Initiatives

CISSR’s initiatives are designed to address many of the particular challenges facing social scientists who work on questions and topics that are global, international, or transnational in nature. CISSR supports archival work with Special Collections, funding for graduate student research and faculty research including fieldwork which takes them all across the globe. 

Faculty Research Funding Opportunities 

• Faculty Research Fellowships
• Faculty Book Workshops, Enhancements, and Translations

Graduate Student Research Funding Opportunities

• Rudolph Graduate Field Research Grants
• Dissertation Completion Fellowship
• Field Research Library 

Research Development

• Faculty Fellow and Affiliate Write-Ins
• Monthly Fellow Friday Lunches

Publications

• CISSR Book Workshop Guide
• Bi-monthly Digest & Social Media

Conferences

• CISSR Conference 2018-19: Replication and Transparency in Social Science: Crisis or Crossroads
• CISSR-EHESS Junior International Scholar Conference 
  • CISSR-EHESS 2021 
  • CISSR-EHESS 2022 
  • CISSR-EHESS 2023 
  • CISSR-EHESS 2024 

International Social Science Archives

• Donald J. Bogue Collection
• Lloyd and Susanne Rudolph Collection
• CIS - CISSR Administrative Archive - in process at Special Collections