Deadline: 7 November 2023
The Russell Sage Foundation/Carnegie Corporation of New York Initiative on Immigration and Immigrant Integration seeks to support innovative research on the effects of race, citizenship, legal status and politics, political culture, and public policy on outcomes for immigrants to the U.S. and for the U.S.-born of different racial and ethnic groups and generations.
This initiative is part of RSF’s Race, Ethnicity, and Immigration Program which invites proposals on a broader set of issues.
RSF has supported immigration research that has contributed to the understanding of:
- immigrant integration and intergenerational mobility,
- political incorporation, and
- the causes and consequences of immigration to new areas of settlement.
Topic Areas
- Legal Status: Legal status is a barrier to integration and economic progress, exacerbated by the criminalization of undocumented status and increased deportations of recent decades. Many of the unauthorized have lived in the U.S. for many years, and nearly half are the parents of minor children, most of whom are U.S.-born.
- Naturalization, Citizenship, and Civic Engagement: Millions of immigrant residents are eligible to become citizens, but naturalization rates in the U.S. are low compared to immigrant-receiving countries like Australia and Canada.
- Mixed-Ancestry, Ethnic Identity, and Integration: A pan-ethnic label and identity (for example, African American, Asian American, Latino/Hispanic) includes many ethnicities, national origins and languages for groups that differ greatly in their economic and social status.
- Race, Religion, Legacies of Exclusion, and Inequality: A 2016 NAS report on immigrant integration found that patterns of immigrant integration differ by race, with Black immigrants and their descendants experiencing a slower rate of integration than other immigrants.
- Politics, Political Culture, and Public Policy: Both politics and immigration policies affect the lives of immigrants. For example, pandemic era policies, such as Title 42 (a federal law meant to prevent the spread of communicable disease) and Migrant Protection Protocols (i.e., the Remain in Mexico program) justified expulsions, especially at the southern border.
Funding Information
- Funds can support research assistance, data acquisition, data analysis, and investigator time. Trustee Grants are capped at $200,000, including 15 percent indirect costs, over a two-year period. Presidential Awards are capped at $50,000 (no indirect costs), but at $75,000 (no indirect costs) when the proposed project has special data gathering (e.g., qualitative research) or gaining access to restricted-use data.
Eligibility Criteria
- All applicants (both PIs and Co-PIs) must have a doctorate. In rare circumstances, RSF may consider applications from scholars who do not hold a doctorate but can demonstrate a strong career background that establishes their ability to conduct high-level, peer-reviewed scholarly research. Students may not be applicants.
- RSF particularly encourages early career scholars to apply for Presidential grants or the Pipeline Competition. For the November deadlines you can apply for either the pipeline grants or the regular research grants but not both. All nationalities are eligible to apply and applicants do not have to reside in the U.S., but the focus of the proposed research project must be on the U.S. as per the mission.
For more information, visit RSF.
