Inequality in America Initiative Competitive Research Fund Deadline

The Inequality in America Initiative will provide bridge and seed funding to support research that will advance our understanding of the causes and consequences of inequality, including its implications for a range of outcomes from economic growth and political stability to crime, public health, family wellbeing, and social trust. The Initiative is especially interested in supporting research projects that engage with the core themes of the initiative and that involve any of the following: interdisciplinary collaboration among departments or Harvard schools; new and early-career investigators; research opportunities for undergraduates and/or graduate students. Apply here

Funding is available in the following categories:

• Bridge funding, to allow faculty to continue work on previously funded research, scholarship, or creative activity that does not currently have external funding. Faculty who apply in this category should demonstrate that efforts have been made or will be made to obtain new external funding.
• Seed funding, to encourage faculty to launch exciting new scholarship or research directions that might not yet be ready to compete in traditional funding programs.

This program is open to FAS and SEAS assistant, associate and tenured faculty; professors in residence and professors of the practice are also eligible. Faculty at other Harvard schools with no more than a zero FTE in the FAS/SEAS are not eligible for this program but may participate as collaborators on Inequality in America proposals.