Deadline: 16-Dec-22
The Robert Schalkenbach Foundation invites applications on a wide array of topics related to the works, policy solutions, and political and ethical implications of Henry George, including land value taxation, economic justice, free trade, and contributing to the public good without exacerbating inequality.
A non-exhaustive list of implicated topics includes:
- Sprawl and suburbanization.
- Pandemic-induced migration and residential location.
- Infrastructure spending.
- Public investment and value capture.
- Climate change adaptation and mitigation, impacts, human migration.
- Gentrification and displacement.
- Native American and indigenous land rights.
- Progressive Era history and politics, influence of Henry George.
- Equity in taxation and public finance.
- Trends in property assessment practice.
Funding Information
- Grants of up to $10,000 will be considered.
Deliverables
- Upon completion of the funded research, grant recipient(s) will present their results in a one hour evening webinar program organized and hosted by the Robert Schalkenbach Foundation.
- Upon completion of the funded research, grant recipient(s) will provide a 500-1,000 word essay, suitable for publication on the RSF website and promotion on social media, summarizing their research question(s), methodology/ies and findings and recommendations/next steps.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicants must be U.S.-based nonprofit organizations classified as 501(c)(3) organizations by the Internal Revenue Service.
- Research timelines of up to two years will be considered.
- No more than 10% of a grant may go to indirect costs.
- Grants will not be made for capital or endowment programs, sectarian religious purposes, lobbying, or other partisan purposes.
For more information, visit https://schalkenbach.org/2023-24-progress-of-ideas-grant/
