Race, Ethnicity, and Immigration (Core Research Grants)

Investigator-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.

Indicative award

up to $200k (total award)RSF's application information page states Core Research Grants are 'up to $200,000 for PhD holders'. The REI programme page itself publishes no figure.

Timing

Several times a yearSeveral times a year · Jul, OctNo specific published date recorded. This funder publishes a cycle rather than a date, and this database does not invent one.RSF's deadlines page lists letter-of-inquiry dates by programme cluster; REI shared the 29 Oct 2025 and 15 Jul 2026 LOI dates, both now past. The 28 Oct 2026 LOI is listed for the SPEI/FOW cluster only, so no future REI LOI date was published at the time of checking.

Who can apply

Early-career faculty, Mid-career & senior, Any faculty rank

Eligibility

Applicants must hold a PhD (or equivalent doctorate) for Core Research Grants. Two-stage process: a letter of inquiry, then an invited proposal. No citizenship restriction is stated on the programme pages; research must concern the United States.

SSWR clusters

Topics

race and ethnicity · immigration · legal status · nativity · inequality

Apply at

https://www.russellsage.org/research/priorities/race-ethnicity-immigration

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Curated by the working group. Written 2026-08-07. The funder link has not yet been machine-checked.

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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Race, Ethnicity, and Immigration (Core Research Grants)

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