Economics

For information about research funding opportunities in economics, look at these sponsors:

• Ford Foundation Development Finance and Economic Security Program - This program seeks to help low-income people generate sustainable incomes, save and plan for the future, and protect themselves against unforeseen economic setbacks. The Ford Foundation supports a wide range of initiatives aimed at enabling people to exert more control over their futures and participate in economic life in meaningful ways. The program seeks to support organizations that help people gain access to basic financial services (such as loans, savings accounts, and insurance), improve the functioning of housing markets, promote the development of small enterprises that benefit low-income people, and encourage people to save.  Funding for grants in this area are invitation only, see web site for details on submitting an inquiry.
  Deadline:  Open

• Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Funding for Financial Services for the Poor Grant Program - This Program aims to work with public and private partners to expand the availability of safe places to save and other financial services for poor people in the developing world. The program focuses on priorities such as, to seek ways to lower transaction costs for people and providers, to support innovations in design and delivery of finacial services, to help effective approaches reach more poor people, to strengthen underlying systems needed to provide financial services, and to support the development of policies that provide safety and convenience for savers and banks.  Funding for grants in this area are invitation only, see web site for details on submitting an inquiry.
  Deadline: Open

• Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Funding for Agricultural Development Grant Program - This Program supports research that will enable small farmers to break the cycle of hunger and poverty to sell what they grow or raise, increase their incomes, and make their farms more productive and sustainable. The program focuses on priorities such as to employ a collaborative and comprehensive approach, provide small farmers with the supplies and support they need to succeed, put women at the center of their work, help small farmers profit from their crops, and use science and technology to develop crops that can thrive.  Funding for grants in this area are invitation only, see web site for details on submitting an inquiry.
  Deadline: Open

• National Science Foundation (NSF) - The NSF Economics program supports research designed to improve the understanding of the processes and institutions of the U.S. economy and of the world system of which it is a part. This program also aims to strengthen both empirical and theoretical economic analysis as well as the methods for rigorous research on economic behavior.   This programs supports research in almost every field of economics, including, econometrics, economic history, environmental economics, finance, industrial organization, international economics, labor economics, macroeconomics, mathematical economics, and public finance.
  Deadline:  January 18, August 18

• Russell Sage Foundation - Future of Work Program - The Russell Sage Foundation Future Work program support research that focuses on examining the causes and consequences of long-term deterioration in the availability and quality of jobs for low-skilled workers in the United States.  The program aims to provide valuable information about the types of policies that may help improve the employment outlook for low-skilled workers.  The Russell Sage Foundation's awards range between $35,000 and $500,000 and mainly provide support for analyzing data, writing up results but occaisonally consider larger award for data acquisition project that are highly relevent to the above summarized program goals.
  Deadline:  August 15, March 15

• Russell Sage Foundation - Social Inequality Program - The Russell Sage Foundation Social Inequality Program supports research examining social inequality on a number of dimensions, including family well-being, educational quality and opportunity, health care and coverage, legal services and criminal justice, political participation and representation, banking and credit, neighborhoods and housing, and many others.  This program seeks investigators willing to explore the social and economic dimensions of those who have fallen behind in the labor market, lost housing and access to health care or education and access to credit and the law.  The Russell Sage Foundation's awards range between $35,000 and $500,000 and mainly provide support for analyzing data, writing up results but occaisonally consider larger award for data acquisition project that are highly relevent to the above summarized program goals.
  Deadline:  August 15, March 15

• Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Economic Performance and Quality of Life - The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Economic Performance and Quality of Life Program, seeks to support rhigh-quality original research that promises to broaden an understanding that the U.S. eocnomy is essential to improving the American quality of life.  The Alfred P. Sloan Foundations seeks to expand the knowledge of how particiluar industries function, encourage better communication and cooperation between citizens and their local government and focus on the issues and challenges faced by contemporary working families.  Funding for grants in this area are invitation only, see web site for details on submitting an inquiry.
  Deadline:  Open