College and University Fund for the Social Sciences

News November 16, 2022

Welcoming the University of Toronto to the CUF

The Social Science Research Council is pleased to welcome the University of Toronto, the first Canadian University to join the ranks of the College and University Fund for the Social Sciences. “The biggest problems that societies face today—such as building support to fight climate change, addressing threats to democracy, and building trust in science—transcend borders. These are fundamentally human questions, and we believe that social and behavioral scientists have the tools to understand and address them,” said Anna Harvey, president of the Council. “We’re thrilled to add the University of Toronto to this coalition, and we are grateful for their …

News September 12, 2022

University of Washington Joins the College and University Fund for the Social Sciences

The SSRC is proud to welcome the University of Washington to the College and University Fund for the Social Sciences (CUF). UW joins a network of more than forty CUF higher education partners that are dedicated to connecting across disciplines and institutions to produce high-impact scholarship, and to expanding the funding infrastructure for social and behavioral science worldwide. “Many of the most pressing challenges we are facing, including rising inequality, pandemic spread, climate change, and threats to democratic institutions, are fundamentally human and societal in nature. These are precisely the kinds of problems for which social and behavioral scientists seek …

News September 12, 2022

University of Arizona Joins the College and University Fund for the Social Sciences

The SSRC’s College and University Fund for the Social Sciences (CUF) is pleased to welcome the University of Arizona to its network of over 40 higher education partner institutions. “We are thrilled by this new partnership with the University of Arizona,” said Anna Harvey, SSRC President. “By bringing as many academic leaders to the table as possible and by ensuring that this group represents the full breadth of outstanding social and behavioral science being done across institutions, we believe the College and University Fund for the Social Sciences can help to leverage the kind of research funding that will be …

News March 31, 2022

Case Western Reserve University Joins the College and University Fund for the Social Sciences

The SSRC is proud to welcome Case Western Reserve University to the College and University Fund for the Social Sciences (CUF). Case Western Reserve joins a network of forty CUF higher education partners that are dedicated to connecting across disciplines and institutions to produce high-impact scholarship, and to expanding the funding infrastructure for social and behavioral science worldwide. “Societies around the globe face pressing challenges at scale: pandemics, hunger, climate change, growing economic inequality, threats to democratic institutions,” said SSRC president Anna Harvey. “The College and University Fund network is a key mechanism for leveraging the capacity of the international …

News January 27, 2022

The College and University Fund for the Social Sciences Welcomes New Member Institutions

The SSRC College and University Fund for the Social Sciences (CUF) is proud to welcome six new institutions to its consortium of higher education partners: Boston University; Carnegie Mellon University; Purdue University; the University of California, Los Angeles; the University of California, Riverside; and the University of California, Santa Cruz. “CUF is a critical mechanism through which the SSRC is bringing together researchers and research funders, including public and private funders, to set a broad research agenda, build the kinds of networks that can work toward finding solutions to global challenges, and ensure that research funding can be directed toward …