The Social Science Research Council (SSRC) invites proposals from PhD candidates across the social and behavioral sciences, humanities, data sciences, and related fields to apply to the Data Fluencies Dissertation Grant competition.
Donor Name: Social Science Research Council
Country: United States and Canada
Type of Grant: Grants
Deadline: 01/24/2024
Size of the Grant: up to US $15,000
Details:
With generous support from the Mellon Foundation and in partnership with Simon Fraser University’s Digital Democracies Institute, the Data Fluencies Project works to counter the impacts of discriminatory technology and online mis- and disinformation and foster more just and equitable futures. The Data Fluencies Project is developing an expansive and interdisciplinary approach that combines the interpretative traditions of the arts and humanities with critical work in the social and data sciences to express, imagine, and create innovative engagements with (and resistances to) the data-filled world.
Funding Information
- Five dissertation grants of up to US $15,000 each will be awarded
Eligibility Criteria
- The Data Fluencies Dissertation Grants are open to PhD students actively enrolled in doctoral programs in the United States and Canada—regardless of citizenship.
- Applicants to the program should have completed all PhD coursework and demonstrate that they will have reached “all-but-dissertation” (ABD) status by the beginning of the grant term.
- Among the potential topics to be supported by the grants include projects applying humanist and humanistic social science methods to understand:
- mis- and disinformation
- information integrity
- public-interest technology
- digital culture
- privacy and surveillance
- AI and algorithmic management
- labor in the era of data
- big data governance and accountability
- alternative epistemologies stemming from feminist, Indigenous, or Black theoretical perspectives
For more information, visit Social Science Research Council.
