Seed Grants

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ISERP’s seed grant program is intended to support the initial stages of new research, with a special emphasis on innovative, interdisciplinary, and collaborative work. The program rewards high-risk, high-return research, including work that develops new methods, applies theories or methods to new substantive areas, or translates among previously unrelated theoretical perspectives. Grants are awarded both for basic social science research and for policy related research.

Faculty and research scholars or scientists at Columbia University and its affiliated schools are invited to respond to our semiannual request for proposals.

Declaring War and Peace

2008-2009

by Tanisha Fazal

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Cooperation by Design? Uncertainty, Context and International Agreements

2008-2009

by Tonya Putnam (Department of Political Science)

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Methadone and New York City's Addiction Services Agency, 1966-1977

2008-2009

by Samuel Roberts (History)

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Post-Election 2008: Reexamining Chicago Youth Perceptions of Social and Criminal Justice

2008-2009

by Carla Shedd (Sociology)

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The Consequences of Labor Migration for Child Well-being in Two Developing Settings

2008-2009

by Yao Lu (Sociology)

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The Impact of Air Quality on the Productivity of Agricultural Workers

2008-2009

by Matthew Neidell (Health Policy and Management)

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The Role of Mass-Layoffs in Trends in Instability and Inequality in the Labor Market

2008-2009

by Till Von Wachter

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Educational Reform in Romania

2003-2004

by Cristian Pop-Eleches and Andreea Balan (Harvard)

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Campaign Finance, Elections, and Local Economic Conditions

1999-2000

by Gregory Wawro and Charles Himmelberg (Business)

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New Narratives of the Underground: The Transformation of History in South Africa's Gold Mining Communities

2007-2008

by Rosalind Morris (Anthropology)

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Moral Geographies, Migration and Ethnic Conflict in Kenya

2007-2008

by Kimuli Kasara (ISERP)

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The Social Dynamics of Pregnancy and Contraceptive Risk

2007-2008

by Mark Orr (The Heilbrunn Department of Population and Family Health)

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Addressing Vulnerability to Drought Using Forecasts: Innovations in Both Technical and Local Communication

2007-2008

by Lisa Goddard (IRI)

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Foreign Economic Policy Preferences in the United States: The Impact of Economics, Security, and Democratic Practices

2007-2008

by Pablo Pinto and Timothy Frye (Political Science)

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Civil Society and Crime in Twentieth-Century Mexico

2006-2007

by Pablo Picatto (History)

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Making Value in the Pacific Tropics: The Case of New Guinea Crocodiles

2006-2007

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Risk Perception and Life and Death Decision Making in Medicine

2006-2007

by Kristina Orfali, Jack. M. Lorenz (Children's Hospital, New York Presbyterian) , and Pierre A. Chiappori (Economics)

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The Devolution Revolution: Can Cities Be Trusted with Redistributive Policy?

2006-2007

by Justin Phillips

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The Effects of No Child Left Behind in School Services and Student Outcomes

2006-2007

by Randall Reback

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HIV Risk among Market Vendors in Kazakhstan

2006-2007

by Nabila El-Bassel

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Inside Informality: Poverty, Jobs, Housing, and Services in the Slums of Nairobi and Dakar

2005-2006

by Sumila Gulyani (Urban Planning)

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Outsourcing, Deindustrialization, and Technological Change: The Effect of Changes in Labor Demand on Retirement Outcomes of Older Workers

2005-2006

by Till Von Wachter

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The Effect of Home Computer and Internet Use on Educational Outcomes

2005-2006

by Cristian Pop-Eleches

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Education Production and Peer Networks for Out-of-School Children in India

2005-2006

by Leigh Linden

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Institutions, Personal Votes, and the Incumbency Advantage in Japan and the United States

2005-2006

by Shigeo Hirano

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Nature and Determinants of Child Abuse

2005-2006

by Douglas Almond and Lena Edlund (Economics)

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A New Coding Scheme for the Five Minute Speech Sample in the Fragile Families Child and Wellbeing Study

2004-2005

by Jeanne Brooks-Gunn, Anne Martin (Teachers College) , and Rebecca Ryan (Teachers College)

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Constructing a Measure of Investment Policy Orientation

2004-2005

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Grade Retention: A Solution for Turning Failure into Success?

