Grants & Funding

Internal Grant Opportunities

The Weidenbaum Center supports social science by funding research projects conducted by faculty at Washington University. The Center's primary are the Departments of Economics, Political Science, and Sociology faculty. The highest priority is collaborative projects which address frontier social scientific research problems and will lead to external funding. Small grants issued by the Weidenbaum Center are generally for research projects covering one to two years and fund research expenses including but not limited to, compensation for research assistants, travel costs for field research or to work with co-authors, and data, survey, and transcription costs. Impact grants are issued for larger projects with proposed work spread over one to three years and potentially involving a team of multiple collaborators. Funds cover direct costs of research activities including but not limited to, research assistance for a faculty member or group of faculty members, purchase of specialized equipment, and travel connected with research efforts. 

FY24 Faculty Grant & Research Opportunities

Spring 2025 Small Grant Application Deadline: February 5, 2025

Fall 2024 Small Grant Application Deadline: October 2, 2024 

2024-25 Impact Program Grant Deadline: January 15, 2025 

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Weidenbaum Center Survey (WCS)

The American Social Survey (TASS)

BROWSE FACULTY RESEARCH GRANT ARCHIVE

External Grant Administration

Weidenbaum Center staff work with the faculty in the Departments of Economics, Political Science, and Sociology to identify sources of external funding and to prepare and submit applications for external funding. Center staff assist with the preparation of proposals to private foundations and government programs, including the National Science Foundation and National Institute of Health. Grant awards are administered by the Center. The Center staff provides accounting, verification, and reporting services for faculty projects in coordination with the University's Office of Sponsored Research Services. 

For more information, please contact Kristin Foringer, Research Development Associate, kforinger@wustl.edu 

 



 

Faculty Publications

Learning to Disagree: The Surprising Path to Navigating Differences with Empathy and Respect
You’re Paid What You’re Worth: And Other Myths of the Modern Economy

Learning to Disagree: The Surprising Path to Navigating Differences with Empathy and Respect

By John Inazu

Are you discouraged by our divided, angry culture, where even listening to a different perspective sometimes feels impossible? If so, you're not alone, and it doesn't have to be this way. Learning to Disagree reveals the surprising path to learning how to disagree in ways that build new bridges with our neighbors, coworkers, and loved ones--and help us find better ways to live joyfully in a complex society.

In a tense cultural climate, is it possible to disagree productively and respectfully without compromising our convictions? Spanning a range of challenging issues--including critical race theory, sexual assault, campus protests, and clashes over religious freedom--highly regarded thought leader and law professor John Inazu helps us engage honestly and empathetically with people whose viewpoints we find strange, wrong, or even dangerous.

This groundbreaking, poignant, and highly practical book equips us to:

  • Understand what holds us back from healthy disagreement
  • Learn specific, start-today strategies for dialoguing clearly and authentically
  • Move from stuck, broken disagreements to mature, healthy disagreements
  • Cultivate empathy as a core skill for our personal lives and our whole society

You’re Paid What You’re Worth: And Other Myths of the Modern Economy

By Jake Rosenfeld

A myth-busting book challenges the idea that we’re paid according to objective criteria and places power and social conflict at the heart of economic analysis.

Your pay depends on your productivity and occupation. If you earn roughly the same as others in your job, with the precise level determined by your performance, then you’re paid market value. And who can question something as objective and impersonal as the market? That, at least, is how many of us tend to think. But according to Jake Rosenfeld, we need to think again.

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