Explore our top priorities:
Training & Education
Educate, empower, and support early-career scholars
Infrastructure & Innovation
Develop and maintain foundational structures to share data and catalyze research
Methods
Excel in both traditional and pioneering methodology to create the future of social science
Community
Build true collaboration across disciplines and institutions to create impact at a local, regional, national, and global scale
Priority Initiatives
ISR Next Generation Fund
The ISR Next Generation Initiative awards ~$300K each year to emerging scholars in the social and behavioral sciences at the University of Michigan, facilitating research and professional development opportunities to our future leaders. Your support will give high-potential scholars the early research experience so essential to building successful careers and making a positive impact on our world.
Research Innovation Fund
The Robert L. Kahn Innovation Fund will advance collaborative, interdisciplinary research to address problems that cannot be understood within a single discipline or field. Gifts to this fund will provide early project support to thoughtfully designed research and groups of scholars in the pursuit of inventive social solutions.
Government Data Preservation
DataLumos at the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) works to preserve, document, and disseminate thousands of files from agencies such as the Centers for Disease Control, USAID, the Department of Education, and others. Your support will help preserve and expand access to datasets for thousands of researchers around the world.