2004-2005

by Christopher Weiss (ISERP)

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Protecting Children from War and Ensuring their Prospects for the Future: Educating in the Context of Crisis and Transition

2004-2005

by Dana Burde (Institute of War and Peace Studies) , Jack Snyder, and Neil Boothby (Population and Family Health)

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Strange Bedfellows? Feminism, the Christian Right, and Current U.S. Policies against "Trafficking in Persons"

2004-2005

by Elizabeth Bernstein (Barnard Sociology)

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Vouchers and Private School Entry: Empirical Evidence from Chile: Empirical Evidence from Chile

2004-2005

by Patrick McEwan (Wellesley) and Miguel Urquiola

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Continuity and Change in European Union Financial and Corporate Cultures: Challenges and Obstacles for Accession Countries

2003-2004

by Irene Finel-Honigman (International and Public Affairs) and Volker Berghahn (History)

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Invisible Families of New York: A Sociological Study of Gay Relationships and Motherhood among Black and Latina Women

2003-2004

by Mignon Moore (Sociology)

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Making Heritage Pay: Social and Economic Empowerment in South Africa

2003-2004

by Lynn Meskell ( Anthropology)

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Policy Adoption and Effective Enforcement in Latin America

2003-2004

by Maria Victoria Murillo

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Research on Commitment in International Relations

2003-2004

by Erik Gartzke (Political Science)

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The Changing Meaning of War

2003-2004

by Page Fortna and Tanisha Fazal

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Child Labor and Access to Credit

2002-2003

by Rajeev Dehejia (Economics)

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Gentrification and the Poor

2002-2003

by Lance Freeman

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Health Outcome Information Transmission in Geographic and Social Space

2002-2003

by Kenneth Leonard (Economics)

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Making It Isn't Enough: Strategies for Intergenerational Class Transfer among Latinos

2002-2003

by Nicole Marwell and Rodolfo De la Garza

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Stateways: Public Administration, State Capacity and State Governments in the Jim Crow South, 1930-1954

2002-2003

by Kimberley Johnson (Barnard Political Science)

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The Impact of Technological Change on the Rise of Alternative Employment Arrangements

2002-2003

by Ann Bartel (Business) and Nachum Sicherman (Business)

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The International Response to Population Growth and Movement

2002-2003

by Matthew Connelly

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Climbing the Sky: State-Building and Transformations in Elite Recruitment

2001-2002

by William McAllister (ISERP)

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Clinical Research, Treatment Discoveries, and the Health Care 'Experiment' of the 1980s and 1990s

2001-2002

by Peter Azoulay (Business) and Abigail Tay (Economics)

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Economic Expectations and Elections

2001-2002

by Lucy Goodhart

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Globalization and International Peace

2001-2002

by Erik Gartzke (Political Science)

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Residential Segregation and Human Capital Formation

2001-2002

by Lalith Munasinghe (Barnard Economics)

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Social Drivers of Amazonian Forest and Habitat Loss

2001-2002

by Alexander Pfaff (International and Public Affairs) , James Gibbs (SUNY) , Rajiv Sethi, Eustquio Reis (Institute of Applied Econojmic Research, Rio de Janeiro) , Claudio B. de A. Bohrer (Universidade Federal Fluminense Geography, Niterio, and Brazil)

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The Cool City Project: NYC Urban Heat Island Mitigation Strategies

2001-2002

by Elliott Sclar (Urban Planning) , Hillary Brown (Planning) , Patrick Kinney (Environmental Health Sciences) , Christopher Small (Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory) , and Joyce Rosenthal (Planning)

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The Strength of the Weak State

2001-2002

by Robert Lieberman and Sean Farhang

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Will Product Patents for Pharmaceuticals Raise Prices and Hurt Consumers in Poor Economies?

