{"id":12896,"date":"2021-12-15T10:03:50","date_gmt":"2021-12-15T15:03:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ioc\/?p=12896"},"modified":"2021-12-15T11:01:16","modified_gmt":"2021-12-15T16:01:16","slug":"request-for-proposals-now-open-spring-2022-early-stage-urban-research-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ioc\/2021\/12\/15\/request-for-proposals-now-open-spring-2022-early-stage-urban-research-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Spring 2022 Request for Proposals now Open: Early Stage Urban Research Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Initiative on Cities (IOC) is pleased to announce our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ioc\/research\/seedgrants\/rfp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Spring 2022 Request for Proposals<\/a> for our Early Stage Urban Research Awards. Awarded annually to BU faculty and graduate students under faculty supervision, these seed grants of up to $10,000 support research addressing urban challenges and urban populations in the U.S. and abroad.<\/p>\n<p>This year, we are particularly interested in proposals related to: <strong>mental health and addiction<\/strong>, <strong>the Global South, small cities and suburban growth, and policy-oriented research.<\/strong>\u00a0Additionally, we always welcome projects from other academic disciplines that work toward sustainable, just, and inclusive urban transformation.<\/p>\n<p>Awards are open to all Boston University schools, and interdisciplinary collaboration is encouraged. <em>BU faculty and BU graduate students with faculty oversight are eligible to apply for funding<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Since 2015, the IOC <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ioc\/research\/seedgrants\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">has awarded seed grants to 90 projects<\/a>. In 2021, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ioc\/2021\/05\/23\/2021-early-stage-urban-research-awards\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">we funded 14 projects<\/a>, including 8 led by BU graduate students and 6 by BU faculty. In 2020, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ioc\/2020\/06\/01\/seedgrants\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">we funded ten projects<\/a> through our traditional RFP, as well as an additional <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ioc\/2020\/06\/03\/2020-covid-19-urban-research-to-action-awards\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">five COVID-19 Research-to-Action proposals<\/a>. We seek to continue our catalytic investment in diverse academic research across the Boston University community while advancing the understanding of complex urban challenges and effective policies and solutions.<\/p>\n<a href='https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ioc\/research\/seedgrants\/rfp\/' class='button '>Leran more about our 2022 Request For Proposals<\/a>\n<p><strong>Submissions are due on Sunday, February 27, 2022 at at 11:59pm ET.<\/strong> Applicants will be notified no later than Tuesday, April 5, 2022.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Awarded annually to BU faculty and graduate students under faculty supervision, these seed grants of up to $10,000 support research addressing urban challenges and urban populations in the U.S. and abroad.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14317,"featured_media":6095,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[10,18],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ioc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12896"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ioc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ioc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ioc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ioc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12896"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ioc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12896\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12915,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ioc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12896\/revisions\/12915"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ioc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6095"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ioc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12896"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ioc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12896"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ioc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12896"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}