Overview

WCPC Support for Poverty Research

WCPC provides grant support for poverty-related research through the following programs:

• Dissertation Fellowships [ PDF ] The Center’s Dissertation Fellowships support outstanding doctoral students from any discipline at the University of Washington whose dissertations address poverty, poverty-related issues, and anti-poverty policy in the U.S. Recipients receive one quarter of support at the doctoral Graduate Research Assistant level and a tuition waiver.
  
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• Emerging Scholars Small Grants [ PDF ] The Center’s Emerging Poverty Scholars Small Grants Program offers awards of up to $15,000 to encourage newer faculty at the University of Washington to focus on poverty issues; to increase the diversity of scholars engaged in poverty research; to create networks at UW and to link new scholars to the larger west coast poverty research network.
  
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• Western Poverty & Policy Small Grants [ PDF ] The Center sponsors a small grants program that distributes awards of up to $15,000 to poverty researchers on the west coast or nationally whose research efforts or pilot projects address issues of west coast poverty and public policy. The goal of the small grants program is to advance, synthesize and disseminate best research on thematic issues; identify and build a network among poverty researchers on the west coast; identify and encourage younger scholars in the west coast region; increase visibility of poverty issues and research; and link research to policy.
  
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A listing of other poverty-related research funding opportunities is available on our External Opportunities page.