The Bob Levenson Research Award provides funding for graduate student and postdoctoral research projects and professional development. Projects should be aligned with IPSR’s mission: To conduct basic social and personality research that contributes to understanding and fostering well-being, health, equality, and access to information for all. We particularly encourage projects that involve or advance collaboration across students, labs, or disciplines.
Funding will be up to $2,000. In exceptional circumstances we will consider proposals up to $5,000 (e.g., for collaborative projects; for projects involving large samples of participants).
How to apply:
Submit the following materials via email to ipsr@berkeley.edu
A) A 2-page maximum proposal that describes aims, research questions, and statement of importance, method, hypotheses or anticipated outcomes, and timeline. Projects will be awarded for up to 2 years.
B) A 1-page maximum budget and budget justification.
C) A brief endorsement by your mentor(s). This does not need to be a letter of support; we just need a brief 1-2 sentence statement indicating your mentor(s) have read the proposal and endorse it.
All materials should be compiled into a single pdf document.
Eligible expenses include:
- Participant payments
- Travel for research
- Necessary equipment
- Software
- Workshop fees; travel to another lab to learn a new method
Ineligible expenses include:
- Conference attendance or travel
- Stipends
Timeline:
Proposals due: 1/15/2024 midnight
Announce: Before 2/15/2024
Eligibility:
- Graduate student or postdoctoral fellow
- At least one of the faculty mentors who endorses the project is an affiliate of IPSR
Deliverables:
Results from research grants will be presented in an IPSR colloquium. If you use the support to attend a workshop or learn a new method or approach we will ask you to pass on what you learned to interested IPSR members.
For questions please contact Elizabeth Peele at ipsr@berkeley.edu