OARS funding Political Science

The Political Science Program supports scientific research that advances knowledge and understanding of citizenship, government, and politics. Research proposals are expected to be theoretically motivated, conceptually precise, methodologically rigorous, and empirically oriented. Substantive areas include, but are not limited to, American government and politics, comparative government and politics, international relations, political behavior, political economy, and political institutions. In recent years, program awards have supported research projects on bargaining processes; campaigns and elections, electoral choice, and electoral systems; citizen support in emerging and established democracies; democratization, political change, and regime transitions; domestic and international conflict; international political economy; party activism; political psychology and political tolerance. The Program also has supported research experiences for undergraduate students and infrastructural activities, including methodological innovations, in the discipline.

The Department of State (the Department) is pleased to announce through this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) an open competition for a grant award. The Department invites U.S. non-profit/non-governmental organizations to submit proposals to conduct, compile, analyze, submit, and present in two or more public forums research on the scope and resource commitments of China's public diplomacy in Asia and the Pacific. The Department will award up to $650,000 contingent on funding availability.

The State Department's Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) has been working with the Government of the Republic of Tunisia to enhance the capacity of Tunisia's criminal justice system since 2011. This includes efforts to improve the capacity of civilian law enforcement to provide citizen security; improve the capacity of the corrections system to provide safe, secure, and humane treatment of inmates; and improve the capacity of the justice sector to provide access to justice and maintain the rule of law throughout the country. The goal of INL's corrections reform project is to enhance the performance and capacity of Tunisia's corrections institutions. This includes the development of a professional and sustainable corrections system that provides humane, safe, and secure imprisonment.

The SERVIR Amazonia activity will support a regionally focused consortium to pursue the following objectives: Objective 1: Strengthen a regional system or hub for dissemination of, and collaboration around, key publicly available precipitation and hydrologic monitoring and modeling data; Objective 2: Build and institutionalize Amazon region capacity for generation, dissemination, and use of geospatial information and tools for decision support; and Objective 3: Develop user-tailored tools to inform government and civil society decision making.

This competition provides funding to support the development, implementation, expansion, evaluation, and dissemination of evidence-based instructional approaches and professional development activities and programs in American history, civics and government, and geography in elementary and secondary schools. This competition includes an absolute priority for projects serving high-need students to help these students improve learning outcomes for these students. This competition includes an absolute priority for projects that show potential to improve student achievement in, and teaching of, these subjects, and that demonstrate innovation, scalability, accountability, and a focus on underserved populations. Additionally, we include a competitive preference priority for projects that leverage technology to support professional development and instructional practice, which may lead to increased student engagement and help accelerate learning. This competition also includes a requirement for applicants to propose project-specific performance measures and performance targets consistent with the objectives of the proposed project.

This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) invites Research Project Grant (R01) applications that propose to study the ethical, legal and social implications (ELSI) of human genome research. Applications may propose studies using either single or mixed methods. Proposed approaches may include but are not limited to data-generating qualitative and quantitative approaches, legal, economic and normative analyses, and other types of analytical and conceptual research methodologies, such as those involving the direct engagement of stakeholders. Also Listed under (R21) & (R03)

The U.S. Embassy Manila Political Section (POL) of the U.S. Department of State is pleased to announce that funding is available through its Global Equality Fund. This is an Annual Program Statement, outlining our funding priorities, the strategic themes we focus on, and the procedures for submitting requests for funding. POL Manila invites proposals for projects that seek to provide assistance to local government units (LGUs) that have already passed local anti-discrimination ordinances, which include protections based on sexual orientation or gender identity, to move toward effective implementation. This project would also provide program opportunities that contribute to strengthening legal protections for LGBTI persons, a primary goal of the Embassy's Strategy to Reduce Violence Targeting LGBTI Persons. Activities contemplated under this grant would complement past and present efforts to protect the human rights of LGBTI individuals. The proposed program aligns with Embassy Manila's strategic goals of advancing democratic values, transforming governance, and protecting human rights while engaging the Philippine public and building networks to advance shared foreign policy interests.

The Horowitz Foundation for Social Policy was established in 1997 to support the advancement of research and understanding in the major fields of the social sciences, which include psychology, anthropology, sociology, economics, urban affairs, area studies, political science, and other disciplines.

The Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs Office of Assistance Coordination (NEA/AC) announces a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) to increase the Tunisian government’s accountability and responsiveness to citizens’ concerns over corruption. The successful applicant will assist the Financial Judiciary Pole (FJP), established under the authority of the Government of Tunisia’s Higher Judicial Council, develop the institutional framework and technical capacity to achieve its mission to transparently investigate and prosecute financial corruption cases in Tunisia. Proposed activities under this opportunity must not overlap with existing reform efforts of the Tunisian judiciary.

