Russell Sage Foundation (RSF) will accept letters of inquiry (LOIs) under the core programs for Future of Work and Social, Political, and Economic Inequality. The foundation will also accept LOIs for the new special initiative Promoting Educational Attainment and Economic Mobility among Racially, Ethnically, and Economically Diverse Groups after the 2023 Supreme Court Decision to Ban

Russell Sage Foundation’s Pipeline Grants Competition is co-funded with the Economic Mobility and Opportunity program at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. This initiative will support early-career scholars and promote diversity in the social sciences, including racial, ethnic, gender, disciplinary, institutional, and geographic diversity. Pipeline grantees are paired with mentors who offer advice on their

Foot Locker Foundation’s Community Empowerment Program funds nonprofit community organizations offering a range of services for young people, including health and wellness, education and life skills, mentoring, and career development. The program is part of Foot Locker Inc.’s Leading Education and Economic Development (LEED) initiative, a $200 million commitment to enhance the lives of their

IBM Center for the Business of Government’s aim is to tap into the best minds in academe and the nonprofit sector who can use rigorous public management research and analytic techniques to help public sector executives and managers improve the effectiveness of government. They are looking for practical findings and actionable recommendations in order to assist

MacDowell accepts applications from artists working in the following disciplines: architecture, film/video arts, interdisciplinary arts, literature, music composition, theatre, and visual arts. The sole criterion for acceptance is artistic excellence, which MacDowell defines in a pluralistic and inclusive way. Contact: admissions@macdowell.org. Amount: Exclusive use of a private studio, accommodations, and three prepared meals a day

Mellon Foundation’s New Directions Internal Fellowships assist faculty members in the humanities and humanistic social sciences who seek to acquire systematic training outside their own areas of formal expertise. The program is intended to enable scholars in thehumanities to work on problems that interest them most, at an appropriately advanced level of sophistication. OFR Contact: Chloe

Joyce Foundation’s Advancing Racial Equity and Economic Mobility in the Great Lakes program invests in public policies and strategies to advance racial equity and economic mobility for the next generation in the Great Lakes region. The Foundation accepts applications in the areas of Culture, Democracy, Education & Economic Mobility,Environment, Gun Violence Prevention & Justice Reform,

Spencer Foundation’s Research-Practice Partnerships (RPP) Grants Program is intended to support education research projects that engage in collaborative and participatory partnerships. Research-Practice Partnerships will involve the participation of a wide variety of practitioners and researchers working in an assortment of configurations, contexts, and institutions. The Foundation anticipates that research conducted by RPPs will result in

Mind & Life Institute’s Varela Grants fund rigorous examinations of contemplative practices with the ultimate goal that findings derived from such investigations will provide greater insight into contemplative practices and their application for reducing human suffering and promoting flourishing. Preference is given to proposals that incorporate first-person contemplative methods (e.g., introspective investigation and reports on

Spencer Foundation’s Vision Grants are designed to provide scholars and collaborators with the time, space, resources, and support to plan a large-scale study or program of research: geared toward real-world impact on equity; drawing on research across disciplines and methods; reliant on meaningful and equitable collaboration with practitioners, policymakers, communities, and other stakeholders; and focused