Quicklinks | Research Grants
|
Name |
Funding Agency |
Title/Purpose |
Amount |
Time Period |
Matt Barreto |
AARP research fund |
Health care reform and Latino public opinion |
$25,000 |
3 months |
| Christopher Heurlin | National Science Foundation, Law and Social Sciences Division | Fighting for Property Rights: Land Takings and Popular Resistance in Rural China | $12,000 | 9 months |
| Margaret Levi | National Science Foundation | Provoking Preferences by Changing Beliefs | $14,000 in 2008 & $10,000 in 2009, and a supplementary grant of $49,000 in 2009 |
2008 - 2009 |
| Margaret Levi (with James Gregory) | Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies | Working Group on Waterfront Workers’ History | $7500 | 2008 ‐ 2009 |
| Margaret Levi (with Audrey Sacks) | World Justice Project |
Survey and workshop in Zambia on how donor aid affects government‐citizen relationship | $15,600 | 2009 |
| Margaret Levi (with Rebecca Szper) | Washington State Labor Research Grant | The Past and Future of Health Coverage | $7500 |
2009 - 2010 |
2008
Name |
Funding Agency |
Title/Purpose |
Amount |
Time Period |
| Matt Barreto | impreMedia Hispanic News & Information Fund | 2008 Post-election survey of Latino Voters | $46,000 | 4 months |
Matt Barreto |
National Association of Latino Elected Officials (NALEO) & National Council of La Raza (NCLR) |
2008 Latino voter pre-election survey |
$70,000 |
8 months |
Matt Barreto (with Karin MacDonald and Bonnie Glaser) |
The Pew Charitable Trusts, Make Voting Work Project |
Evaluating Online Voter Registration (OVR) Systems in Arizona and Washington |
$220,000 |
10 months |
Lance Bennett |
Surdna Foundation |
Digital Media Skills for Youth Advocacy |
$100,000 |
July 2008-July 2008 |
| Christopher Heurlin | Jackson School China Studies Progra | The Politics of Land Takings in China | $10,000 | 8 months |
Aseem Prakash |
Marc Lindenberg Center for Humanitarian Action, International Development, and Global Citizenship, University of Washington |
"NGO Self-Regulation" project |
$6,000 |
2008 |
2007
Name |
Funding Agency |
Title/Purpose |
Amount |
Time Period |
Matt Barreto |
Research Royalty Fund, University of Washington |
2008 Latino national post-election survey |
$39,000 |
12 months |
Matt Barreto and Gary Segura |
National Science Foundation, Political Science Division |
American National Election Study – Spanish translation and Latino oversample |
$750,000 |
24 months |
Lance Bennett |
MacArthur Foundation |
Civic Learning in Informal Digital Environments. |
$250,000 |
2007-2008 |
Margaret Levi |
National Science Foundation (SES-0717454) |
“Provoking Preferences by Changing Beliefs” |
$300,100 |
2007-2010 |
Margaret Levi |
Royalty Research Fund |
“Legitimating Beliefs: Concepts, Indicators and Measurement” |
$30,000 |
2007-2008 |
Aseem Prakash |
Marc Lindenberg Center for Humanitarian Action, International Development, and Global Citizenship, University of Washington |
"Voluntary Programs: A Club Theory Perspective" project |
$2,500 |
2007 |
Aseem Prakash |
Center for International Business Education and Research |
"Rethinking Advocacy |
$12,000 |
2007 |
Susan Whiting (with Veronica Taylor) |
U.S. Department of State |
“Empowering Rural China: Legal Aid and the Rule of Law in Rural China” |
$1.3 million |
2007-2009 |
Name |
Funding Agency |
Title/Purpose |
Amount |
Time Period |
Matt Barreto |
Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education, University of Washington |
Absentee voter study during the November 2006 election in King County, WA |
$12,000 |
9 months |
Matt Barreto and Gary Segura (Awarded to the Washington Institute for the Study of Ethnicity and Race) |
Latino Policy Coalition |
Public Opinion Research Grant |
$40,000 |
18 months |
Lance Bennett |
Belgian National Science Policy Foundation |
ICTs and Political Activism |
$40,000 |
2006-2007 |
Rachel Cicowski |
Royalty Research Fund, University of Washington |
