Dear PolMeth,
The Association for Politics and the Life Sciences (APLS) are calling for proposals from researchers across the social science disciplines for the Association for Politics and Life Sciences (APLS) research grants. With these grants, we seek cutting-edge research contributions on the relationship between biological mechanisms, broadly construed, and political behaviour and institutions. APLS will fund up to $4,000 USD of data collection expenses for up to three proposals. Proposals and funded projects will be double-blind peer reviewed, and funded manuscripts that successfully complete the full peer-review process will be published in the association’s journal, Politics and the Life Sciences (PLS).
Full details of the call are available here:
https://uwo.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9v5pIXVEF3E4YFE
Our aim is to publish novel research ideas that are executed with strict adherence to principles of reproducible research. As such, all funded projects will be registered reports. Following best practices for peer review, the final publication decisions will be independent of the awarded grant. Funded projects must be pre-registered and all study materials, including data, must be made public upon publication of the manuscript.
Topics must fall within the scope of the journal: the relationship between biological mechanisms, broadly construed, and political behaviour and institutions. For more details on scope, see the current and past issues of PLS at https://cambridge.org/pls. Within that broad scope, though, we include pertinent research on health and politics, criminal justice and the criminal justice system, new methods for the study of life sciences-related phenomena including political differences, public policy and opinion regarding climate change, evolutionary and life science approaches to political phenomena, and political and social consequences of digital technology.
Interested scholars should submit 2,000-word BLIND proposals by October 1, 2023, that include:
1. a brief literature review identifying research question(s) and hypotheses (where applicable);
2. research design, complete with how the data would be collected, sampling method, sample size with statistical power tests, based upon extant studies where applicable;
3. timeline for the research collection and analysis;
4. a proposed budget (including any matching funds); and
5. a separately attached unblinded title and author page.
After the initial application stage, the three successful contributors will be required to submit a complete Registered Report, which will be anonymously reviewed to determine final funding decisions. Funded Registered Reports must be pre-registered at the Open Science Framework to receive funding. By accepting funding, the researchers are obligating themselves to carry out the proposed research, deliver a publishable manuscript based on the funded research and following the pre-registration, and make the data and research publicly materials (i.e., all survey materials, lab materials, statistical application code). The data and duplication code will be made public upon publication of the manuscript.
Submit your paper here. [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>, with the heading: APLS Grant Application.
Timeline
· July 10, 2023 – Call for proposals.
· October 1, 2023 – 2,000-word proposals due; anonymized editorial review
commences.
· November 15, 2021 – Review process concludes; Acceptance/rejection letters
issued.
· February 15, 2024 – Full registered reports are due; anonymized peer review
begins.
· May 2024 – Accepted registered report authors will receive $4,000; data collection
commences.
· June 2024 – Winners present project designs at the Life in a Digital World:
Mapping the Personal, Political, and Social Consequences of Digital Technology
workshop, Hamilton, ON, or virtually.
· October 31, 2024 – Final manuscripts and results are due to PLS Editor.
Proposal Review Committee:
Gregg Murray (Committee Chair, Editor of PLS), Augusta University
Erik Bucy, Texas Tech University
Kevin Smith, University of Nebraska Lincoln
Kevin Arceneaux, Science Po Paris
Kristin Lunz Trujillo, Harvard University
Matthew E. Walsh, John Hopkins University
Seyoung Jung, L'Université du Québec à Montréal
Questions about the APLS small grants should be directed to Gregg Murray, Augusta University: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
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