Fund for the Advancement of the Discipline (FAD)

美国社会学协会(ASA)的学科发展基金(FAD)通过向社会学家提供小额赠款(最高可达8,000美元)来支持创新的社会学研究，从而促进科学进步。FAD项目有助于建立必要的经验证据体系，为国家一级的有效决策提供信息。最近FAD资助的几个项目及其更广泛的影响包括：一项关于可预测的调度立法对零售工人及其子女生活的影响的研究，为关于公平调度政策的全国性辩论提供信息；一项关于宾夕法尼亚州东北部煤炭地区劳动力、资本、吸毒以及种族移民和冲突的转变动态的民族志研究；以及一项对2014-2015年埃博拉疫情期间表达的恐惧的数字表达的研究，以及对高危环境中医疗志愿者的招募和护理实践的影响。FAD计划还起到了资金催化剂的作用，帮助年轻研究人员发展他们的项目，使他们能够获得额外的外部支持。最近的FAD获奖者报告说，他们从FAD获得的每一美元都会获得近5美元的额外资金。美国社会学协会(ASA)的学科发展基金(FAD)通过支持小型、开创性的研究倡议和会议，促进新的研究议程和网络，促进社会学和科学知识的发展。FAD还培养了可能难以从其他来源获得资金的研究人员的科学潜力。FAD在这方面非常成功，高达一半的奖项授予了职业生涯早期的研究人员和那些在广泛研究机构之外受雇的人。该计划促进了出版物、教育资源、智力辩论和公共对话的发展，从而激发了新的科学探索路线。奖项基于一种功绩评审制度，该制度强调研究的创新性和承诺，项目设计的可行性和充分性，以及数据分析和结果公开传播的计划。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优点和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

The Fund for the Advancement of the Discipline (FAD) at the American Sociological Association (ASA) promotes the progress of science by supporting innovative sociological research through making small grants (up to $8,000) to sociologists. FAD projects help build the needed body of empirical evidence to inform effective policy making at the national level. A few recent examples of recent FAD funded projects and their broader impacts include: a study of the impact of predictable scheduling legislation on the lives of retail workers and their children, informing national debates about fair scheduling policies; an ethnographic study of the shifting dynamics of labor, capital, drug addiction, and racial migration and conflict in the coal region of Northeastern Pennsylvania; and a study of digital expressions of fear expressed during the 2014-2015 Ebola epidemic, with implications for the recruitment and care practices of healthcare volunteers in high-risk environments. The FAD program also acts as a funding catalyst, helping young researchers develop their projects to the point where they can secure additional outside support. Recent FAD awardees reported receiving nearly $5.00 in additional funding for every dollar they received from FAD. The Fund for the Advancement of the Discipline (FAD) at the American Sociological Association (ASA) advances sociology and nurtures the development of scientific knowledge by supporting small, groundbreaking research initiatives and conferences that foster new research agendas and networks. FAD also nurtures the scientific potential of researchers who might have difficulty securing funding from other sources. FAD has been extremely successful in this regard, with up to half of all awards going to early career researchers and those employed outside of research extensive institutions. The program fosters the development of publications, educational resources, intellectual debates and public conversations that stimulate new lines of scientific inquiry. Awards are based on a merit review system that emphasizes innovativeness and the promise of the research, feasibility and adequacy of project design, and plans for data analysis and public dissemination of results.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.