Immigration and Immigrant Integration
Funds research on how race, citizenship, legal status, politics, and policy affect immigrant and native-born outcomes and integration in the U.S.
Funder: Russell Sage Foundation
Due Dates: October 29, 2025 (LOI) | February 18, 2026 (Full Proposal, by invitation) | July 15, 2026 (LOI) | October 26, 2026 (Full Proposal, by invitation)
Funding Amounts: Typical awards up to $200,000 over 2 years; smaller projects may request less.
Summary: Supports innovative research on how race, citizenship, legal status, politics, and policy shape immigrant and native-born outcomes in the U.S.
Key Information: Applicants must submit a Letter of Inquiry (LOI) before being invited to submit a full proposal.
Description
The Russell Sage Foundation/Carnegie Corporation Initiative on Immigration and Immigrant Integration funds social science research examining how race, citizenship, legal status, politics, political culture, and public policy affect outcomes for immigrants and native-born individuals of diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds and generations in the United States. This initiative is part of RSF’s Race, Ethnicity, and Immigration Program and places a special emphasis on understanding the complex factors influencing immigrant integration and its broader social impacts.
Priority is given to projects that strengthen theory, methods, and empirical knowledge about the effects of these factors on immigrant outcomes. The program especially welcomes projects that creatively use administrative and other data sources to improve measurement of immigrant integration, as well as studies of historical events that shed light on contemporary issues.
Key topic areas include:
- Legal status and its impact on integration and economic progress
- Naturalization, citizenship, and civic engagement
- Mixed-ancestry, ethnic identity, and integration
- Race, religion, exclusion, and inequality
- Politics, political culture, and public policy
