Deadline: 15 August 2017
The Sociological Initiatives Foundation is currently seeking applications for its grant program to support research that furthers social change, including language learning and behavior and its intersection with social and policy questions.
The Foundation supports projects that address institutional rather than individual or behavioral change. It seeks to fund research and initiatives that provide insight into sociological and linguistic issues that can be useful to specific groups and or communities.
Focus Areas
The Foundation specifically supports research that focuses on impacting:
- Social policy
- Institutional and educational practices
- Linguistic issues (e.g. literacy, language loss and maintenance, language policy, language and national security, bilingualism, language and gender, language and law, language disabilities, language and health, language and education, different language cultures)
- Community capacity and the organization of previously unorganized groups
Funding Information
Grant sizes normally range from $10,000 to $20,000.
Eligibility Criteria
- Preference is given to providing support in areas that tend to be under-funded and for projects of a size where a Sociological Initiatives Foundation grant can make a difference.
- For nonprofits, grants are restricted to organizations that are tax-exempt under Section 501(c) 3 of the Internal Revenue Code and classified as “not a private foundation” under section 509(a).
- The Sociological Initiatives Foundation does not make grants directly to individuals for any purposes.
- SIF also welcomes applications from academic institutions and other qualified organizations wishing to sponsor research projects by individual scholars or practitioners.
- No awards are made for dissertation research, honoraria or political purposes.
- The Foundation does not provide operating support or capital grants.
- The geographic focus is limited to the United States and its territories.
How to Apply
Interested applicants can apply online via given website.
Eligible Country: United States
For more information, please visit Sociological Initiatives Foundation.