To generate research related to this topic, the Society of Family Planning is offering the Contraceptive misinformation and disinformation funding opportunity.
Donor Name: Society of Family Planning
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 07/07/2025
Size of the Grant: $100,000 to $500,000
Grant Duration: 2 Years
Details:
This funding opportunity seeks to support research projects that explore the scope, consequences, and drivers of contraceptive misinformation and disinformation, with the goal of developing effective strategies to mitigate or combat their spread.
Access to accurate information about contraception is fundamental to reproductive autonomy. However, the rapid proliferation of misinformation—facts that are false based on scientific consensus—and disinformation—coordinated or deliberate efforts to spread misinformation to gain money, power, or reputation— can undermine reproductive autonomy by hindering people’s abilities to make informed decisions. Although misinformation and disinformation about contraception are not new, understanding their dynamics and impact is particularly important in the current US environment, where the politicization of science and health information fuels their spread.
Research Focus
SFP invites research proposals focused on the following topics related to contraceptive misinformation and disinformation in the US:
- Improving surveillance of contraceptive misinformation and disinformation. Proposals focused on understudied platforms and non-textual content are encouraged, as well as proposals using methods that provide a more comprehensive picture of the misinformation and disinformation ecosystem, such as network analysis, cross-platform surveillance techniques, spatial and temporal analysis, and/or automated techniques involving machine learning and artificial intelligence
- Understanding the consequences of contraceptive misinformation and disinformation, such as how exposure shapes people’s attitudes, behaviors, relationships, and decision-making related to contraception
- Understanding the role of emotion, cognition, and identity on people’s susceptibility to contraceptive misinformation and disinformation leveraging existing theoretical frameworks as relevant.
Funding Information
- They invite proposals for research studies with budgets up to $150,000 that can be completed within 24 months. Please note that they seek to fund studies with a range of budgets within the budget maximum: concretely, they anticipate supporting up to five projects with larger budgets (eg, up to $150,000) and up to four projects with smaller budgets (eg, up to $75,000).
- Funding is also available to cover processing fees associated with two open-access publications, provided the work is published within two years of grant completion.
Eligibility Criteria
Grants will be made to organizations on behalf of a named principal investigator (PI). Grants are limited, without exception, to tax-exempt organizations. Applicants do not need to be members of the Society. Funding is limited to projects focused on the US.
For more information, visit SFP.
