Sociology

National Science Foundation
Social, Behavioral, & Economics Sciences Sociology Program
The SOCIOLOGY PROGRAM supports research on problems of human social organization, demography, and processes of individual and institutional change. The program encourages theoretically focused empirical investigations aimed at improving the explanation of fundamental social processes. Included is research on organizations and organizational behavior, population dynamics, social movements, social groups, labor force participation, stratification and mobility, family, social networks, socialization, gender roles, and the sociology of science and technology.

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

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
Project Awards
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/

William T. Grant Foundation
William T. Grant Scholars Program
The SCHOLARS PROGRAM provides 5 years of support to promising early career researchers from diverse disciplines. The award is meant to facilitate professional development of scholars who have demonstrated success in conducting high quality research in their field. The Foundation is particularly interested in research that is interdisciplinary, examines young people in social, institutional, community, and cultural contexts, and addresses questions that advance both theory and practice.

http://www.wtgrantfoundation.org/info-url_nocat3042/info-url_nocat.htm

American Sociological Association
Fund for the Advancement of the Discipline
The American Sociological Association invites submissions for the Fund for the Advancement of the Discipline (FAD) awards. Supported through a matching grant from the National Science Foundation, the goal of this project is to nurture the development of scientific knowledge by funding small, groundbreaking research initiatives and other important scientific research activities such as conferences.

http://www.asanet.org/cs/root/leftnav/funding/fund_for
_the_advancement_of_the_discipline

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 SCHOLARS 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/