Funding provided for summer salary and two quarters of research support. |
|
2006-2007 |
Luis Fraga (with John A. Garcia, Rodney H. Hero, Michael Jones-Correa, Valerie Martinez-Ebers, Gary M. Segura) |
Ford Foundation, Carnegie Corporation, Russell Sage Foundation, Hewlett Foundation, Irvine Foundation, Joyce Foundation, National Science Foundation, Annie E. Casey Foundation, and Texas A&M University |
The Latino National Survey (LNS) and Latino National Contextual Database (LNCD). First-ever state-stratified survey of Latinos in the U.S. Sample size of 8600 respondents from fifteen states and the District of Columbia. |
$1.3 million |
August 2006 |
Ellis Goldberg |
Carnegie Scholar |
|
$100,000 |
2006-2008 |
Peter May |
National Science Foundation |
“HSD Collaborative Research: Shared Governance of Risk” |
$740,000 (PI -- $440,000 to the University of Washington) |
October 2006-October 2009 |
Aseem Prakash |
Center for International Business Education and Research |
"Voluntary Programs: A Club Theory Perspective" project |
$16,441 |
2006 |
Aseem Prakash |
Marc Lindenberg Center for Humanitarian Action, International Development, and Global Citizenship, University of Washington |
"Voluntary Programs: A Club Theory Perspective” project |
$5,000 |
2006 |
John Wilkerson |
Robert H. Michel Special Project Grant. Dirksen Center for Congressional Studies. |
“Development Support for LegSim: U.S. Senate” |
$3,000 |
March 2006 |
Name |
Funding Agency |
Title/Purpose |
Amount |
Time Period |
Matt Barreto |
University of Washington |
Institute for Ethnic Studies in the U.S. |
$8,000 |
12 months |
Matt Barreto with Fernando Guerra (Awarded to the Center for the Study of Los Angeles) |
Thomas and Dorothy Leavey Foundation Grant |
Conduct Exit Poll during Los Angeles Mayoral Election, Mar. 8 & May 17, 2005 |
$30,000 |
6 months |
Lance Bennett |
Charlotte Martin Foundation |
Funding for Student Voices Civic Education in Seattle |
|
2005-2006 academic year |
Lance Bennett |
Norcliffe Foundation |
Funding for Student Voices Civic Education in Seattle |
|
2005-2006 academic year |
Rachel Cicowski |
EU Center, University of Washington |
Course Development Grant. Funding provided for course improvement and development. |
|
2005 |
Ellis Goldberg (with Dean Michael Eisenberg) |
US Department of State |
Middle East Information Portal |
$100,000 |
2005-2006 |
Ellis Goldberg (with Dr. Theodore Rynearson) |
US Institute of Peace |
Pathways of Hope in the Residue of Violent Conflict |
$50,000 |
2005-2007 |
Margaret Levi |
National Science Foundation (SES-0517735) |
“Exploring Conditions of Cooperation and Sacrifice in Political and Social Settings.” |
$178, 315 |
2005-2007 |
Margaret Levi (with James Johnson, Jack Knight and Susan Stokes |
Russell Sage Foundation |
“Institutional Barriers to Mobilizing Democracy” |
$35,000 |
2005-2006 |
Steve Majeski (with Gary Segura) |
University of Washington Diversity Appraisal Implementation Fund |
Create the Washington Institute for the Study of Ethnicity and Race; nationally visible center for the social scientific and interdisciplinary study of race and ethnicity and their impact on politics and society |
$40,000 |
2005-2006 |
Peter May (with Bryan Jones) |
National Science Foundation |
“SGER Collaborative Research: Organizational Design Issues in Emergency Management” |
$56,461 |
November 2005-October 2006 |
Michael McCann |
National Science Foundation Research Grant, Law and Social Science Program |
Public Interest Litigation in a Neoliberal Age: Law, Media, and the Politics of Responsibility |
$88,000 |
2005-2007 |
Michael McCann |
College University Initiative Fund award |
Comparative Law and Society Studies Center and undergraduate Law, Societies, and Justice program |
$170,000/yr |
permanent funding awarded in 2005 |
John Wilkerson |
UW Technology Gap Innovation Fund (TGIF) |
“Desktop Democracy: Versioning Simulation Software for the American Politics Market” |
$49, 986 |
Awarded January 2005 |