This NSF-funded Project Grant under CFDA 47.075 (Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences) in the amount of $147,609 awarded to Emory University will support a research project investigating how post-conflict economic recovery programs impact social cohesion and displacement-affected communities. The study will use a randomized controlled trial (RCT) methodology to examine three research questions: (1) how do economic livelihood programs affect social cohesion between hosts, returnees, and...
This $300,000 federal Project Grant award, funded by the National Science Foundation's Office of International Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.079), will support a research project to study ethical research practices in armed conflict contexts. The project aims to map existing knowledge on research ethics in conflict zones, document current practices around research questioning, data collection/storage/sharing/security, and ethical oversight, and develop best practices including for data...
This National Science Foundation Project Grant of $200,000 awarded on February 1, 2022 will fund research to gather and analyze survey data on citizen perspectives regarding peace, security, and human rights in a post-conflict environment. Under the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences program (CFDA 47.075), the University of Massachusetts will field three public opinion surveys in a post-conflict country using random domain intercept technology to collect anonymous samples. The...
This federal Project Grant award, with a total obligated amount of $323,520, was provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) program. The grant funds a longitudinal study conducted by the University of South Florida that examines how individuals who were displaced by natural disasters, such as hurricanes in 2017 and beyond, adapt to and integrate into new communities over time.
The principal investigator will re-interview...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) Project Grant award of $259,476 to Fordham University supports a multi-year research project investigating the impacts of migration on civic participation and global engagement. The researchers employ a longitudinal, multi-site approach to track how migrants' return trajectories affect their civic involvement and social/political empowerment in their home countries. The project aims to enhance...
This $191,980 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) program aims to study the impact of displacement, particularly from violent conflicts and climate change, on the development of social preferences and trust in children and adolescents. The research project, conducted by the University of Chicago, will evaluate fairness, trust, trustworthiness, cooperation, and gender-specific social norms through behavioral...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) Project Grant award of $276,839 will fund a research study to examine the impact of non-science isolation practices on scientific production and collaboration across national borders. The study will use quasi-experimental designs and causal inference techniques to investigate how geopolitical shifts and restrictive measures affect international scientific cooperation, researcher mobility, and...
This $599,997 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070) supports research to understand how organizations that serve vulnerable populations, such as refugees and veterans, build data and technological capacity to increase their resilience under severe resource constraints.
The research team will conduct interviews and focus groups with refugee-serving organizations to develop models describing...
This $400,000 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (SBE) program (CFDA 47.075) supports research to understand how socioeconomic heterogeneity within the U.S. scientific workforce impacts scientific discovery and innovation. The project aims to (i) create a unique individual-level dataset linking researcher socioeconomic backgrounds to scholarly topics, (ii) make an anonymized version of this dataset publicly available, (iii)...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (SBE) program (CFDA 47.075) provides $400,000 in funding from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2027. The award supports research examining the impacts of natural disasters on community resilience, focusing on how disasters disrupt human mobility patterns, residents' requests for government assistance, and the role of social media in facilitating volunteer support. The project aims to...