The Centennial Center’s mission is to advance the political science discipline, and we do that through a broad range of programs supporting research, teaching, and public engagement.
These include grant opportunities to support traditional research, and to support larger projects, including collaborations to produce innovative teaching materials, research partnerships between practitioners and academic experts on pressing public issues, and community-oriented programs aimed at enhancing civic engagement and efficacy.
Our public engagement programs include a Public Scholarship Program that trains graduate students to blog for The American Political Science Review, and a Pracademic Fellowship Program that places mid-career faculty in fellowships in federal agencies in DC. The Centennial Center also provides support to the Institute for Civically Engaged Research (ICER), a summer methods workshop that trains political scientists in best practices for conducting rigorous, ethical, community-engaged research.
The Centennial Center is supported by an advisory board of six APSA members who help guide the center’s operations. To meet the current members of our advisory board click here.
Interested in Helping the Centennial Center?
Volunteer as a reviewer for the Centennial Center’s grant programs. Our reviewers play an important role in supporting research by helping us award $100,000s in grant funding. If you would like to have a say in our grant process, please volunteer here.
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Questions or comments about the Centennial Center? We’re here to help! Please contact us at centennial@apsanet.org