Deadline: 1-Sep-20
The Center for Positive Sexuality is pleased to announce a call for submissions for four small grants to support research on race and sexuality. Also to support equity in positive sexuality research, grant funds can be used for anything that makes the research possible, including research and living expenses, travel, and/or other necessary expenses.
Race and sexuality are intricately connected, as are so many other aspects of our individual identities. To ignore the impact and experience of race in sexuality research is to forget a crucial element of our identities – and the harm that comes from this ignorance disproportionately affects people of color, particularly women, gender non-conforming people, and trans people of color.
They recognize here that positive sexuality research must include non-white participants and communities, and that work that centers people of color is particularly important. Throughout US history white supremacist infrastructure and power have systematically deprived people of color, particularly Black people, of access to just, affirming, and comprehensive sexual health resources, leading to many disparities by race.
In addition, people of different races and cultures have diverse, unique, joyful, and humanizing experiences with sexuality that are equally deserving of scholarship and recognition. Therefore, to do justice to issues of sexuality, people must talk about race and must center the voices of people of color in this work.
Funding Information
- They offer four grants of $1,000. Proposals that center Black sexuality are especially welcome.
Eligibility Criteria
- Proposals are welcomed from researchers at any level, including community members unaffiliated with academic institutions, and anyone can apply. They welcome submissions from new researchers without a publication record. Researchers from marginalized communities are especially encouraged to apply.
Submission Criteria
- A brief (3-page maximum; single-spaced) proposal, including:
- Explanation of proposed research
- timeframe for project completion
- Explanation of how proposed work relates to one or more of the 8 Dimensions of Positive Sexuality
- Proposed budget
- Applicant’s resume or curriculum vitae.
For more information, visit https://positivesexuality.org/extended-deadline-grant-proposals-on-race-and-sexuality/