SRF: Public Policy Research Fellowship Program

Sponsor: The Smith Richardson Foundation (SRF)

The Smith Richardson Foundation’s Domestic Public Policy Program seeks to support the work of the next generation of public policy researchers and analysts.

Preference will be given to proposals that address policy issues that have been priority areas for the Foundation’s Domestic Public Policy Program during the past three years: education and school reform; income support and anti-poverty policy; child and youth development; public finance; policies related to public entitlement programs, including Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid; urban and criminal justice policy; regulatory policy, including environmental policy; immigration policy; and the political process.

Proposals will be evaluated based on the following criteria:

(1) the relevance of the analysis and findings to current and future domestic public policy debates;

(2) the potential of the project to innovate in the field and to contribute to the literature on the chosen topic;

(3) the degree to which research questions and analytical methods are well defined;

(4) the degree to which the project will develop valuable new data or information; and

(5) the publication record of the applicant.

Amount: In 2007, the Foundation will award at least three research grants in the amount of $60,000 each to individuals who are interested in conducting research and writing on domestic public policy issues. Grantees are expected to produce a book or an article suitable for publication in a peer-reviewed journal. The grant can be used to cover the salary costs of the researcher and to underwrite research costs, such as travel, research assistance, and data acquisition. Each grant will be paid directly to, and should be administered by, the institution at which the researcher works.

Deadline: June 29, 2007

For further information, please visit: http://www.srf.org/grants/Domestic_Public_Policy_Fellowship.php