Economics

National Science Foundation
Social, Behavioral , & Economics Sciences: Economics Program
The ECONOMICS program supports research designed to improve the understanding of the processes and institutions of the U.S. economy and of the world system of which it is a part. This program also strengthens both empirical and theoretical economic analysis as well as the methods for rigorous research on economic behavior.

http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_list.jsp?org=SES

Calvin K. Kazanjian Economics Foundation
Grants
Established in 1947, The Calvin K. Kazanjian Foundation's mission is to address the issue of economic illiteracy. The foundation promotes projects, policy studies, or programs that encourage measurement of economic understanding more often and/or more effectively are of specific interest.

http://www.kazanjian.org/

John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation
Faculty Fellowships
The John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation, established in 1926, is the oldest private foundation and a leading supporter of social science research in Los Angeles. Priority is given to those whose proposals are imaginative and break new ground on economic, social, and political problems. The Foundation’s interest is in social science research which has the ability to influence policy and action in Los Angeles or research concerning the history of Southern California.

http://www.haynesfoundation.org/program/index.cfm

Russell Sage Foundation
Research Programs
The Russell Sage Foundation is a research center, a funding source for studies by scholars at other academic and research institutions, and an active member of the nation’s social science community. The Project Awards program focuses exclusively on research in the social sciences. Support is mainly for analyzing data and writing up results, but is occasionally given for data acquisition projects highly relevant to its program goals.

http://www.russellsage.org/programs/

The Contemplative Mind in Society
The Contemplative Practice Fellowships
These fellowships seek to restore and renew the critical contribution that contemplative practices can make to the life of teaching, learning, and scholarship. At the heart of the program is the belief that pedagogical and intellectual benefits can be discovered by bringing contemplative practice into the academy, and that contemplative awareness can help to create a more just, compassionate, and reflective society.

http://www.contemplativemind.org/programs/academic/fellowships.html#apply


Council for International Exchange of Scholars (CIES)
Fulbright Distinguished Chairs Program
The most prestigious award in the Fulbright Scholar Program, the DISTINGUISHED CHAIR provides opportunities to senior faculty with a prominent record of scholarly accomplishment

http://www.cies.org/

Council for International Exchange of Scholars (CIES)
Fulbright Traditional Scholar Program
The traditional FULBRIGHT SCHOLAR Program sends 800 U.S. faculty and professionals abroad each year. Grantees lecture and conduct research in a wide variety of academic and professional fields.

http://www.cies.org/

Council for International Exchange of Scholars (CIES)
Fulbright Senior Specialists Program
The FULBRIGHT SENIOR SPECIALISTS PROGRAM is designed to provide short-term academic opportunities (two to six weeks) for U.S. faculty and professionals to promote academic exchanges that will broaden your cultural perspective in your academic field. Shorter grant lengths give Specialists greater flexibility to pursue a grant that works best with their current academic or professional commitments.

http://www.cies.org/