The Visiting Researchers Fellowships is a grant from the Russell Sage Foundation that funds social, economic, political, and behavioral science researchers through a residential fellowship program at the foundation's New York City headquarters. Each year, 15 to 17 scholars are selected to pursue data analysis and writing projects aligned with the foundation's core programs, including Behavioral Science, Future of Work, Race and Immigration, and Social and Economic Inequality. Applicants must hold a Ph.D. and be at least two years beyond conferral at the time of application. Awards provide up to ,000 over two years. Applications are due in June 2026, with a specific deadline of May 5, 2026. Applicants must be affiliated with U.S. institutions.

Core Research Grants is sponsored by Russell Sage Foundation. These grants provide funding for research projects aligned with RSF's research priorities, with a focus on social science research. Grants are available for research assistance, data acquisition, data analysis, and investigator time. The Foundation is particularly interested in analyses using newly available data or demonstrating novel uses of existing data. All research grant applications must be preceded by a letter of inquiry (LOI).

Causal Research on the Criminal Justice System is sponsored by Russell Sage Foundation. This program supports causal research on the criminal justice system. Proposals must include causal research designs that can reliably isolate the treatment effects of a policy, practice, or intervention, such as difference-in-differences, regression discontinuity, instrumental variables, and randomized controlled trials. Mixed methods projects are considered if a causal research design is central.

Dissertation Research Grants is sponsored by Russell Sage Foundation. This program supports innovative and high-quality dissertation research projects that address questions relevant to RSF's priority areas, including Behavioral Science and Decision Making in Context. Proposed projects must be closely aligned with RSF's funding priorities and contribute to its mission to improve social and living conditions in the U.S.

Future of Work is sponsored by Russell Sage Foundation. The Russell Sage Foundation's Future of Work program supports innovative research on the causes and consequences of changes in the quality of jobs for less- and moderately skilled workers and their families. This includes research on the effects of emerging technologies like AI on worker productivity, employment, employer decision-making, job skills, and labor-management relations, and how these effects vary with workers' education, race/ethnicity, gender, immigration status, region, and industry. They also consider research on hiring biases and labor market shifts due to AI.

Small Grants Program in Behavioral Economics is sponsored by Russell Sage Foundation. The Russell Sage Foundation offers small grants to support high-quality research in behavioral economics and to encourage young investigators (Ph.D. students and recent graduates) to enter this developing field. Projects must contribute to the Foundation's mission to improve social and living conditions in the U.S. and demonstrate explicit use of psychological and economic concepts.

Small Grants in Behavioral Economics is sponsored by Russell Sage Foundation. The Russell Sage Foundation's Small Grants in Behavioral Economics program supports high-quality research in behavioral economics, encouraging young investigators to explore how cognitive biases, mental shortcuts, interpersonal relationships, and social norms influence real-life economic decisions, causing deviations from rational, self-interested maximization. Projects must contribute to improving social and living conditions in the U.S.

Behavioral Science and Decision Making in Context (Core Research Grants) is sponsored by Russell Sage Foundation. This program area of the Russell Sage Foundation supports research that uses behavioral insights from psychology, economics, sociology, political science and other social sciences to examine and improve social and living conditions in the United States, with a focus on behaviora…