Social Science Research Projects on Energy Insecurity, Distributional Equity, and Just Transitions in the United States

Grant Name
Social Science Research Projects on Energy Insecurity, Distributional Equity, and Just Transitions in the United States
Funder
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Country or Region
United States
Research Field
Carbon Dioxide Reduction
Energy Environmental Sciences
Energy Sciences
Social Sciences
Deadline
February 1, 2022 (Expired)
Grant Size
Upper $500,000USD Grant amounts are expected to be up to $500,000 over a 2-3 year period.
Contact Info
energy@sloan.org
Eligibility
Lead investigators must be Assistant or Associate Professors, or in equivalent positions, based at United States universities or colleges. Researchers may participate in a maximum of two proposed projects. Senior researchers and non-U.S.-based researchers may participate in proposed projects and can receive funding as research team members, advisors, or collaborators. As noted above, submissions from diverse teams led by women and/or Black, Latino/a, and Indigenous researchers are strongly encouraged, as are submissions from researchers based at Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs), including Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs), who are strongly encouraged to serve as lead primary investigators or in team member roles.
Description
The Energy and Environment program at the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation supports research, training, networking, and dissemination efforts to inform the societal transition toward low-carbon energy systems in the United States by investigating economic, environmental, technological, and distributional issues. As one of its newly defined topic areas of interest, the Sloan Foundation’s Energy and Environment program looks to advance timely, catalytic, rigorous, interdisciplinary social science research projects that examine questions related to energy insecurity, distributional equity, and just transitions in the United States, particularly those that introduce new scholars from various disciplines to these lines of inquiry. Therefore, the Sloan Foundation is currently soliciting Letters of Inquiry for collaborative social science research projects led by early
- and mid-career scholars examining critical and under-explored questions related to issues of energy insecurity, distributional equity, and just energy system transitions in the United States. Eligibility Lead investigators must be Assistant or Associate Professors, or in equivalent positions, based at United States universities or colleges. Researchers may participate in a maximum of two proposed projects. Senior researchers and non-U.S.-based researchers may participate in proposed projects and can receive funding as research team members, advisors, or collaborators. As noted above, submissions from diverse teams led by women and/or Black, Latino/a, and Indigenous researchers are strongly encouraged, as are submissions from researchers based at Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs), including Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs), who are strongly encouraged to serve as lead primary investigators or in team member roles.

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