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Building Research on Inequality and Diversity to Grow Equity (BRIDGE) COVID Rapid Response Grant

The Bridge initiative (Building Research on Inequality and Diversity to Grow Equity) at Rice University seeks to further: 1) knowledge of the patterns, causes, consequences, and experience of inequality; 2) dialogue and action with respect to inequality on campus and in the Houston area; and 3) the training of future scholars of inequality. The initiative is seeking to support new projects aiming to explore inequalities as they relate to the novel coronavirus pandemic, which includes the impact of the viral spread as well as experiences and changing well-being linked to increased social distancing (e.g. school closures, business shutdowns).

Building Research on Inequality and Diversity to Grow Equity (BRIDGE) Seed Grant

The Bridge initiative (Building Research on Inequality and Diversity to Grow Equity) at Rice University seeks to further: 1) knowledge of the patterns, causes, consequences, and experience of inequality; 2) dialogue and action with respect to inequality on campus and in the Houston area; and 3) the training of future scholars of inequality. The initiative provides seed funding to support research endeavors that explore inequality within the racially and ethnically diverse environment of Houston and the broader Gulf Coast Region.

Building Research on Inequality and Diversity to Grow Equity (BRIDGE) Visiting Scholar Grant

The BRIDGE initiative (Building Research on Inequality and Diversity to Grow Equity) at Rice University seeks to further: 1) knowledge of the patterns, causes, consequences, and experience of inequality; 2) dialogue and action with respect to inequality within and beyond the university; and 3) the training of future scholars of inequality. To promote and support engagement with external scholars, practitioners, and professionals that enrich ongoing or potential projects that contribute to the initiative’s vision, we invite applications from the Rice University community for funding to support visitors to Rice during the 2020-2021 academic year.

Social Sciences – Dissertation Research Improvement Grant

Dissertation Research Improvement (DRIG) grants are awarded annually to support or partially support dissertation research projects proposed by graduate students in the School of Social Sciences who have completed their coursework and who have advanced to candidacy or will advance to candidacy by the time the awards are made.

Social Sciences – Graduate Student Conference Travel Grants

Graduate Student Conference Travel Grants (GSCT) of up to $400 are available to graduate students in the Social Sciences at Rice who are presenting a paper or a poster as a first author at a conference or meeting.

Social Sciences – Pre-Dissertation Research Grants (PDR)

The Pre-Dissertation Research Grants (PDR) provides support or partial support expenses related to preliminary dissertation research for graduate students in the School of Social Sciences (excluding Anthropology) at Rice.

Social Sciences – Seed Money Grants

Seed Money grants for up to $10,000 are available to tenure-track faculty (position at the rank of assistant professor) for the development of larger projects leading to research grant proposals to outside funding agencies.