Research grants and visiting scholars

Indicative award

up to $200k (total award)Project awards up to the low hundreds of thousands, with a much smaller pilot track alongside.

Timing

Several times a yearSeveral times a year · Jan, May, AugNo specific published date recorded. This funder publishes a cycle rather than a date, and this database does not invent one.Letters of inquiry on a published schedule, usually two or three times a year.

Who can apply

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

Eligibility

Doctorate required. The foundation funds original analysis on its named programme areas and says plainly that it does not fund programme evaluation.

SSWR clusters

• Inequality, Poverty, and Social Welfare Policy
• Race and Ethnicity
• Immigrants and Refugees
• Work and Work-Life Policies and Programs
• Communities and Neighborhoods

Special Interest Groups

• Reducing Extreme Economic Inequality (Grand Challenge)
• Policy Research & Social Work
• Financial Capability and Asset Building

Topics

inequality · mobility · immigration · future of work · visiting scholar

Apply at

https://www.russellsage.org/apply

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Curated by the working group. Written 2026-08-07. 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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