Welcome! Below you will see all of our current funding opportunities.
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About our Programs
The Washington Center for Equitable Growth seeks to deepen our understanding of how inequality affects economic growth and stability. To do so, we support research investigating the various channels through which economic inequality, in all its forms, impacts economic growth and stability.
Equitable Growth promotes efforts to increase diversity in the economics profession and across the social sciences. We recognize the importance of diverse perspectives in broadening and deepening research on inequality and growth.
Early career grants are open to researchers affiliated with a U.S. university whose PhD was issued within the past 8 years, as well as graduate students currently enrolled in a PhD program at a U.S. university. Graduate student applicants should be in the dissertation phase of their graduate program. If you have received tenure, you are not eligible for an early career grant.
Grants to current graduate students are set at $15,000 over 1 year. International students at U.S. universities are eligible to apply, though if awarded, the grant would likely need to be administered through the university. International students are advised to communicate their intention to apply with their institution to ensure adherence to institutional protocol if funded.
Grants to all other early career scholars are set at $30,000 over 1-2 years, depending on the timeline of the research project. Applicants do not have to be in a tenure-track position to be eligible. The affiliated university must administer the grant.
Please see the Request for Proposals and Early Career Grants webpage for more information.
Applications are due on Tuesday, January 21, 2025.
This Request for Proposals is open to researchers affiliated with a U.S. college or university, and graduate students currently enrolled in a PhD program at a U.S. college or university in the dissertation stage of their career. The affiliated university must administer the grant.
Grants awarded in response to this request are expected to fall in the $25,000 to $80,000 range. Slightly larger grants may be considered if the budget is well justified. Grant timelines should be limited to 2 years.
Equitable Growth is willing to fund a wide range of activities, including researcher salary and benefits, research assistance, data purchase, and costs associated with conducting experiments or research-related travel. Our grants cannot cover indirect overhead.
Please see the Request for Proposals for more information. Applications are due on Monday, February 10 at 11:59 PM local time.