Program for the Advancement of the Discipline

学科促进计划SES-1129760罗伯塔·斯佩尔特-罗斯美国社会学协会学科促进计划，更为人所知的是学科促进基金(FAD)是由国家科学基金会和美国社会学协会(ASA)共同资助的计划。由FAD首席调查员和由该学科知名高级成员组成的七人咨询小组选出的同行评审奖为挑战该学科的实质性和方法论突破提供了种子资金，并刺激了新的科学研究路线。ASAA规定了项目的管理成本，包括接触目标人群、选择获奖者、监测奖项和评估项目？S说。FAD项目已经存在了近四分之一个世纪。自该项目成立以来，已有1100多名博士级别的学者申请了该项目，300多人获得了资助。该计划有四个目的：通过支持小型、开创性的研究计划来促进社会学科学知识的发展；举办会议和其他活动，开发新的研究议程和网络；发展S学科基础设施，包括可用的数据集、档案材料和计算机软件；以及鼓励开发可资助的提案。FAD资助的提案的可衡量的学术影响包括学术陈述、同行评议的出版物、可供公众使用的数据集、媒体提及、政策建议和获得额外的研究资金。随着时间的推移，该项目在推动这些成果方面取得了极大的成功。对研究项目的适度投资会产生很高的回报，包括科学和教育贡献(每个项目平均有四种贡献)。在研究进程的早期阶段提供少量资金，导致在上一个三年项目周期中，向其他资金来源提交建议的机构获得额外资金，其费率几乎是FAD每提供1美元就提供12美元。总体而言，每投资1美元，额外资助率为4.75美元。更广泛的影响Broader的影响包括培训本科生和研究生，开发新的课程和课程，以及通过新闻稿向更广泛的公众公布调查结果。虽然该项目对所有拥有博士学位的学者开放，但它提供了一个鼓励处于职业生涯早期阶段的学者的过程，这些学者还没有长期的获奖记录。因此，该项目的更广泛影响包括对早期职业生涯的教职员工以及研究密集型机构以外的教师的指导和指导，如硕士、S综合学院和仅限学士学位的机构。这一指导也提高了各自研究人员的水平？有能力制定后续成功的提案。

Program for the Advancement of the DisciplineSES - 1129760Roberta Spalter-RothAmerican Sociological AssociationAbstract The Program for the Advancement of the Discipline, better known as the Fund for the Advancement of the Discipline (FAD) is a jointly-funded program by the National Science Foundation and the American Sociological Association (ASA). The peer-reviewed awards, selected by the FAD Principal Investigator and a seven-member Advisory Panel composed of eminent senior members of the discipline, provide seed money for substantive and methodological breakthroughs that challenge the discipline and stimulate new lines of scientific inquiry. The ASA provides for the costs of administering the program including reaching out to the target population, selecting the awardees, monitoring awards, and evaluating the program?s outcomes.The FAD program has been in existence for almost one-quarter of a century. Since its inception, more than 1,100 PhD-level scholars have applied to the program and more than 300 have received funding. The program has four purposes: to advance the development of scientific knowledge in sociology by supporting small, groundbreaking research initiatives; to hold conferences and other activities that develop new research agendas and networks; to develop the discipline?s infrastructure including usable datasets, archive materials, and computer software; and to encourage the development of fundable proposals. The measurable scholarly impact of FAD-funded proposals include scholarly presentations, peer-reviewed publications, data sets available for public use, media mentions, policy suggestions, and acquisition of additional research funds. Over time, the project has been highly successful in advancing these outcomes. Modest investments in research projects result in high payoffs including scientific and educational contributions (with an average of four types of contributions per project). Small amounts of funding provided at early stages of the research process result in added funding for those that submit proposals to other funding sources at the rate almost $12 for every $1 provided by FAD during the last three-year project cycle. Overall, the rate of additional funding was $4.75 for every $1.00 invested. Broader ImpactsBroader impacts include training undergraduate and graduate students, developing new courses and curricula, and making findings available to a broader public through press releases. Although open to all scholars with PhDs, the program provides a process that encourages scholars in the early career stage, who do not yet have a long track record of receiving awards. Thus, broader impacts of this project include the guiding and mentoring of early-career faculty members, as well as faculty outside of research-intensive institutions such as master?s comprehensive and baccalaureate-only institutions. This guidance also improves the respective researchers? ability to develop subsequent successful proposals.