The Office of University Partnerships of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) offers a doctoral dissertation research grant that supports doctoral candidates in completing dissertation research related to housing and urban development, including that focusing on issues affecting affordable housing. Eligible applicants are those who are enrolled in an accredited doctoral program, can legally work in the United States, and have an accepted dissertation proposal and dissertation adviser. Successful applicants will also have finished all other degree requirements by a specified date. The OUP makes grants in the amount of $25,000 for recipients to use for two years of support. Acceptable uses of funds include those directly associated with research and excludes payments for the student's tuition, for computer equipment and for meals.
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of University Partnerships
Rm 8226, 451 Seventh St., S.W.
Washington, DC 20410
202-402--3852
oup.org
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation underwrites grants to support affordable housing preservation and housing policy research and development. The foundation's commitment to research takes the form of a competitive research competition. For 2010, the competition seeks to generate data relating to the ways in which affordable housing affects communities, especially the young children and families living in those communities. Interested applicants should submit a research abstract. Acceptable abstracts include those describing hypotheses, needed data sets, the methods by which research will be carried out, the outcome that the researcher expects, and the expected value of the project and its results to policy. Abstracts must also define the requested grant, including budgets and length of support term. The foundation will fund projects with a maximum of $1,000,000 for a maximum of three years.
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
140 S. Dearborn St.
Chicago, IL 60603
312-726-8000
macfound.org
UN-HABITAT funds the Micro-Grant Research Fund, a program to support sustainable urban and regional development research. The program looks to fund research leading to published working papers and is part of UN-HABITAT's research series, Micro Research on Sustainable Urbanisation. Acceptable research topics include sustainable urbanization, human settlements, housing and land, urban planning and management, infrastructure and social development. The fund particularly requests papers from researchers early in their careers and those from developing countries. Grants take the form of young researcher scholarships and micro research grants. The former are $5,000 awards open to researchers under 35 years old. The latter are $10,000 grants open to all researchers. Complete application packages for both grants should include a research proposal and the researcher's curriculum vitae, along with a letter of support from any organizations with which the applicant is affiliated.
UN-HABITAT New York Office
Two United Nations Plaza, Room DC2-0943
New York, N.Y. 10017
212-963-4200
unhabitat.org