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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 
<mailto:?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

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