The Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University is very pleased to announce a request for proposal on Advancing Knowledge in Human Services Philanthropy and Nonprofit Organizations (Advancing Knowledge), supported with funding from the Kresge Foundation.
An open invitation is now issued for proposals on research in the field of human services philanthropy and nonprofit organizations. Pre-tenure scholars are invited to apply for $25,000 grants to fund research and for the opportunity to join a community of scholars seeking to improve the practice of human services philanthropy. The deadline for proposals is June 27, 2011.
Human services organizations play a critical role in providing essential services to low-income and vulnerable populations. Although human services nonprofits provide much-needed resources to households and communities throughout the U.S., more research is needed to understand how human services organizations can improve their practices.
Proposals for research projects must focus on human services nonprofit organizations assisting low-income populations in the United States and, must have the potential to affect the nonprofit practice and philanthropic support of human services nonprofits.
Advancing Knowledge is particularly interested in better understanding four thematic areas of research within the field of human services organizations:
*Organizational Effectiveness
*Social Change and Impact
*Government and Public Policy
*The Role of Philanthropy
Advancing Knowledge responds to the need to build a research community of human services scholars whose work has the potential to improve the practice of human services organizations and philanthropy. Through this initiative, Advancing Knowledge will create a cohort of pre-tenure scholars working in collaboration with tenured mentors and an Advisory Council.
Pre-tenure scholars at accredited universities and nonprofit research institutions in the United States who received terminal degrees within the past seven years will be eligible for research funding.
Ten proposals for funding of up to $25,000 per project will be awarded over two years (two disbursements of $12,500). Recipient scholars will work with mentors and an Advisory Council to produce and disseminate findings that improve the practice of human services philanthropy. Research using existing data sources is encouraged.
Recipients will be invited to workshops held at the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action annual conferences in 2011 and 2012. Scholars, mentors, and the Advisory Council will also collaborate to generate a “State of the Research” report on human services philanthropy.
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