Small Grant Program for the Advancement of the Discipline

这笔赠款允许美国国家科学基金会(NSF)继续与美国社会学协会(ASA)的学科促进基金(FAD)建立伙伴关系，FAD是一个非常成功的联合资助小额赠款项目，ASA以最低的成本进行管理。通过他们的美元对美元的比赛，美国宇航局和美国国家科学基金会已经能够在FAD计划的支持下将他们在新科学上的投资增加一倍。该奖项代表了前一个周期(2001-2004年)的稳定状态资金，并提供了另外六轮竞争性赠款的支持。在2001-2004年周期内，FAD收到了110份申请，并向更多机构的更多青年调查员发放了30项经同行审查的补助金。这些小额助学金(每项助学金最高可达7000美元)代表了优秀人才的良好记录。2001-2004年周期推动了社会学理论和概念的发展。探讨的新领域包括全球一体化与社会运动、全球化与性别制度、地理空间与不平等以及身份和体制结构之间的联系。FAD项目还重新构思和改进了社会学的方法和技术。其中一些进展包括衡量和分析财富、家庭结构、地理空间、构建社会问题和公共政策的新技术，以及技术对社区的影响。衡量这些项目优劣的一些指标包括每个项目平均有2.7份出版物和4.0份专题介绍。通过ASA/NSF的资助，每花费1美元，获奖项目随后就会从其他组织获得额外的5.33美元研究资金。这些项目的更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成本。此外，协会将通过向媒体传播FAD奖项的结果来增加其外联活动。

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.