The Poverty & Race Research Action Council (PRRAC) Small Grants Program for Research/Advocacy funds social science research tied directly to ongoing advocacy projects. The purpose is to support, encourage, and disseminate action-oriented research; to make connections between and among those who engage in action, advocacy, organizing and research; and to build public awareness about the various dimensions of and challenges faced by those at the intersections of race and poverty.
Thanks to another generous grant from the Annie E. Casey Foundation, PRRAC is pleased to announce the renewal of its Small Grants Program for 2007.
General Information:
- Maximum grant is $10,000
- Two threshold criteria:
*Proposals must be for research on an intersection of poverty and race. The proposed research must be designed from the outset to support a planned and specified advocacy agenda (i.e., litigation, community
organizing, public education, legislation, etc.)
*Grant funds the research and dissemination (generally, dissertations and books will not be funded unless they clearly meet the required advocacy link; PRRAC grant funds may not be used to cover overhead)
- Eligibility criteria - Applications are welcome from the following:
*Advocate/social science research teams
*Advocacy groups - either with the capacity to carry out the research themselves or that need outside research assistance
*Social science researchers at colleges, universities, research centers, etc.
Grantee must be tax-exempt 501(c)(3)s or have a tax-exempt fiscal sponsor through PRRAC's network, they can put advocacy groups in contact with appropriate researchers who can assist them, and put researchers in contact with advocacy groups that can make use of their work.
In this grant cycle, they will give preference to work in the areas of housing, education and health, as well as to work carried out in
The cities where the Casey Foundation has its Making Connections sites: Denver, Des Moines, Hartford, Indianapolis, Louisville, Milwaukee, Oakland, Providence, San Antonio, and Seattle.
In this grant cycle, they also have an interest in seeing some proposals that seek to document successful interventions or organizing/advocacy projects involving low income communities of color.
Grants will be reviewed on a rolling basis, but all proposals should
be submitted by June 1, 2007.
For more information - including details about past grants awarded under this mechanism - visit http://www.prrac.org/grants.php Questions? Contact PRRAC's Director of Research Chester Hartman at
202/906-8025
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The Cooper Institute has a research grant program to support empirical studies that will further the research mission and application of the FITNESSGRAM/ACTIVITYGRAM program.
The funding program will consider applications in two categories - one that is responsive to a pre-determined focus area and one open to any topic related to FITNESSGRAM/ACTIVITYGRAM (The maximum grant for both categories is $10,000). This year's predetermined focus is on "Back Extensor Strength/Endurance Assessment.
Email Dr. Marilu Meredith for additional information and grant applications mmeredith@cooperinst.org
