Stanford University

For The Center For Advanced Studies In Behavioral Sciences' Fellows Selection Study

  • Amount
    $40,149
  • Program
  • Date Awarded
    4/19/2011
  • Term
    12.0 Months
  • Type of Support
    Project
Overview
The mission of the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences is to advance research on the study of human behavior. Housed at Stanford University, it offers a residential postdoctoral fellowship program in a variety of academic disciplines. In 2008, the Center adopted a new selection system for awarding its fellowships, with the idea of making the plan more open and inclusive. A key recommendation of the Center’s strategic planning initiative conducted in 2010 was to revisit the new application and selection procedures with an eye to assessing how well the system is working. With this project grant, the Center would examine how well its procedures work in practice, ensuring in particular that the Center continues to attract applicants of the highest quality whose work is consistent with its core mission and ideals. The study would also examine how the selection systems of its sister institutions and related post-doctoral fellowship programs are structured, in part to identify best practices and lessons learned.
About the Grantee
Grantee Website
siepr.stanford.edu 
Grants to this Grantee
for support of the Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society  
The Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society is an interdisciplinary research center for students, scholars, and practitioners to actively examine, debate, and critique the interaction between philanthropy and civil society and help inform public opinion, policies, and professional practices to advance the public good. The center provides research fellowships for students, funding for faculty research, and an array of courses and gatherings for different audiences. It is also home to the Stanford Social Innovation Review, one of the social sector’s preeminent magazines and online journals. This grant provides program support as part of the Knowledge for Better Philanthropy strategy.
for support of the Regulation, Evaluation, and Governance Lab  
The Regulation, Evaluation, and Governance Lab (RegLab) at Stanford University partners with government agencies to design and evaluate programs, policies, and technologies that modernize government and restore trust in governance. RegLab is an interdisciplinary team of legal experts, data scientists, social scientists, and engineers who are passionate about building an evidence base and high-impact demonstration projects for better government. (Substrategy: Executive Branch)
for the Protecting and Reforming the U.S. Civil Service workshop  
Stanford University's Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law (CDDRL) bridges the worlds of scholarship and practice to understand and foster the conditions for effective representative governance; promote balanced and sustainable economic growth; and establish the rule of law. Its faculty, researchers, and students analyze the ways in which democracy and development are challenged by authoritarian resurgence, misinformation, and the perils of a changing climate. This grant supports the center’s workshop on Protecting and Reforming the U.S. Civil Service.

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