The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation is offering a Research Funding Program for social science scholars interested in entrepreneurship, innovation, and related research using the newly-available Kauffman Firm Survey (KFS) data set—a unique new source of firm-level data available through the NORC Data Enclave. For the 2009 program, research funding will be awarded in amounts up to $20,000 for individual scholars or groups of scholars.
The deadline to apply for research funding to use KFS data through the NORC Data Enclave is March 18, 2009, by 5 p.m. Central Standard Time. Research proposals should consist of the following:
1. Identification of the category into which the proposal falls.
2. A description of the proposed work (up to ten pages).
3. The CV of the researcher(s).
4. A line-item budget and narrative justification.
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