Project Grant H79AE000103

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...

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences program (CFDA 47.075) provides $631,767 to The Regents of the University of California, Berkeley for experimental research on the intergenerational transmission of economic status using 25 years of longitudinal data from the Kenya Life Panel Survey. The University will utilize a $131,767 subaward to Innovations for Poverty Action to administer surveys to original respondents and their children,...

The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Office of Policy Development and Research (PD&R) awarded a $3,999,998 Cooperative Agreement under the General Research and Technology Activity (CFDA 14.506) to Winston-Salem State University (WSSU). The purpose of this 3-year award is to establish a National HBCU Research Center of Excellence in Rural Housing and Development. The key products and services to be delivered include: Conducting two longitudinal research studies on rural...

This $150,000 Project Grant was awarded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Administration for Children and Families (ACF) under the Social Services Research and Demonstration (SSRD) program (CFDA 93.647). The grant was provided to the Pacific Survivor Center, a non-profit organization located in Honolulu, Hawaii, for the period of August 31, 2024 to August 30, 2025. The grant supports the Pacific Survivor Center's efforts to deliver innovative services and programming focused...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Federal Grant Award under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.070) program provides $142,000 to Trustees of Dartmouth College to build an artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure to enhance research on poverty reduction and social policy. The project aims to: 1) integrate and curate diverse policy-related datasets; 2) develop novel AI models to learn from existing policies; and 3) create multi-disciplinary communities to address...

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,...

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 $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...

This federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) Office of Policy Development and Research (PD&R) under the General Research and Technology Activity (CFDA 14.506) program provides $500,000 to the University of Pittsburgh to conduct research on the "Picket Fence" concept home. The key activities include: Validating livability concepts through the America at Home Study, including providing insights to HUD on previous waves of the...

This $1,200,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) under the Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas program (CFDA 98.001) supports the Community-Based Approach for Reinsertion (CBAR) Activity in Mexico. The non-profit organization Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA) will provide research design, data collection, program evaluation, and policy analysis services to assess the effectiveness of community-based reintegration programs for targeted...