2001-2002

by Shubham Chaudhuri (Economics) and Penny Goldberg (Yale)

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Women, Property, and Rights

2001-2002

by Lena Edlund (Economics)

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Amheida Online Teaching Initiative

2000-2001

by Roger Bagnall (Classics) , Maurice Luker (Media Center for Art History) , and Lynn Meskell ( Anthropology)

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Corruption, Judicial Efficiency and Economic Activity in Mexico

2000-2001

by Raymond Fisman (Business) and Charles Calomiris (Business)

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Democracy and Inequality in South Africa

2000-2001

by Anthony Marx (Political Science)

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Demography of Jobs in the U.S. Wine Industry

2000-2001

by Heather Haveman (Business) and Anand Swaminathan (California Davis)

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Dynamics of Property Transformation in Hungary, 1990-1999

2000-2001

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Effectiveness of Nonprofit Organizations

2000-2001

by Nicole Marwell

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Finding Common Ground in the Era of Welfare Reform: The Impact on Ethnic Minorities

2000-2001

by Wendy Chavkin (Population and Family Health) and Diana Romero (Population and Family Health)

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Getting Rid of God: the Secularization of American Science, 1850-1920

2000-2001

by Kelly Moore (Barnard Sociology)

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History of the Population of the United States

2000-2001

by Herbert Klein

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Institutional and Human Dimensions of the Arsenic Crisis in Bangladesh

2000-2001

by Shubham Chaudhuri (Economics) , Rounaq Jahan (International and Public Affairs) , Malgosia Madajewicz, and Alexander Pfaff (International and Public Affairs)

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Managing Complex Emergencies: Local Participation and Control in International Organizations

2000-2001

by Dennis Dijkzeul (International and Public Affairs)

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Mapping the New Spirituality Movement

2000-2001

by Courtney Bender (Religion)

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Parental Wealth and Transition to Adulthood

2000-2001

by Hsien-Hen Lu (Sociomedical Sciences) , Mary Clare Lennon, Yuval Elmelach, and Seymour Spilerman (Sociology)

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Politics of Regret

2000-2001

by Jeffrey Olick (Sociology)

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Preferences Towards Streams of Efforts for Future Rewards: Understanding Loyalty Programs

2000-2001

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Qualitative and Quantitative Methods for Analyzing Qualitative Data: Analyzing Data from a Study of Second Generation Mexican American School and Work Mobility in New York

2000-2001

by Robert Smith (Barnard Sociology)

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Sexual Networks of Non-Gay Identified Men Who Have Sex with Men

2000-2001

by Peter Bearman (Sociology) and Richard Elovich (Sociomedical Sciences)

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Strategy, Democracy and Social Change: Decision Making in Advocacy Organizations

2000-2001

by Francesca Polletta (Sociology)

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Study of Communities in the New York Metropolitan Area

2000-2001

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The Role of Patients in the Production of their Own Health

2000-2001

by Joshua Graff Zivin (Health Policy and Management) and Kenneth Leonard (Economics)

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Campaign Dynamics

1999-2000

by Robert Erikson (Political Science)

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Does Decentralization Make a Difference? Comparative Institutions in Three Democratizing Countries

1999-2000

by Shubham Chaudhuri (Economics) and Patrick Heller (International and Public Affairs)

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Family Relationships and Adolescent Well-Being in Alternative Household Structures

1999-2000

by Mignon Moore (Sociology)

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Model Selection Problems with a Focus on the Social and Economic Sciences

1999-2000

by Marianthi Markatou

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Political Institutions and Trade Policy

1999-2000

by Helen Milner (Political Science)

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Reproductive Rights and Individual Well-Being

1999-2000

by Lena Edlund (Economics) and Rohini Pande (Economics)

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Seneca Village Archaeology/History Project

1999-2000

by Nan Rothschild (Barnard Anthropology)

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Social Networks and Informal Job Training Among Non-College Workers

1999-2000

by Kathryn Neckerman (ISERP)

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Staffing the State: The Politics of Appointments

1999-2000

by Nolan McCarty (Political Science)

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