Post in SSRC Collaborative Grants in Media & Communications

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> The Social Science Research Council alerts you to
> the second round of
> the SSRC 'Large' Collaborative Grants in Media and
> Communications. Large
> Grants provide up to $30,000 in support for
> academic-advocacy research
> collaborations designed to change media and
> telecommunications
> infrastructure, practices, or policies in support of
> a richer and more
> democratic public sphere.
>
> The Deadline for an initial 'letter of inquiry'
> (<1000 words) is
> February 8 (12PM EST), submitted via email to
> <email obscured>
>
<mailto:<email obscured>?subject=Collaborative%20Grant%20Letter%20of%20
> Inquiry>  with subject line: "Collaborative Grant
> Letter of Inquiry"
>
> Large grants are awarded once a year through a
> competitive application
> process, with recipients selected by an independent
> committee of
> researchers and advocates. In 2007, grants of
> $30,000 were awarded to
> six projects.  A similar number will be awarded in
> this round.
>
> If you choose to apply, please give special
> attention to the project and
> applicant criteria here:
>
http://mediaresearchhub.ssrc.org/grants/large-grants.
>
>
>
> To note the most important, projects need to:
>
> *         Be strategically useful in their proposed
> advocacy and/or
> organizing context
>
> *         Produce scholarship that meets academic
> standards
>
>
>
> Applicant partnerships need to include:
>
> *         A researcher based at a university,
> college, or other
> academically-oriented research institution. Advanced
> graduate students
> are eligible
>
> *         A US-based non-profit advocacy, organizing
> or community group
> working on media and/or telecommunications issues.
> (International
> proposals will be solicited via SSRC partner
> organizations)
>
>
>
> The program encourages a wide range of project types
> and goals,
> supporting projects that:
>
> *         Address issues of disparate impact on
> communities on the basis
> of race, class, gender, ethnicity, age or other
> identity/status category
>
> *         Build capacity-skills, tools, experience,
> access to data
> sets-within the "user" organization and/or community
>
>
> *         Have a clear plan for the dissemination of
> the research to
> target audiences
>
> *         Have uses outside the immediate intended
> context
>
> *         Use methods or models of research that
> have proved effective
> in similar contexts
>
> *         Reflect diversity in the staff or group
> involved with the
> project
>
> *         Involve collaboration between two or more
> advocacy/community
> groups in the project design and the plan of use for
> the research
>
> *         Use participatory methods to engage
> community and/or advocacy
> group members in framing the questions, data
> collection, and/or analysis
>
>
>
>
>
> Overall, the program has rewarded projects on a wide
> range of topics,
> from digital inclusion, to the future of community
> media, to analysis of
> media industry structure and barriers to entry.
> Descriptions of all the
> successful applications are available at
>
http://mediaresearchhub.ssrc.org/news/ssrc-announces-grants-totaling-180
> -000-for-six-media-and-communications-projects/.
>
>
>
> SSRC program staff will be happy to answer questions
> about your proposed
> project or the program criteria.  Please write us at
> <email obscured>.
>
>
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