Academic research grants

Indicative award

up to $100k (total award)Academic grants at the top of this band, with a much smaller dissertation scholars track alongside.

Timing

Annual cycleAnnual cycle · Jan, FebNo specific published date recorded. This funder publishes a cycle rather than a date, and this database does not invent one.Annual request for proposals.

Who can apply

Doctoral candidate, Postdoctoral, Early-career faculty, Mid-career & senior

Eligibility

Open to doctoral students and faculty. The framing must connect to economic inequality mechanisms, not only to disparities in outcomes.

SSWR clusters

• Work and Work-Life Policies and Programs
• Inequality, Poverty, and Social Welfare Policy
• Gender
• Race and Ethnicity

Special Interest Groups

• Reducing Extreme Economic Inequality (Grand Challenge)
• Universal Basic Income and Guaranteed Income Policies and Research
• Policy Research & Social Work

Topics

labour markets · care work · wages · family policy · dissertation scholars

Apply at

https://equitablegrowth.org/research-grants/

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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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