The
Social and Behavioral Sciences Research Institute (SBSRI)
promotes research in the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences from basic
and applied research on individual behavior through social organization, theory
and values, and public policy. To accomplish this mission the SBSRI helps SBS
faculty, staff, and students to:
Receive funding for pilot research
SBSRI offers a suite of
grants to enable faculty, graduate students, and undergraduate
students in the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences to carry out
small research projects and to develop proposals to outside funding
agencies.
Keep up-to-date on developments in
funding availability
A weekly funding newsletter, the
SBSRI Funding Alerts, is available via listserv. To subscribe, send an
e-mail message to
cstrausf@u.arizona.edu or subscribe yourself by sending the message
'sub SBSRI Funding Alerts Your Name' to
listserv@listserv.arizona.edu. Back issues may also be searched
online in the listserv
archives.
Identify potential sponsors
Make an appointment (Camilla Strausfeld,
cstrausf@u.arizona.edu) for a personalized, online computer search of
national funding databases to find funding opportunities in your field or
run your own search from our web site. We also provide specialized lists,
such as sabbatical opportunities, on request, and links from our web site
to sources of internal and external funding programs.
Develop grant proposals
We can read, edit, and provide feedback on draft proposals to external
agencies submitted to the SBSRI at least one month before the proposal
deadline. If you need general information about funding programs, we will
be glad to make inquiries for you and provide the name and contact
information for your program officer for more specific information.
Obtain computer support for instruction
and research
SBSRI operates two computer labs, the
Instructional
Computing Lab
(ICL) and the
Data and
Software Lab
(DASL). Both labs have wireless access points so that users with mobile
computers and wireless networking capability can come to either lab and
connect to the Internet immediately without having to plug in a data
cable.
Incorporate GIS methods and techniques into social and behavioral research
The
Center for Applied Spatial
Analysis
(CASA) facilitates the use of geographic information systems, spatial
data, and related techniques (such as cartography, remote sensing, and
spatial analysis) within the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences.
CASA supports and develops research projects and encourages the wider use
of GIS and related techniques in the social sciences through collaboration
on grants, demonstrations, training, teaching and internships.
