The Center for Retirement Research sponsors the annual Steven H. Sandell Grant Program for scholars in the field of retirement or disability research and policy. The program is funded by the U.S. Social Security Administration to provide opportunities for junior or non-tenured scholars (within seven years of receiving their Ph.D.) from all academic disciplines to pursue cutting-edge projects on retirement or disability issues. Research focal areas include:
- Trends in disability;
- Determining disability;
- Requirements of work in the modern economy;
- Informing long-term projections and models;
- Improving communication and outreach;
- State and local pensions for non-covered workers;
- Modernizing totalization agreements;
- Economic security of SSA beneficiaries;
- Work-activity retention of disabled beneficiaries with overpayments; and
- Improving service delivery.
Grant Awards
Up to three $45,000 grants are awarded based upon the quality of the applicant’s proposal and the proposed budget. Applicants are required to complete the research outlined in the proposal within one year of the award. Grant recipients may be required to present their work to the Social Security Administration in Washington, DC or Baltimore, MD.
Submission
The deadline for the 2021 Sandell Grant Program is January 31, 2021. Download the proposal guidelines and the budget matrix. Review sample proposals that received awards: Sample 1, Sample 2.
Contact
Please contact Marina Tsiknis with any questions about the Sandell Grant Program at 617-552-1092 or tsiknis@bc.edu.
Previous Awardees
2020 Sandell Grant Program Recipients
2019 Sandell Grant Program Recipients
2018 Sandell Grant Program Recipients
2017 Sandell Grant Program Recipients
2016 Sandell Grant Program Recipients
2015 Sandell Grant Program Recipients
2014 Sandell Grant Program Recipients
2013 Sandell Grant Program Recipients
2012 Sandell Grant Program Recipients
2011 Sandell Grant Program Recipients
2010 Sandell Grant Program Recipients
2009 Sandell Grant Program Recipients
2008 Sandell Grant Program Recipients
2007 Sandell Grant Program Recipients
Where are they now?
See what our previous awardees have done since receiving their grants.
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