Grant Support for Economists
The AEAweb provides information on funding for economists and the opportunity for organizations, institutions, and agencies to post information on grants available for economic research.
News on recent funding developments of particular interest to economists will appear on this page.
Funding Opportunities
COS Funding Opportunities DatabaseGrant Select
IRIS(Illinois Researcher Information Service)
ResearchResearch Lite
Funding News
COS Funding NewsCOSSA Washington Update
Philanthropy News Digest (The Foundation Center)
General Information
Grants.gov: Federal Grants PortalIndiana Univ. GradGrants Center: Links to Grant Information Sources
Proposal Writing: Short Course
The Foundation Center: Grantmaker Info
Economics Specific
Economics Education and Research ConsortiumEconomics Jobs and Funding (from Useful Resources For Economists)
ESRC Funding Opportunities
GrantsNet (Department of Health and Human Services)
The Center for Poverty Research at UC Davis 2012-13 Small Grants Competition
The Mark Blaug Prize in Philosophy and Economics
Grant Opportunities
ABE FellowshipAEA Minority Scholarship Program
AERC Fifth Annual Global Development Awards Competition
African Economic Research Consortium
American Insitute for Economic Research (AIER) Fellowships
Canada-U.S. Fulbright Program Grants
Carolyn Shaw Bell Award (CSWEP)
CGP Intellectual Exchange Grant Programs
CGP Regional/Grassroots Grant Programs
Congressional Budget Office (CBO) Economic Policy Fellowship Program
E-Team Course and Program Development Grants (NCIIA)
Elaine Bennett Research Prize (CSWEP)
Enterprise Performance in Asia (EPA) research grants
Entrepreneurship Awareness and Education Grant (Coleman Foundation)
Faculty Enrichment Program (Canadian Studies)
Fidelity Research Institute Establishes $50,000 Research Award
Fulbright Scholar Opportunities in Economics
Geneva Association - Risk and Insurance Economics
Graduate Student Fellowship Program (Canadian Studies)
IDB Prize in Islamic Economics
International Dissertation Field Research Fellowship (IDRF)
International Insurance Economics Research Grant
IREX Programs and Grant Opportunities
Jennings Randolph Fellowship Program
Lake Champlain Basin Program (LCBP) Grants
MacArthur Foundation: Program on Global Security and Sustainability
New Voices
Nonprofit Sector Research Fund
Nonprofit Sector Research Fund (NSRF)
NPO Fellowship
Poverty and Economic Policy (PEP) Research Network
Radcliffe Institute Fellowship Program
Research Grant Program (Canadian Studies)
Russell Sage Foundation Small Grants Program in Behavioral Economics
SBE Economics Program
Science of Philanthropy Initiative
Sloan Foundation Programs: Standard of Living and Economic Performance
Sloan Industry Study Fellowships
Spencer Dissertation Fellowships
The Benjamin H. Stevens Graduate Fellowship In Regional Science
The Eurasia Foundation Grant Programs
TIAA-CREF Paul A. Samuelson Award (scholarly writing on lifelong financial security)
Tobacco Control Policy Fellowship
TRAction RFA: iCCM Cost and Financing Analysis and Model Development
USIP Solicited Grant: The Economics of War and Peace
W. T. Grant Scholars Program
WLS Pilot Grant Program
Work and Family Researchers Network (WFRN) Early Career Scholars Program
WWICS Fellowships
Private Foundations
Alfred P. Sloan FoundationCarEth Foundation
Charles Stewart Mott Foundation
Haynes Foundation
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
Russell Sage Foundation
The Century Foundation
William H. Donner Foundation, Inc.
William T. Grant Foundation
To post a funding opportunity, send the URL and a brief description to notify "at" aeaweb.org
Search large government sites for funding information:
- NSF - The National Science Foundation
- NIH - The National Institutes of Health
- HHS - The US Department of Health and Human Services
- Grants.gov -- Federal Grants Portal
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