The Russell Sage Foundation seeks to support doctoral students and early-career scholars through its Pipeline Grants Competition, Grants for Causal Research on the Criminal Justice System, and Dissertation Research Grants program.
Below are resources for prospective grantseekers to review before submitting applications.
Register now for our Best Practices for Grant Writing WebinarFebruary 11, 2026 at 2:00pm ET
RSF program staff will discuss the application process.
All research grant budgets must comply with the following requirements. Applicants must review this section before submitting an invited proposal as requirements may change.
Core Research Grants provide up to $200,000 for PhD holders for research projects aligned with RSF's research priorities.
In 2014, the Russell Sage Foundation launched research collaborations with the W.K. Kellogg Foundation and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Over the last two years, 7 projects have been co-funded with the Kellogg Foundation and 9 projects have been co-funded with the MacArthur Foundation.
Since 2014, The Russell Sage Foundation has made 27 housing-related grants totaling about $2 million in funding.