MESSAGE
SENT BY:
Monique Loayza
SSRC
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Necessary
Knowledge for a Democratic Public Sphere Program
http://www.ssrc.org/programs/media
WHAT:
The SSRC is pleased to launch its next round of the small grants project for
academic-advocacy collaboration in the media and communications field. This
round will provide grants of up to $7,500 for research that clearly supports
advocacy, organizing, policy and/or campaign uses in the media and communications field
in the
WHO:
In this round, proposals
must be:
There are
no citizenship requirements for participants in these projects.
CRITERIA:
Please review the attached list of criteria carefully BEFORE preparing your
proposal.
All projects must:
The selection committee will also favor proposals that:
Bonus points for proposals that:
See also
sample topics below.
PROPOSAL STRUCTURE:
Please submit proposals to [log in to unmask]
. Please send a project outline of no more than 5 pages including:
Plus:
REVIEW COMMITTEE:
Applications will be reviewed and selected for funding by our Panel:
BACKGROUND:
The Collaborative Grants project is part of the Necessary Knowledge for a
Democratic Public Sphere (NKDPS) Program of the Social Science Research
Council, working in partnership with CIMA: Center for International Media
Action and the
The NKDPS
program is launching a series of funding opportunities to help increase the
production, use and capacity for research to serve public-interest advocacy and
organizing around media and communications. These mini-grants for collaborative
advocacy- academic partnerships have been initiated to meet the short-term
research needs of advocacy and policy actors.
Several
other funding projects will be launched in the next months, including a
"Research Bounties" project that place prizes on advocacy-defined
research and a larger program to support longer-term advocacy-academic research
partnerships and training.
For more
information on the program, see http://www.ssrc.org/programs/media.
For all
program-related inquiries, please write to [log in to unmask]
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SAMPLE PROJECT TOPICS:
Proposals might seek to:
2. Measure the impact of
existing “alternative”/ community media systems on communities,
public discourse, or democratic processes.
3. Develop better,
actionable accounts of the role of ‘new media’ in people’s
lives.
4. Analyze policymaking
and/or regulatory systems.
5. Analyze emerging
systems, frameworks, or models of media and communications that transcend the
current regulatory framework.
6. Analyze economic
models, industry structure, markets, or audiences for different kinds of media.
7. Create analytical
tools or research resources for use by advocates, communities, or the public.
8. Document or evaluate
advocacy or organizing strategies around communications and media issues.
To view past submissions that were approved in the first
round, go to: http://www.ssrc.org/programs/media/collaborative_grants/smallgrants.page
Note that any new applications do not have to work within
the exact same range of topics as we encourage a diversity of issues as long as
they are related to the media and communications field.