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About Emergency Grants

by rik panganiban last modified 2008-01-07 15:40

Urgent research needs can sometimes fall outside our collaborative grants schedule.  To accommodate such needs, SSRC program staff will accept requests for emergency grants via email to mediahub@ssrc.org .  Such requests should be made initially in short form (1-2 pages), following the general criteria of the collaborative grants regarding purpose and conditions. 

The request for support should explain, in particular, the reason for the urgency of the request and the needed outcome.   Staff may then ask for a more detailed proposal, following the model, criteria, and budget limits associated with the large grants. 

Final decisions will then be made by the Grants Committee.

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Three Ways to Play!

Small Grants

Competitive grants of up to $7,500 for short-term advocacy and activist focused research.  Small Grants are awarded 2-3 times per year, and are open to collaborations between academic researchers and advocates or activists.  New proposals should be submitted online using the button on this page.   More information...


Research Bounties

Bounties combine a project brokerage with a prize system.   Project ideas are submitted by advocates, activists, or other research users.  Some of these are awarded prize or 'bounty' money.  Researchers can apply to conduct the research and collect the bounties.  All submitted bounty proposals will be published on the site.  Projects can be submitted or responded to at any time.   More information...


Large Grants

Competitively awarded $30,000 grants for research-advocacy collaborations.  One competition per year.  More info...