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Grants Program / Social Policy: Challenges of the XXI Century

The program Social Policy on the Eve of the XXI Century (and since 2000, Social Policy: Challenges of the XXI Century) was set up by the Ford Foundation to support research in social policy through grants competitions. From its conception up to now, the program has been supported by the Ford Foundation.

The IISP Academic Board (and before December 2000, the International Expert Committee of the Program) plays a key role in identifying the main directions of development of the program and the framework of the competition. Leading Russian and foreign experts in social policy are among the Board members.

Four grants competitions have been held already. Projects were invited aiming at academic research of social phenomena and processes, and an evaluation of the effectiveness of various social programs. Priority was given to the projects that use up-to-date methods of data collection and analysis, are based on primary empirical information, and have a practical value.

Since 1997, 67 grants have been made for research in various social policy areas; in addition, 8 small grants were made to conduct the pilot stage of the research. The total number of grantees is more than 300 people. They come from recognized academic schools of Moscow, St. Petersburg, Novosibirsk, as well as from Russian regions.

• First Competition Grantees – 1997
• Second Competition Grantees – 1999
• Third Competition Grantees – 2000
• Fourth Competition Grantees – 2001