Call for Proposals for Enhanced Collaboration Research (open to current grantees only)
We are pleased to announce a call for proposals for additional funding of up to $20,000 for this academic year (2025-2026).
Call for Enhanced Collaboration Proposals
We are pleased to announce a call for proposals for additional funding of up to $20,000 for this academic year (2025-2026). Funds can also be used to support research during Summer 2026. This funding will be awarded for proposals that include members from at least two current ISH and/or BKI research teams and demonstrate enhanced cross-disciplinary collaboration. This collaboration could focus on an overlap in or the complementary use of methods, data, or key concepts in your research. We continue to be particularly interested in projects pursuing tangible research outcomes that can inform interventions to mitigate hate and promote kindness and compassion. To that end, preference will be given to projects that:
- Have the potential for demonstrable outcomes by Fall 2026 (the project can represent the first phase of a larger project);
- Pilot or focus on compassion-driven interventions to fight or prevent hate/discrimination;
- Pilot or focus on interventions aimed at generating kindness, prosociality, compassion, or empathy;
- Measure the efficacy of kindness- and hate-related interventions.
Application Process:
Applications should include the following: (1) Project Title (2) Project Abstract (up to 200 words) (3) Project Budget (funds may not be used for faculty salary support) (4) Name/Contact information of the department’s finance officer (who will be responsible for receiving and managing the transfer, as well as submitting a close-out report).
Please submit a proposal for enhanced collaboration HERE by March 15th.
- Only current ISH or BKI research fellows are eligible to apply. Projects can involve collaborations between different ISH teams, between different BKI teams, or between different BKI and ISH teams.
Call for Proposals: Research on Islamophobia, Anti-Arab Hate, and Antisemitism
The UCLA Initiative to Study Hate (ISH) is pleased to announce a call for applications to support research on Islamophobia, anti-Arab hatred, and/or antisemitism.
The UCLA Initiative to Study Hate (ISH) is pleased to announce a call for applications to support research on Islamophobia, anti-Arab hatred, and/or antisemitism. We encourage projects that explore the alarming rise of Islamophobia, anti-Arab hate and/or antisemitism in this country and the world—and that situate these phenomena in the larger framework of hate. We invite research proposals from within the UCLA community from a wide range of disciplines that engage with the past or present of Islamophobia, anti-Arab hate, and antisemitism. UCLA faculty, research staff, and students (graduate and undergraduate) are welcome to apply, and collaborative projects are especially encouraged. Researchers studying antisemitism will be co-housed within the UCLA Leve Center for Jewish Studies.
Successful grantees will become part of the Initiative’s “hub” on Islamophobia and antisemitism (the “I-A Hub”) and will participate in the initiative’s monthly seminars and a special IA seminar once per quarter; serve as a resource on Islamophobia and antisemitism for other grantees, the hosting units, and UCLA as a whole; and provide mentorship to undergraduate and graduate fellows where appropriate.
Applications should include an abstract (up to 200 words), proposal (up to 1000 words), short budget, CV, and the names of three recommenders. Grants can range in size between $1000-10,000, with the average grant being $5000. Successful projects can reapply for support in the future.
Application submission periods will open at select times during the year. Our first application period for the 2025-2026 academic year is now closed. Our second application period will be announced soon.
Applications should be submitted HERE.
For questions about proposals, please contact Professor David N. Myers at myers@history.ucla.edu or ISH/BKI Research Manager, Dr. Amalia Mora at amora@college.ucla.edu.
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