The National Science Foundation awarded a $399,096 project grant to the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston under the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences program (CFDA 47.075). The grant funds the ENDURE research project examining the impact of restrictive COVID-19 pandemic response policies on economic, political, and social inequalities across 12 countries. The project employs comparative analyses to study how varying degrees of lockdown and demobilization policies in...
The University of Central Florida Board of Trustees (UCF) received a $122,171 project grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Social and Economic Science under the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences program (CFDA 47.075). The grant funds a project titled "Culturally Relevant Messaging and the Political Socialization of HBCU Students" to be conducted from August 15, 2021 through July 31, 2022. As described in the program details, the NSF's Social,...
The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) was awarded a $191,599 project grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences program. The grant will fund a collaborative research project titled "Economic Downturns, Global Pandemics and Parliamentary Elections" from February 2021 through January 2023. The project aims to contribute to scientific understanding of how economic crises and public health emergencies impact parliamentary...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $128,247 project grant under the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences program to President and Fellows of Harvard College. The grant will support research on "U.S. Institutions After COVID-19: Trust, Accountability, and Public Perceptions" from December 2021 through November 2023. As the prime awardee, Harvard University will examine how the pandemic has impacted trust and accountability in major U.S. institutions, and shape public...
This $284,304 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences program (CFDA 47.075) supports a multidisciplinary research initiative led by the University of Central Florida to investigate how the actions of non-elite individuals shaped the development of early urban centers. The project will employ intensive archaeological surveys, excavations, and scientific analyses to evaluate patterns of wealth, health, and economic activities among the...
The University of Central Florida Board of Trustees received a $190,600 two-year Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Computer and Network Systems under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA #47.070). The grant will support the development of bottom-up psychosocial interventions for preserving interpersonal privacy in social media. The University of Central Florida will leverage the funding to conduct investigator-initiated research...
The National Science Foundation Division of Social and Economic Science awarded a $159,575 project grant to Rutgers, The State University for research titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: U.S. INSTITUTIONS AFTER COVID-19: TRUST, ACCOUNTABILITY, AND PUBLIC PERCEPTIONS." The two-year grant project, awarded December 1, 2021 with a completion date of November 30, 2023, will contribute to basic research and education in the social, behavioral and economic sciences under the NSF's Social,...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $174,657 Project Grant to the University of California Irvine under the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.075) on May 1, 2022 for completion by April 30, 2023. The grant funds a study to assess psychological reactions to the ongoing war in Ukraine among a nationally representative sample of over 6,500 Americans previously surveyed since March 2020 regarding the COVID-19 pandemic. The study will examine how factors...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (CFDA 47.075 - Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences) will fund a research project titled "PARTICIPATION IN THE CITY: HOW URBAN PARTICIPATORY INNOVATIONS ARE RESHAPING DEMOCRACY, GOVERNANCE AND TRUST" (PAR-CITY) conducted by Franklin and Marshall College. The $199,060 award will support a study examining how cities are responding to democratic challenges through urban participatory innovations that impact power dynamics,...
This $366,181 National Science Foundation project grant supports research and data collection activities at Penn State University from July 2022 to June 2024 under the federal Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences program (CFDA 47.075). The grantee will collect extensive data on U.S. state policy responses to the COVID-19 pandemic, analyze the adoption and diffusion of pandemic policies, and track online discussions by state officials. This includes gathering information on hundreds of...