Small Grant Program for the Advancement of the Discipline

罗伯塔·斯波尔特-罗斯美国社会学协会这项资助允许美国国家科学基金会（NSF）继续与美国社会学协会（ASA）的学科发展基金（FAD）合作，这是一个非常成功的联合支持的小额资助项目，由ASA以最低的成本管理。通过一美元对一美元的匹配，ASA和NSF能够在FAD项目的支持下将他们对新科学的投资增加一倍。该奖项代表前一个（2001-2004）周期的稳定资助，并提供额外的六轮竞争性赠款支持。在2001-2004年周期内，FAD收到了110份申请，并向来自更广泛的机构的年轻研究人员颁发了30份经同行评审的补助金。这些小额赠款（每笔赠款最高为7,000美元）代表了智力方面的优秀记录。2001-2004年的周期促进了社会学理论和概念的发展。研究的新领域包括全球一体化与社会运动、全球化与性别制度、地理空间与不平等、身份与体制结构之间的联系。农发基金项目还重新构思和改进了社会学方法和技术。其中一些进步包括衡量和分析财富、家庭结构、地理空间、社会问题和公共政策的构成以及技术对社区的影响的新技术。这些项目的一些优点指标包括每个项目平均发表2.7篇论文和4.0次演讲。通过ASA/NSF的资助每花费1美元，获奖项目随后从其他组织获得额外的5.33美元研究经费。这些项目的广泛影响包括大量的学生培训、课程修改和媒体关注。FAD项目的学术和教育影响远远超过这些小额赠款的费用。此外，ASA将增加其外联活动，向媒体传播FAD奖励的结果。

SES-0417832Roberta Spalter-RothAmerican Sociological AssociationThis grant allows the National Science Foundation (NSF) to continue its partnership with the American Sociological Association's (ASA) Fund for the Advancement of the Discipline (FAD), a highly successful joint supported small grants program that ASA administers at a minimal cost. Through their dollar-for-dollar match, the ASA and NSF have been able to double their investment in new science under the auspices of the FAD program. The award represents steady state funding from the previous (2001-2004) cycle and provides support an additional six rounds of competitive grants. During the 2001-2004 cycle, FAD received 110 applications, and awarded 30 peer-reviewed grants to a larger percent of young investigators at a wider array of institutions than in previous cycles. These small grants (with a maximum of $7,000 per grant) represent a strong record of intellectual merit. The 2001-2004 cycle advanced sociological theory and concepts. New areas that were explored included connections between global integration and social movements, globalization and gender regimes, geographic space and inequality, and identity and institutional structure. FAD projects also re-conceptualized and refined sociological methods and techniques. Some of these advances included new techniques for measuring and analyzing wealth, household structural, geographic space, the constructions of social problems and public policy, and the impact of technology on communities. Some of the indicators of the merit of these projects include an average of 2.7 publications and 4.0 presentations per project. For every $1.00 spent through ASA/NSF funding, award-winning projects subsequently received an additional $5.33 in research funding from other organizations. The broader impact of these projects includes substantial student training, curriculum modification, and media attention. The scholarly and educational impacts of FAD projects far outweigh the cost of these small grants. In addition, ASA will increase its outreach activities by disseminating findings that result from FAD awards to the media.