Program for the Advancement of the Discipline

SES- 1458469约翰·w·柯蒂斯美国社会学协会通过该奖项的资助为美国社会学协会/国家科学基金会（ASA/NSF）的学科发展联合基金（FAD）提供持续的支持。自1987年成立以来，发发基金提供了小额赠款，以鼓励创新研究和支持提高该学科知识水平的会议。到目前为止，已有300多名学者通过该项目获得了资助，该奖项以及ASA再次承诺的资助将使该项目再持续三年。向发发基金提出的建议由一个由知名学者组成的咨询委员会审查；约四分之一的申请获资助，最高资助金额为8,000元。资金已被受助人用于培训研究助理、支付原始数据收集、数据转录和前往档案馆的旅费。在最近的FAD获奖者中，在2009年至2012年期间获得奖项的人？超过一半的人在学术期刊或书籍上发表了他们资助项目的成果，19%的人报告说他们的工作被大众媒体引用。在同一期间，所有受助人在FAD奖励上每花一美元，就能从其他来源获得1.46美元的额外资金；在大约三分之一的FAD研究人员中，他们的奖励直接导致了额外的研究支持，平均额外回报为4.76美元。FAD项目的一个重要目的是鼓励年轻学者、在研究型大学以外工作的学者、少数民族和妇女研究人员成功申请。发展基金通过完善的程序，包括由该学科的著名学者进行发展评价和提供指导机会，向这些学者提供指导和指导。FAD的其他更广泛影响包括大量的学生培训和学习；课程修改;建立学术网络；对社会学基础设施的贡献；政策影响和媒体关注。FAD项目的学术、教育和政策影响远远超过这些小额奖励的成本。

SES- 1458469John W. CurtisAmerican Sociological AssociationFunding through this award provides ongoing support for the joint American Sociological Association/National Science Foundation (ASA/NSF) Fund for the Advancement of the Discipline (FAD). Since its inception in 1987, FAD has provided small grants to encourage innovative research and support conferences that advance the state of knowledge within the discipline. More than 300 scholars have received funding through the program to date, and this award, together with a renewed funding commitment from the ASA, will continue the program for another three years. Proposals submitted to FAD are reviewed by an advisory committee of established scholars; about one quarter of the submitted applications is funded, with a maximum award of $8,000. Funds have been utilized by recipients to train research assistants, and defray the costs of original data collection, data transcription, and travel to archives. Among recent FAD recipients,those receiving awards between 2009 and 2012?more than half published results from their supported project in a scholarly journal or book and 19 percent reported that their work had been cited in popular media. Spread over all recipients during the same period, every dollar spent on FAD awards generated $1.46 in additional funding from other sources; among the approximate one-third of FAD researchers whose awards led directly to additional research support, the average additional return was $4.76.An important purpose of the FAD program is to encourage successful applications on the part of younger scholars, those employed outside research universities, and researchers who are minorities and women. FAD provides guidance and mentoring to these scholars through a well-developed process, including developmental evaluations by prominent scholars in the discipline and mentoring opportunities. Additional broader impacts of FAD include substantial student training and learning; curriculum modification; building scholarly networks; contributions to sociological infrastructure; and policy impact and media attention. The scholarly, educational, and policy impacts of FAD projects far outweigh the cost of these small awards.