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Fellowships & Grants
Fellowships, grants, and prizes supporting rigorous social science, from dissertation research to mid-career work, across every discipline and region.
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- Grant 2026 SSRC-JF Next Generation Japan Studies Development Program Grants Accepting applications
- Opportunity CSWEP-SSRC Women in Economics Research Consortium Call for Proposals CSWEP and the SSRC invite proposals to evaluate cost-effective and scalable interventions designed to increase the presence and success of women throughout… Rolling deadline
- Opportunity NSF-Mercury Project Partnership In partnership with the National Science Foundation, the SSRC invites proposals for research that advances scientific knowledge about the impact of public… Multiple deadlines
- Opportunity The Mercury Project: 2023 Call for Proposals The Mercury Project is a 10M research consortium investigating the impacts of health misinformation and evaluating interventions to prevent its spread in… Rolling deadline
- Fellowship 2023 SSRC Arts Research with Communities of Color Fellowship The Social Science Research Council invites applications from early career researchers for two year-long fellowships to conduct qualitative studies of arts organizations… Not currently accepting applications
- Opportunity 2023 SSRC Workshop on the Economics of Social Media We invite submissions of high-quality papers focused on the economic analysis of social media platforms broadly construed. Not currently accepting applications
- Opportunity 2024 Data Fluencies Research Workshop | Drilling Down to the Data: Navigating Data Politics at the Heart of AI Policy The Social Science Research Council (SSRC) invites applications for its research development workshop on Drilling Down to the Data: Navigating Data Politics… Not currently accepting applications
- Opportunity 2024 SSRC-JFNY Japan Global Workshop: Alternative Economies for a Sustainable Future The Social Science Research Council (SSRC) and the Japan Foundation New York invite applications to participate in the SSRC-JFNY Japan Global Workshop… Not currently accepting applications
- Fellowship 2025 APN Individual Research Fellowships Not currently accepting applications
- Opportunity 2025 SSRC-JFNY Japan Global Workshop Not currently accepting applications
- Opportunity 2025 SSRC-JFNY Japan Global Workshop The Abe Fellows Network of the Social Science Research Council and the Japan Foundation New York announces the SSRC-JFNY Japan Global Workshop.… Not currently accepting applications
- Grant 2026 Japan Global Network Collaborative Grants Not currently accepting applications
- Opportunity 2026 SSRC-JFNY Japan Global Workshop Not currently accepting applications
- Opportunity AAS-SSRC Dissertation Workshop: Demographics, Migration, and Transnational Flows This workshop is intended to bring together doctoral students, regardless of citizenship, in the humanities and social sciences who are (1) developing… Not currently accepting applications
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- Fellowship APN Collaborative Working Group Research Fellowship (CWG) The CWG award supports teams of African academics, and researchers led by a full professor based at African universities to assemble and… Not currently accepting applications
- Fellowship APN Individual Research Fellowship The APN IRF award supports up to six months of field-based research that contributes to knowledge production andpolicies shaping peacebuilding in Africa.… Not currently accepting applications
- Fellowship APN Research Policy Fellowship The Social Science Research Council (SSRC), as a part of its African Peacebuilding Network, invites research fellowship applications from former APN Individual Research Fellows Not currently accepting applications
- Fellowship Arts Research with Communities of Color Fellowship The Social Science Research Council invites letters of interest from early-career researchers for year-long fellowships to conduct qualitative studies of arts organizations… Not currently accepting applications
- Opportunity Collaborative Research Development Workshops on Asia The SSRC invites applications for Collaborative Research Development Workshops focused on the social dimensions of climate change and the drivers and dynamics… Not currently accepting applications
- Grant Data Fluencies Dissertation Grants A dissertation research grant supporting PhD candidates working on projects that mobilize new knowledge and aim to foster more just and equitable… Not currently accepting applications
- Fellowship HuMetricsHSS Initiative Community Fellowship Comprised of individuals working in academic and nonprofit academic–adjacent sectors, the Humane Metrics in the Humanities and Social Sciences (HuMetricsHSS) initiative facilitates… Not currently accepting applications
- Grant Just Tech Covid-19 Rapid-Response Grants The Social Science Research Council (SSRC), as part of its Just Tech program, seeks proposals from across the social sciences and related fields that… Not currently accepting applications
- Fellowship Just Tech Fellowship The Just Tech Fellowship supports and mobilizes diverse and cross-sector cohorts of researchers and practitioners to imagine and create more just, equitable,… Not currently accepting applications
- Fellowship Just Tech Fellowship: Request for Expressions of Interest A two-year, full-time, remote fellowship supporting a diverse community of researchers and practitioners investigating the intersection of technology and social justice. Not currently accepting applications
- Fellowship Next Generation Social Sciences in Africa Fellowships The Next Generation Social Sciences in Africa program, launched in 2011, responds to an emerging dilemma within higher education in the global… Not currently accepting applications
- Fellowship Next Generation Social Sciences in Africa: Doctoral Dissertation Completion Fellowship The award is for doctoral students to take a one-year leave to focus on data analysis and scholarly writing to complete their… Not currently accepting applications
- Fellowship Next Generation Social Sciences in Africa: Doctoral Dissertation Proposal Fellowship The award is for doctoral students developing their dissertation proposal, supporting costs related to pre-fieldworksurveys, literature review, and dissertation proposal writing over… Not currently accepting applications
- Fellowship Next Generation Social Sciences in Africa: Doctoral Dissertation Research Fellowship The award supports doctoral students carrying out fieldwork, collecting and analyzing data, and working on theirliterature review and dissertation writing. Fellowship awards… Not currently accepting applications
- Grant Rapid-Response Grants on Covid-19 and the Social Sciences In partnership with the Henry Luce Foundation, rapid-response grants support innovative research projects using remote methods, on key issues—“social distancing,” governance, inequality,… Not currently accepting applications
- Fellowship Religion, Spirituality, and Democratic Renewal Fellowship The Religion, Spirituality, and Democratic Renewal (RSDR) Fellowship of the Social Science Research Council (SSRC) aims to bring knowledge of the place… Not currently accepting applications
- Grant Research AMP Partner Site Grants The SSRC invites letters of interest from research groups to develop public scholarship platforms centered on a question, topic, or theme using… Not currently accepting applications
- Fellowship Social Data Initiative Fellowships Supported by Omidyar Network, the Social Data Research Fellowship and the Social Data Dissertation Fellowship seek to encourage multifaceted pathways for the… Not currently accepting applications
- Opportunity SSRC/NEH Sustaining Humanities Infrastructure Program The Social Science Research Council, with the support of NEH, invites applications from colleges, universities, and nonprofit humanities research or educational organizations… Not currently accepting applications
- Grant Transregional Collaborative Research Grants The Social Science Research Council’s Transregional Collaboratory on the Indian Ocean was established in 2019, with generous support from the Andrew W.… Not currently accepting applications
Prizes
The Rachel Tanur Memorial Prize for Visual Sociology
Recognizing students in the social sciences who incorporate visual analysis in their work. Awarded biennially; the next competition opens in early 2027.