2021 Special Projects Fund Recipients
The American Political Science Association seeks proposals from groups of members for projects aimed at advancing the political science discipline and/or a tackling a challenge facing the discipline. Projects must be evidence-based and provide wider benefits for the profession and the discipline. These collaborative projects can be focused on any area of disciplinary work, inclusive of teaching, research, service, and public engagement. Proposals for traditional scholarly projects (e.g. production of a single author book or journal article) will not be accepted. We encourage proposals for teaching and learning related projects, especially those that facilitate cross-institutional sharing of expertise, and are especially interested in activities that advance the development of pedagogical resources that can be disseminated widely. We welcome and encourage proposals involving scholars from a diverse and varied set of backgrounds, approaches and fields of study.
Sample projects may include, but not be limited to the following:
- Regional or local teaching & learning conference or mini-conference;
- Graduate student and early career professional development workshops, including for career development connected to political science-related careers outside academia;
- Cross-institutional collaborative projects, especially those that draw faculty from across universities, colleges, and community colleges;
- Research projects that incorporate interdisciplinary, intersectional, mixed-method approaches, or big data;
- Research or projects that bring faculty and students from the Global South together with faculty based in the US and/or globally around topics of mutual interest;
- Research projects, conferences, workshops or colloquia that advance diversity and inclusion, recruitment and retention in the discipline, gender equity, accessibility, and the professional advancement of First Generation, Indigenous, and LGBTQ scholars, and scholars from underrepresented backgrounds;
- Projects that involve faculty and student collaboration and co-authorship opportunities, and mentoring components;
- Projects that connect researchers with user and/or public communities to co-produce reports, trainings, or other civic benefits.