IRP Extramural Large Grant for Poverty and Economic Mobility Research
Institute for Research on Poverty (IRP), University of Wisconsin-Madison
Awards of up to $50,000 for poverty and economic mobility research, through IRP's annual Extramural Research Funding Program supporting research on human services, for projects that can be completed within 24 months; past funding areas include child welfare, reentry from incarceration, youth employment and policies and programs on the geography of opportunity.
- Indicative award
- up to $50k (total award)Page states awards of up to $50,000 each for projects of 24 months or less.
- Timing
- Annual cycleAnnual cycle · Jan, MarNo specific published date recorded. This funder publishes a cycle rather than a date, and this database does not invent one.Calls are released in late November or early December; letters of interest due early January and full proposals mid-March. No call is currently posted.
- Who can apply
- Postdoctoral, Early-career faculty, Mid-career & senior, Any faculty rank
- Eligibility
- Applicants need a doctorate or the highest degree in their discipline and a university affiliation; non-university individuals, foreign entities, and UW-Madison faculty and postdocs are ineligible.
- SSWR clusters
- Special Interest Groups
- Topics
- poverty research · economic mobility · human services policy · benefit cliffs · reentry
- Apply at
- https://www.irp.wisc.edu/research/extramural-research-funding-program/
- This entry
- Curated by the working group. Written 2026-09-23. Funder link last confirmed to resolve on 2026-09-25.
Amounts and dates on this page are indicative and are maintained by people rather than scraped. Funders change ceilings, windows and eligibility without notice; confirm all details at the source above before applying.
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