W.E. Upjohn Institute 2011 Grant Program

DUE: FEB 1
WEB: http://www.upjohninst.org/grantsawards.html

The Upjohn Institute announces a call for applications for Policy Research Grants and Mini-Grants. Policy Research Grants are open to any interested researcher, while Mini-Grants are restricted to non-tenured faculty members. Any proposal related to employment issues will be considered, but the Institute encourages research relevant to labor market issues of the recent recession and current recovery. A conference on these issues will be held at the Institute in Fall 2011, and successful grantees may be invited to participate. Topics of interest include but are not limited to the following areas: vulnerable groups, such as immigrants, older workers, and youths; "jobless recovery": causes and consequences; structural and cyclical unemployment; sectoral adjustments: autos, finance, real estate, etc.; entrepreneurship, self-employment, and job creation; workforce programs: challenges and opportunities; UI extension and consequences; finance and labor markets; housing, migration, and regional adjustments; state and local budgets and employment; compensation.

POLICY RESEARCH GRANTS: Grantees under this program should produce two distinct products: 1) a Research Paper and 2) a Policy Brief. The Research Paper should be suitable for publication in a peer-reviewed journal and will be included in the Upjohn Institute Working Paper series. The Policy Brief focuses on the policy implications of the analysis presented in the Research Paper and is intended to be accessible to practitioners and policymakers. Policy Briefs will be posted on the Upjohn Institute Web site and may be distributed in paper copy by the Institute’s Publications Unit. The research findings and policy recommendations may also be summarized in Employment Research, the Institute’s quarterly newsletter. The maximum funding amount is $10,000.

MINI-GRANTS: The purpose of the Mini-Grant Program, which is reserved for untenured junior faculty within six years of earning their PhD degree, is to provide flexibility to meet special funding needs that, without support, would impede researchers from pursuing the project. Mini-Grant recipients are expected to write a research paper that would be submitted to a peer-reviewed journal, to prepare a synopsis of the research for consideration as an article in the Institute’s newsletter Employment Research, and to enter the paper in the Institute’s Working Paper series.