Project Grant AE000103

This $387,267 National Science Foundation project grant supports research at the University of Washington under the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences program (CFDA 47.075). The research will examine the effectiveness of multi-faceted antipoverty programs targeting entire low-income communities versus only the poorest households. Using randomized controlled trials across many communities, the researchers will assess impacts of the program on household poverty, income, wealth and women's...

The National Science Foundation (NSF), through its Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) program, has awarded a $100,000 Project Grant to the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) to develop an interdisciplinary research center on the complex issues of housing and homelessness. The center will bring together researchers from diverse disciplines such as economics, psychology, anthropology, geography, and sociology to investigate the social, health, economic, and policy...

The National Science Foundation Division of Social and Economic Science awarded a $175,291 project grant to Columbia University on July 15, 2021 to study "INEQUALITY AND WELFARE IN A LOW RATE ENVIRONMENT." The grant completion date is June 30, 2024. The funding supports research under the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences program (CFDA 47.075), which aims to strengthen basic research and education in these fields and monitor science investment resources. Specifically,...

Federal Grant Award Summary The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development, awarded $419,106 to Centro Deambulantes Cristo Pobre Inc. under the Continuum of Care (CoC) Program (CFDA 14.267) for the period October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2026. This project grant supports permanent housing initiatives in Ponce, Puerto Rico, specifically focused on providing permanent supportive housing for individuals experiencing...

The National Science Foundation (NSF), through its Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences Directorate (CFDA 47.075), awarded a $322,521 Project Grant to The Washington University to conduct research on the relationships between social complexity, labor, and monumentality in small-scale hunter-gatherer societies. The research team, which includes a sub-award to the University of Wisconsin-Madison, will use advanced quantitative and qualitative methods from archaeology, geology, and...

Federal Grant Award Summary Centro Deambulantes Cristo Pobre Inc. received a $410,792 Project Grant award dated September 1, 2025, from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development under the Continuum of Care (CoC) Program (CFDA 14.267). The award supports the organization's Permanent Housing division in Ponce, Puerto Rico, with a performance period extending through August 31, 2026. Under this CoC Program award, Centro...

This two-year, $138,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences program (CFDA 47.075) will fund research examining tenant immobility and its impacts on family well-being. The grantee, a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Southern California, will investigate how social networks, neighborhood contexts, and indoor environmental conditions influence low-income renters' decisions to remain in their homes in Los Angeles County,...

This $549,136 National Science Foundation project grant will fund research on the impact of unconditional cash transfers on labor market outcomes. The University of Chicago will investigate the medium- and long-term effects of cash assistance programs on factors such as time use, job searching, motivation, and worker bargaining power. The researchers will leverage an existing randomized controlled trial on cash transfers, collect additional high-frequency data, and conduct field experiments....

This $198,124 National Science Foundation project grant funds research on economic inequalities across high-income countries. Led by the University of Kentucky Research Foundation, the award supports a network of 17 research groups from Europe and North America studying drivers of inequality differences before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. The project examines labor market, education, tax, and welfare policies' influence on inequalities across countries and over individuals' lifetimes. A...

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...