Research!America Civic Engagement Microgrant Program
The 2021-2022 Civic Engagement Microgrant Initiative welcomes novel ideas and programs for early career researchers to build policy, advocacy, and communication skills and increase their level of engagement with elected officials, non-elected government officials, and community leaders.
We are also encouraging collaboration between STEM scientists and social scientists through a track called Science Meets Science.
“As we think about creating a complex global problem-solving agenda…, It will engage all fields from physics to psychology, from economics to biology, from electrical engineering to sociology…Policymakers will be crucial to any and all solutions. Science and technology and public policy empower each other’s goals. In contemporary society, neither could be appropriately effective without being a partner-participant with the other.” —Neal Lane, Scientific Advisor to President Bill Clinton.
The Science Meets Science track pairs social scientists (e.g.. anthropology, sociology, psychology) with STEM scientists (e.g.. life sciences, chemistry, mathematics). Competitive proposals are those that undertake civic engagement activities based on combining expertise across scientific domains.
Applicants may request additional funds in support of a civic engagement effort led by both social and physical science teams. Teaming with other students, including MBA, law, or communication majors is also encouraged.
Science Meets Science projects will fall into at least one of the modules listed below. The role of both social scientists and STEM scientists should be highlighted in the project application.
Up to $4,000
Science policy groups across the United States managed by graduate students, medical students, and postdocs are eligible to apply.
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