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Social Science Research Council (SSRC) 2020 Rapid-Response Grants on Covid-19 and the Social Sciences.

Application Deadline:June 1, 2020. https://bit.ly/35OZWut

As the Covid-19 pandemic has unfolded across the globe, virtually no dimension of social life has been untouched—from individual decisions about safety to governmental decisions on public health and economic policy; from households to the workplace; and from technology-mediated human interaction under conditions of “social distancing” to the circulation, uses, and impact of information and disinformation. While essential public health and economic research in measuring and modeling Covid-19 and its effects is underway, the full range of the social sciences—its questions, analytical frameworks, and methods—needs to be drawn upon to understand the pandemic as a social phenomenon, and to inform responses based on knowledge of human interactions and institutions.

Requirements

The Covid-19 Rapid-Response Grants invites proposals from researchers who hold a PhD in any social science disciplines or related interdisciplinary fields. The grants offer research support for up to six months toward research-related expenses. These include, but are not limited to, access to data sets, archives and relevant publications, costs related to conducting online research of various kinds, and research assistance. Applications are welcome from any country around the world. Awards will range from USD$2,000 to $5,000, with the possibility of slightly more support for collaborative projects of two or more researchers.

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ICFJ/Facebook South Africa COVID-19 Local News Relief Fund 2020 for independent local publisher in South Africa ($140,000 grant)

Application Deadline: May 19th 2020 https://bit.ly/3cnjsAH

The International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) is partnering with the Facebook Journalism Project (FJP) to administer nine grants to independent local news organizations in South Africa that are producing quality journalism amidst the COVID-19 crisis. This grant program will provide urgent financial support for independent publishers with a special focus on investigative journalism and local news organizations that are providing trustworthy information about COVID-19.

Requirements

Discriminate based on race, gender, faith, national origin, sexual orientation or disability;
Carry on propaganda or otherwise attempt to influence specific legislation;
Influence the outcome of any specific public election or to carry on, directly or indirectly, any voter registration drive;
Be on a government web-based watch list of banned entities or employ, deal with, or otherwise be associated with any individuals on such lists, or aid or support any entities or whom it knows or believes to support terrorism;
Be a state media company, or a state-supported or funded news foundation; or
Be primarily a research organization, rather than a news organization.