Cooperative Agreement 1474831047CA

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (CFDA 47.075 - Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences) provides $449,999 to the University of Maryland, College Park to fund an innovative collaboration with Prince George's Community College. The partnership aims to build a research participation pathway for community college students transferring to a four-year university, with the goal of attracting a wider range of students to consider careers in economics research. The funding...

This $300,000 Federal Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) program will fund a series of workshops from September 2023 to August 2025 to mentor junior economists from diverse groups. The goal is to broaden participation in economics research by providing feedback on their work in progress and support for professional development plans. Duke University will administer the program, known as the Diversity...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program provides $213,997 in funding to Salisbury University to develop and evaluate a series of video modules for introductory economics courses. The goal is to expose students to diverse role models, relevant research topics, and active learning techniques in order to improve student perceptions of economics, enhance their sense of belonging, and increase diversity and retention in the field....

This Project Grant award, provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) program, will fund a $428,460 research program at the University of Chicago to develop improved econometric methods for understanding earnings heterogeneity in matched employer-employee data and intergenerational mobility. The research program consists of three projects: 1) re-examining the role of firm heterogeneity, worker heterogeneity, worker...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award, made under the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) program, provides $221,580 to fund a series of three annual conferences on major issues in macroeconomics and monetary economics. The conferences, titled the "CARNEGIE-NYU-ROCHESTER CONFERENCE ON PUBLIC POLICY," will be hosted in rotation by Carnegie Mellon University, New York University, and the University of Rochester from 2023-2026. The conferences...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Social and Economic Science provides $478,846 to support research on the macroeconomic implications of imperfectly competitive labor markets. The award will fund a collaborative research project led by the National Bureau of Economic Research Inc. to develop quantitative frameworks analyzing how minimum wage policies, antitrust policies, and tax policies can improve outcomes in labor markets with wage setting power. The...

This $304,504 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) program aims to assess the experiences and obstacles faced by graduate students in science due to their socioeconomic backgrounds. Specifically, the project will design and field a survey among graduate students in biology, physics, chemistry, psychology, and sociology to better understand how socioeconomic class identity dissonance impacts their professional...

This collaborative research project, funded by the National Science Foundation's Division of Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) with $264,480 obligated to Duke University, develops advanced macroeconomic modeling frameworks that incorporate artificial intelligence and experiential learning mechanisms. Rather than assuming economic decision-makers possess perfect information, the research models how individuals and organizations learn optimal decision-making through two...

This $285,000 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (SBE) program (CFDA 47.075) will fund research to develop new statistical methods to guide economic and public policy decisions in rapidly changing environments. The research aims to build on recent advances in statistical decision theory, causal inference, and machine learning to create econometric models that can effectively inform evidence-based policymaking while...

This $293,490 Project Grant was awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Social and Economic Sciences under the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences program (CFDA# 47.075). The grant supports a multi-year research project conducted by the National Bureau of Economic Research Inc. (NBER), a non-profit research organization. The project aims to advance the understanding of economic development, social mobility, and social conflict. Key components include: Developing new...