VoxNations Schelling Grant in Support of Public Opinion Research
VoxNations Schelling Grant is an internal partial matching grant established in memory of Professor Thomas Schelling that aims to promote and facilitate impactful and methodologically sound public opinion research. The research grant is currently accepting applicants for primary data collection in Iran, Iraq, China, Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, and our network countries, and aims to assist doctoral students, scholars, and faculty with research costs of primary public opinion data collection (both quantitative and qualitative) in those countries.
Thomas Crombie Schelling (April 14, 1921 – December 13, 2016), who was awarded the 2005 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for “having enhanced our understanding of conflict and cooperation through game-theory analysis,” always emphasized that “social scientists have to either go out into the field themselves or be in very close contact with those in the field.”
As an enthusiastic follower of events in the region, Professor Schelling practiced what he preached and did not hesitate to go to Iran when invited by an Iranian university in January 2008 to get an inside look at that country.
We hope that this research grant, which was launched on the fourth anniversary of Professor Schelling’s endorsement of People Analytics (VoxNations), will remove some of the hindrances social scientists face as they try to go into field or get in contact with those already there.
Please fill this form to apply for the grant or contact us if you have any further questions. The applications are due by the 15th day of each quarter (15th of March, 15th of June, 15th of September, and 15th of December). Please find the grant description document here.
You can also see the previous recipients of this grant and their research projects here.
Eligibility:
Applicants for the VoxNations Schelling Grant must plan on primary public opinion data collection in Iran, Iraq, China, Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, or our network countries. A full list of eligible countries is provided here.
Diverse range of public opinion research methods are eligible including quantitative (telephone surveys or online panels) and qualitative (focus groups, in-depth interviews, or cognitive interviews).
Applicants must either be a doctoral student, faculty (any rank) in an institution of higher education, or a scholar/researcher affiliated with a research institute or a think tank.
Applicants must be able secure funding from other sources to cover at least half of the cost of the data collection services of the covered research project to be eligible.
The doctoral student applicants must be in good academic standing.
“Social scientists have to either go out into the field themselves or be in very close contact with those in the field.”
Disclaimer: Nothing in this page or on this site creates any obligations, by implication or otherwise, for People Analytics Inc. and its management. Decisions regarding how the grant is awarded, recipient selection, and the amount of award to each recipient are solely made by People Analytics Inc. The awards are in the form of discount for no more than half of the cost of our data collection services alone and are not transferable, redeemable for cash or exchangeable for any other award(s).
