IQSS welcomes scalable research proposals from faculty engaged in new or ongoing research that will make a significant impact on the lives of others. Affiliated faculty can apply for a one-time award to jump start research analysis or provide bridge funding.
Interested faculty may submit proposals for research projects with infrastructure that scales. That is, if you can you make the case for some infrastructure that advances your research, and which also could eventually help propel the work of other IQSS affiliated scholars, let us know and we will build it. If you need a more flexible implementation of a cutting-edge statistical method, a facility to do online experiments, a crawler to download millions of web pages, an algorithm capable of inverting a matrix larger than a tall building in a single bound, or some other infrastructural component, show us how it will help you and could help others. We can award funding in applicable cases.
IQSS also is pleased to support faculty who are engaged in large, high-risk projects devoted to making a major difference in the world through quantitative social science research. Ideas can be far-out and low probability, but if successful, would solve a major societal problem, influence the lives of many people, or result in major changes in public policies. We welcome proposals to start new scientific programs, projects within existing scientific programs, or technology platforms at IQSS.