and US-born minority populations.up to $200k · Several times a year · Jul, Oct
- Gender, Race & Power ProgramFoundation grantHispanics in PhilanthropyLong-term flexible funding plus capacity building and learning resources for grassroots racial- and gender-justice organisations across the Americas, using an intersectional and transnational lens.Amount not published · Rolling / open
- Líderes FellowshipFellowshipHispanics in PhilanthropyCohort leadership fellowship for mid-career Latine professionals working in philanthropy and nonprofits, focused on equity practice, peer networking and reflective practice through a racial-equity lens.Not a cash award · Annual cycle · Mar, Jun
- Migration & Forced Displacement ProgramFoundation grantHispanics in PhilanthropyMultinational regranting intermediary supporting frontline migrant-serving organisations, with an emphasis on targeted, community-informed and rapid-response capacity.Amount not published · Varies by programme
Nontraditional (10)
- Grants to Latino-serving organisationsParticipatory grantmakingHispanic FederationRegranting to Latino-led and Latino-serving community organisations across health, education, immigration and disaster recovery, including capacity for their own evaluation.$5k–$100k · Periodic calls
- CHPRD Community Grant ProgramsEvaluation contractNew Jersey Department of State, Center for Hispanic Policy, Research and DevelopmentA state office dedicated to Hispanic policy and research posts an annual slate of competitive awards to community agencies serving New Jersey's Latino communities, solicited and submitted through the state's SAGE system.$50k–$75k · Annual cycle · Jan, Mar
- Latino Equity FundParticipatory grantmakingThe Boston FoundationA Massachusetts Latino-led fund guided by a community and nonprofit Advisory Committee that runs an open RFP and also commissions its own research on Latino communities in the Commonwealth.$25k · Annual cycle · Dec
- Community GrantsParticipatory grantmakingLatino Community Fund of WashingtonA Latinx-led Washington State fund whose awards are decided by a committee of Latinx/e community leaders reviewing nominations, including self-nominations, from the community rather than a conventional open RFP.$1k–$15k · Annual cycle · Jun, Jul
- Hispanic Impact Fund GrantPrize or challengeAustin Community FoundationA Central Texas Latino-focused fund that awards unrestricted general operating support in a tiered winner, runner-up and semifinalist structure across four strategy areas.$22k–$56k · Annual cycle · Jun, Jul
- Nuestra Herencia GrantsFoundation grantLatinos in Heritage ConservationA Latinx-led regranting programme for grassroots Latinx heritage and historic preservation, including oral histories, historic context surveys and documentation tied to a place.$5k–$100k · Annual cycle · Nov, Feb
- Community Interest FundsParticipatory grantmakingOmaha Community FoundationFive resident-led funds — Omaha Neighborhood Grants, African American Unity Fund, Futuro Latino Fund, LGBTQIA2S+ Equality Fund, and Refugee Community Grant Fund — where committees of people from the served communities set the process and make the funding decisions.Amount not published · Annual cycle · Jan, Feb, Mar
- Nuestro FuturoParticipatory grantmakingThe Chicago Community TrustA Latine donor affinity fund at The Chicago Community Trust whose volunteer steering committee, led by two co-chairs, runs the yearly grantmaking to Chicago-area organisations serving Latine communities.Amount not published · Annual cycle
- HIPGiveCrowdfundingHispanics in PhilanthropyA bilingual crowdfunding platform built for Latino nonprofits in the US and Latin America, with sponsor matching funds and fundraising training attached, usable to raise money for documentation and community research projects.Amount not published · Rolling / open
- Registro Único de Licitadores / Registro Único de Subastas (RUS)Evaluation contractAdministración de Servicios Generales de Puerto Rico (ASG)Puerto Rico's central procurement agency runs the island's single bidder registry and posts government solicitations through the Registro Único de Subastas, the standing route to territory-funded evaluation and social research contracts.Amount not published · Rolling / open
Other clusters
- Adolescent and Youth Development
- Aging Services and Gerontology
- American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian and Global Indigenous Populations (Indigenous Cluster)
- Asian and Asian-Pacific Islander Focused-Research
- Black and African Diaspora Focused-Research
- Child Welfare
- Communities and Neighborhoods
- Crime and Criminal Justice
- Disability
- Gender
- Gender-Based Violence
- Health
- History
- Inequality, Poverty, and Social Welfare Policy
- International Social Work and Global Issues
- Immigrants and Refugees
- Mental Health
- Military Service Members, Veterans and Their Families
- Organizations and Management
- Race and Ethnicity
- Research Design and Measurement
- Research on Social Work Education
- School Social Work
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
- Social Work Practice
- Substance Misuse and Addictive Behaviors
- Sustainable Development, Environmental and Climate Justice
- Work and Work-Life Policies and Programs