The Social Security Administration (SSA) is excited to offer graduate student and faculty opportunities to participate in our small grant programs!  Selected participants for our Programs receive a stipend for their participation.  While these grant opportunities are available to all graduate students pursuing studies in accredited programs, we appreciate your assistance of distributing this information to our Minority Serving Institutions (MSI) student prospects.  We hope for strong participation from the MSI community.

Research Projects on Determinants of Life Expectancy by Income and Geography, and Implications for Social Security Policy

The National Bureau for Economic Research (NBER), seeks applications for research projects that deepen our understanding of the mechanisms explaining geographic variation in the relationship between income and life expectancy in the United States, by using recently released statistics from the Health Inequality Project. In this call, with funding support from the Social Security Administration through the NBER Retirement Research Center, we encourage proposals that leverage the newly released data to better understand the reasons for the strong relationship between income and life expectancy, its geographic variability, and its implications for interventions and policy.

• Faculty or faculty-student teams may request a total of up to $25,000. Graduate students may request a total of up to $12,500.
• Proposal guidelines and details are at https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.nber.org_programs_ag_funding.html&d=DwIFaQ&c=ZukO2fIan9e5E9v43wuy1w&r=vS_I_jvwmnM60OI1rp1UdA&m=Y4Ca3MshVDe98TmngF7raDCEyor67zkRUZo4dopmO7s&s=fYDVAQvtyofflpyglYQ7uE3THoqjlyKUfEBn4l9-xaU&e= .
• The submission deadline is February 1, 2017.

Sandell Grant Program

The Center for Retirement Research at Boston College sponsors the annual Steven H. Sandell Grant Program for scholars in the field of retirement income and policy research. The program is funded by the U.S. Social Security Administration to provide opportunities for junior scholars or senior scholars in a new area from all academic disciplines to pursue cutting-edge projects on retirement income issues.

• Up to five grants of $45,000 will be awarded for one-year projects.
• Proposal guidelines are at https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__crr.bc.edu_about-2Dus_grant-2Dprograms_steven-2Dh-2Dsandell-2Dgrant-2Dprogram-2D2_&d=DwIFaQ&c=ZukO2fIan9e5E9v43wuy1w&r=vS_I_jvwmnM60OI1rp1UdA&m=Y4Ca3MshVDe98TmngF7raDCEyor67zkRUZo4dopmO7s&s=ig5fstzVHyZIlCLuUbFxYmEMCcH0F0Y5QV-aPOHEprY&e= .
• The submission deadline is January 31, 2017.

Dissertation Fellowship Program

The Center for Retirement Research at Boston College sponsors the annual Dissertation Fellowship Program in the field of retirement income and policy research. The program is funded by the U.S. Social Security Administration to provide funding opportunities for doctoral candidates from all academic disciplines to pursue cutting-edge research on retirement income issues.

• Up to five fellowships of $28,000 will be awarded.
• Proposal guidelines are at https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__crr.bc.edu_about-2Dus_grant-2Dprograms_dissertation-2Dfellowship-2Dprogram-2D2_&d=DwIFaQ&c=ZukO2fIan9e5E9v43wuy1w&r=vS_I_jvwmnM60OI1rp1UdA&m=Y4Ca3MshVDe98TmngF7raDCEyor67zkRUZo4dopmO7s&s=lnUQBXhZvfwLBpcI3ho0PI2aec6Brc0EOdL5e715LRM&e= .
• The submission deadline is January 31, 2017.

Program Official

Rebecca Ell, MBA
Management and Program Analyst
U.S. Department of Education
Office of Postsecondary Education
Student Service — GAANN, McNair, TRIO Training
400 Maryland Avenue, SW
Washington, D.C. 20202
Email:  rebecca.ell@ed.gov
Phone: 202-453-6348