This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Social and Economic Science provides $263,320 to the University of Alabama from June 15, 2022 to May 31, 2023. The funding supports a collaborative research project to enhance understanding of how Ukrainian small business owners cope with and recover from crisis and loss caused by war. Specifically, researchers will assess personality, social, and trauma factors associated with resilience among small business owners...
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 National Science Foundation Project Grant award, funded under the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) program, will provide $147,609 to Emory University to investigate whether post-conflict economic recovery programs impact social cohesion in displacement-affected communities. The research project will use a randomized controlled trial methodology to examine three key questions: (1) how do economic livelihood programs affect social cohesion between hosts, returnees,...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $243,500 Project Grant to Princeton University under the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences program (CFDA 47.075). The grant will fund collaborative research on heterogeneity, risk premia, and macroeconomic fluctuations from July 2021 through June 2024. The research aims to contribute to understanding how differences across economic agents impact asset prices and aggregate outcomes. As the awardee, Princeton University will oversee the research...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $360,727 Project Grant to the University of Houston System to support collaborative research on international coercion, debt relief, and land transactions under the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences program (CFDA 47.075). The two-year project beginning January 2021 aims to better understand how governments behave during financial crises, including whether they continue repaying loans or default. As part of the research, $XXX in sub-awards will...
This $323,520 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) program will fund a longitudinal study on how people who relocated after natural disasters adapt and integrate into new communities over time. The principal investigator will conduct in-depth interviews with 54 participants, including those who returned to the disaster-affected area, to understand the factors shaping long-term settlement decisions and...
The National Science Foundation awarded $163,359 under the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.075) to The Reed Institute to conduct research analyzing how differences in lending organizations and banking market ecologies impact access to credit for small businesses in poor and traditionally marginalized communities. Specifically, the project will combine interviews of lenders and borrowers involved in the Paycheck Protection Program with quantitative...
This $188,094 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences program (CFDA 47.075) supports research on the social psychological factors shaping popular attitudes toward territorial concessions in peace agreements during and after the Russia-Ukraine war. George Mason University will conduct surveys and focus groups with 1,800 residents and internally displaced persons across three eastern Ukrainian towns near active conflict zones to examine how...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $221,000 project grant to the University of Chicago under the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences program (CFDA 47.075). The three-year grant will support collaborative research examining heterogeneity, risk premia, and macroeconomic fluctuations. The funding will enable researchers to investigate how differences across economic agents impact asset prices and aggregate outcomes. Relevant contextual details include the program's goal of...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (CFDA 47.075 - Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences) supports a multi-faceted research initiative focused on addressing disparities in access to capital and entrepreneurial opportunities for underserved demographic groups. The $243,419 project establishes two key research infrastructures: The Small Business Lender Preference and Perception (SBLPP) Database, which consolidates survey data from nearly 9,300 U.S. community banks and...