Provide consultations, training, and other support to the government of Albania (GOA) to help it develop an effective capacity to implement its new strategic trade control (STC) law and meet international requirements.

The goal of the Guinea Financial Accountability Support (GFAS) project is to enhance Guinea's fiscal transparency and government accountability for budget expenditure programs. Specific project objectives include the following: facilitate the publication of government budget through the application of print and social media in partnership with CSOs and private sector partners serving as third-party reporters of fiscal and budget data; advocate for reliable, complete, publically available and timely budget data. This Activity will help support the Mission's overall development goal, as set forth in the 2015-2019 Country Development Cooperation Strategy (CDCS), which is "More Participatory Governance for a Healthier Guinea". Cette activité contribuera à soutenir l'objectif global de développement de la Mission, tel qu'énoncé dans la Stratégie Pays pour la Coopération et le Développement 2015-2019 (CDCS), qui s'énonce comme suit : «Plus de Gouvernance Participative pour une Guinée en Meilleure Santé»

To advance this mission, SEE is accepting applications for its Independent Professionals Project Initiative. Through the initiative, grants of up to $2,500 will be awarded to independent social initiatives designed to establish or strengthen collaboration between Russians and Americans across SEE's socially oriented thematic areas.

Embassy Havana Public Affairs Section (PAS) is pleased to announce that funding is available through its Public Diplomacy Grants Program. Eligibility is limited to those who qualify to receive U.S. grants, and have the ability to develop and implement their proposed programs in Cuba.

Eligible topics for projects are broadly defined to include democracy and human rights, security and foreign policy issues, economic and civic development, and support for regional stability in Southeastern Europe. Typically grant awards range from $3,000 to $5,000, though some exceptional projects are funded up to $10,000, and supplement other funding. The deadline for submitting proposals is August 1, 2017. New grantees will be given priority over previous grantees. Funding for NGO grants is decided through a competitive application process, and each proposal is reviewed by an internal embassy committee. Eligibility for this NOFO is limited to: Slovenian not-for-profits/NGOs/social enterprises, Slovenian educational and research institutions and public entities.

The overall purpose of this five year activity is to strengthen outcome measurements, learning and accountability systems in order to provide quality data and synthesized information for planning, implementation, policy development and decision making. This should be achieved through working with county governments and other development partners. The activity should work within the county health sector's coordination framework at the focal counties to ensure that it promotes rational and harmonized support that takes into account other donor support towards the strengthening of outcome measurements, learning and accountability systems.

Foster the foundation for a social contract in which Haitian citizens hold government accountable for more transparent governance and the provision of essential services, and public officials (both elected and appointed) are more responsive to all of their constituents.

This cooperative agreement will support the implementation of T/TA strategies designed for CSBG-eligible entities to help address legal issues in three major focus areas: (1) providing organizational stability and support for CSBG-eligible entities experiencing significant fiscal or organizational challenges, including consultation focused on entities that are considering legal options for strategic restructuring, shared administrative or service arrangements, or mergers; (2) providing education and training to enhance general knowledge and understanding of CSBG statutory and regulatory requirements and the ability to address changing legal and regulatory issues affecting CSBG-eligible entities in the CSBG Network; and (3) promoting exemplary legal practices and policies related to organizational approaches that help promote innovation, accountability, and responsiveness to specific community needs related to the reduction of poverty, the revitalization of low-income communities, and the empowerment of low-income families and individuals in rural and urban areas to become fully self-sufficient. To ensure this occurs, the grantee is expected to partner with the CSBG Organizational Standards Center of Excellence (COE) and provide T/TA to CSBG-eligible entities on legal topics particularly relevant to compliance with 45 CFR Part 75 and CSBG organizational standards.

INL is currently seeking an organization with the requisite capability and experience to support Georgian communities in preventing juvenile delinquency through social justice activities for Georgian youth in coordination with the Georgian Police, and continuing to affect a fundamental shift of thinking within the police, courts, and community towards restorative justice elements. INL is currently seeking a recipient to provide prioritized attention to as many of the following key objectives as possible. Note that special consideration will be given to creative non-traditional program methods. Grantee should demonstrate how proposed strategies and community-based alternative justice programs will build on existing alliances with police, judicial and other relevant structures for the sustainable adoption and expansion of the current alternative juvenile justice best models and practices.

In executing its nonproliferation policy mission, the United States Government requires a comprehensive and thorough understanding of the threat posed by these proliferation-related procurement and trade networks, including through the use of relevant open source information. Such open-source information and related analysis would assist with international efforts to proactively monitor and enforce prohibitions on such activities. This project will facilitate future capacity building activity by ISN/CTR to help states address these threats.