Small Grant Program for the Advancement of the Discipline

这是一个项目，旨在通过美国社会学协会的学科促进计划提供同行评议的小额研究资助。这是一个非常成功的项目的延续，该项目帮助了大量有前途的社会学家进行试点研究项目，或完成有限但具有创新性和创造性的研究。NSF/ASA的小额研究资助的最高金额为4000美元。这些赠款的一半资金将来自NSF，另一半来自ASA。从科学价值的角度对提案进行审查。遴选委员会由四名ASA理事会成员、ASA副总裁、ASA执行干事和一名来自NSF的代表组成。遴选委员会的结构确保了一个由杰出社会科学家组成的小组对提案进行评估。%通过美国社会学协会的协调和外联，迅速并符合科学价值地分配资金，供学者从事其他来源难以获得支助的探索性研究。因此，这些小额赠款构成了一种宝贵的研究风险资本形式，有可能挑战这一学科，刺激新的科学研究路线，并促进新的科学合作网络。

This is a project to provide peer-reviewed small research grants through the Advancement of the Discipline program of the American Sociological Association. It is a continuation of a very successful program that assisted a significant number of promising sociologists to undertake pilot research projects or to complete limited but innovative and creative studies. The maximum amount for an NSF/ASA small research grant will be $4,000. Half of the funding for these grants will come from NSF, and half from the ASA. Proposals are reviewed for scientific merit. The selection committee consists of four members of the ASA Council, the ASA Vice President, the ASA Executive Officer, and one representative from NSF. The structure of the selection committee assures that a panel of distinguished social scientists evaluates the proposals. %%% Through the coordination and outreach of the American Sociological Association, funds are allocated expeditiously and in accord with scientific merit for scholars to engage in exploratory research where support from other sources would be difficult to acquire. Thus, these small grants constitute an invaluable form of venture capital for research that has the potential for challenging the discipline, for stimulating new lines of scientific research, and for facilitating new networks of scientific collaboration.