To mark its ninetieth anniversary in 2013, the Social Science Research Council established the College and University Fund for the Social Sciences, a consortium of higher education partners providing annual financial support to enhance the infrastructure of social science research, catalyze interdisciplinary and cross-institutional collaborations, and help launch the careers of junior scholars through fellowships, workshops, and mentorship.
“The institutions of the College and University Fund for the Social Sciences are critical partners in our efforts to build a more effective and more responsive funding infrastructure for social and behavioral science. By connecting leaders of top research institutions with representatives from the major public and private research funders, the College and University Fund for the Social Sciences facilitates important conversations about strategic funding priorities for the social and behavioral sciences.”
–Anna Harvey, SSRC President
The College and University Fund offers many opportunities for learning and engagement to member faculty and students.
How We Work
The College and University Fund Conference, held every eighteen to twenty-four months, brings together senior administrators from member institutions to think strategically about the future of social science research and teaching. The most recent conference was held in New York City on September 23, 2019, and focused on questions related to the present and future of transnational and global research.
Member institutions receive exclusive invitations for their faculty and students to take part in private seminars and public events with prominent scholars involved in the Council’s programs.
In 2019, the Council’s Scholarly Borderlands program released a call for proposals for “New Interdisciplinary Working Groups,” open exclusively to faculty PIs from College and University Fund member institutions. In 2020, we were pleased to launch a new annual funding opportunity for doctoral candidates at College and University Fund institutions, the Lindblom Memorial Fellowship.
Programs & Projects
The Charles E. Lindblom Memorial Fellowship is an annual award supporting an interdisciplinary social science project by an advanced graduate student at one of the member institutions of the College and University Fund for the Social Sciences.
The spaces between fields—or the “borderlands” between disciplines—represent unique opportunities for social inquiry. Scholarly Borderlands, an initiative of the Social Science Research Council (SSRC), invites proposals for interdisciplinary working groups that ask novel questions, develop new frameworks, rethink methodological approaches, and find innovative answers.
News & Events
2021 College and University Fund for the Social Sciences Conference
Gabriela Kirk of Northwestern University Awarded First Annual Charles E. Lindblom Memorial Fellowship
Announcing the 2020 Grantees: New Interdisciplinary Projects in the Social Sciences
2020 SSRC Fellow Seminar with Aihwa Ong
University of California, Irvine Joins College and University Fund for the Social Sciences
2019 College and University Fund for the Social Sciences Conference
