Center for Research Quality
Walden realizes that the scholars and social change practitioners within the university community may be engaged in social change activities or have a desire to develop research and applied projects that directly relate to social change. The Research and Applications for Social Change Grant was established to enable members of the Walden community to make a significant and meaningful change in academic and social communities, both locally and globally.
The grant will be awarded to the applicants who submit outstanding proposals that reflect the university’s mission to foster social change through research and the education of scholar-practitioners as well as Walden’s determination to uniquely effect positive social change worldwide.
Please contact grants@mail.waldenu.edu with questions about the Research & Applications for Social Change Grant Program and the Social Change Fellows Program.
The Research and Applications for Social Change Grant is one of the mechanisms used to select Walden Social Change Fellows. Consequently, faculty and student recipients of the Research and Applications for Social Change Grant will be members of the Walden Social Change Fellows Program (SCFP). Fellows will be expected to conduct their proposed research and participate in SCFP program activities (as detailed in the SCFP guidelines).
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The information shared on this page is for use by Walden faculty and staff who want to apply for a RASCG.
Students at Walden who want to apply for a RASCG must complete the online grant application specifically built for their use. The student RASCG application is posted on the student research funding section of the Center for Research Quality website.
Alumni and individuals external to Walden are also eligible to apply. While the program timeline is the same, a different application process is used. Information about the RASCG application process for alumni and external applicants is available in the Alumni section of the Center for Research Quality website.
Application Deadline: November 1, 2021
Recipients Announced: December 17, 2021
Research or Project Completion Date: December 31, 2022
This request for proposals (RFP) is for one-time, short-term (1 year, maximum) projects. Projects must be completed within 1 calendar year from the date the grant was awarded as specified in the grant proposal. In order for any grant monies to be disbursed to the recipient, proof of compliance with Walden University regulations regarding the protection of human subjects in research and Institutional Review Board (IRB) approval is required.
The availability of grant funds varies depending upon the type of candidate (faculty, student, staff, alumni, or external candidate) as well as the structure of the proposed research or applied project team. While only research proposals or applied social change projects that are determined to be of exceptional scholarly merit will be funded, proposals submitted by students will be considered for funding from a separate pool in an effort to recognize newly emerging scholar-practitioners. The grant funds cannot be used for tuition at Walden or another institution.
Grant funding will be scaffolded to prioritize transdisciplinary collaborative approaches to research and applications of social change projects. As such, applicants are encouraged to apply for the grant level that best aligns with the structure of their proposed research and/or project. The number of grants awarded in each funding level will be determined by the quality and size of the applicant pool as well as the availability of program funds.
Note: Students may be included within the research team, but the team must be led by faculty or staff members.
There are three levels of funding:
“Transdisciplinary Research is defined as research efforts conducted by investigators from different disciplines working jointly to create new conceptual, theoretical, methodological, and translational innovations that integrate and move beyond discipline-specific approaches to address a common problem.”
“Transdisciplinary Research Definition: Harvard University School of Public Health
The overall merit of the proposed social change research or applied project will be considered and evaluated by Walden’s Chief Academic Officer, working with a review committee. Since faculty and staff may submit a grant application that proposes either an applied social change project or social change research, the specific selection criteria for each type of grant proposal is detailed below.
The final selection will be made based upon the following general criteria:
The final selection will be made based upon the following general criteria:
To simplify the grant application, we have created an online submission process. The link below will take you to an online grant application that will allow you to select relevant fields from drop-down menus, enter individualized text responses, and upload supporting documentation.
Each applicant may submit or be included as part of only one grant proposal.
Apply for the Research & Application for Social Change Grant
Instructions about how to complete the online grant application are provided in the form itself; however, to make the process smoother, following are elements of the proposal you should develop prior to starting the online application:
While links to many of the following documents are embedded within the RASCG application, the stand-alone documents are provided below for your reference.
The guidelines and application information on this page is drawn from the 2020 RASCG program Request for Proposals (RFP), which details the grant program in its entirety for all grant applicants. The RFP is available below, and can be downloaded, for your reference.