Research grants and visiting scholars

Social science on inequality, mobility, race and ethnicity, immigration, and the future of work — plus a residential visiting scholar year that is one of the few funded writing years in the social sciences.

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

Special Interest Groups

Topics

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

Apply at

https://www.russellsage.org/how-to-apply

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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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Research grants and visiting scholars

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