Steven H. Sandell Grant Program in Retirement Research Center for Retirement Research at Boston College

Deadline: January 28, 2011

The Center for Retirement Research at Boston College (CRR) is soliciting proposals for the Steven H. Sandell Grant Program for Retirement Income and Disability Insurance research. The program’s purpose is to promote research by junior scholars and senior scholars entering the field. Topics include: (1) Social Security, retirement income and disability insurance; (2) macroeconomic analyses of Social Security; (3) wealth and retirement income; (4) program interactions; (5) international research; and (6) demographic research. Junior scholars within the first ten years of their academic career and tenured scholars entering a new field are encouraged to submit a proposal. The Center welcomes applications from all academic disciplines. The program, funded by a grant from the U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), will award up to seven grants of $45,000. Successful applicants are required to complete the research project outlined in their proposal within a year of the award. Eligibility requirements are limited to those stated below; no affiliation with the CRR is necessary to apply.

Up to seven grants of $45,000 will be awarded based upon the quality of the applicant's proposal and his or her proposed budget. Applicants are required to complete the research outlined in the proposal within one year of the award. A select group of grant winners will be required to present their work to the Social Security Administration in Washington, DC or Baltimore.

For more information:
http://crr.bc.edu/images/stories/Sandell%20Guidelines/2011_Sandell_Guidelines.pdf