Program for the Advancement of the Discipline

学科发展计划美国社会学协会摘要学科发展计划，更广为人知的是学科发展基金（FAD），是由美国国家科学基金会和美国社会学协会（ASA）共同资助的项目。由FAD首席研究员和由该学科杰出资深成员组成的七人咨询小组选出的同行评议奖为实质性和方法上的突破提供了种子资金，这些突破挑战了该学科并激发了新的科学探索路线。ASA提供管理项目的费用，包括接触目标人群、选择获奖者、监督奖项和评估项目。年代的结果。FAD计划已经存在了近四分之一个世纪。自成立以来，已有1100多名博士学者申请了该项目，300多名博士学者获得了资助。该计划有四个目的：通过支持小型的、开创性的研究项目来促进社会学科学知识的发展；举办会议和其他活动，制定新的研究议程和网络；发展这门学科？S基础设施，包括可用的数据集、档案资料和计算机软件；并鼓励发展可资助的提案。fad资助的提案的可衡量的学术影响包括学术报告、同行评审的出版物、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，该项目在推进这些成果方面取得了巨大成功。对研究项目的适度投资导致包括科学和教育贡献在内的高回报（每个项目平均有四种贡献）。在研究过程的早期阶段提供的少量资金使那些向其他资金来源提交提案的人获得了更多的资金，在最后三年项目周期内，FAD每提供1美元，其费率几乎为12美元。总的来说，每投入1美元，就会获得4.75美元的额外资金。更广泛的影响更广泛的影响包括培训本科生和研究生，开发新的课程和课程，并通过新闻稿向更广泛的公众提供研究结果。虽然对所有拥有博士学位的学者开放，但该项目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，该项目更广泛的影响包括对早期职业教师的指导和指导，以及研究密集型机构(如硕士？美国综合性和只接受学士学位的院校。本指南也提高了各自的研究人员？开发后续成功方案的能力。

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.