The SSN Small Grants scheme provides funding to support junior/early-career scholars working in economically under-resourced regions of the world. This year, SSN will be able to fund awards of up to £1500 each, to be used during the 2026-2027 academic year in support of surveillance studies research. (For more information about what constitutes surveillance studies research, it is recommended to review articles published in Surveillance & Society, the international journal of surveillance studies.) These awards will also be accompanied by a two-year SSN membership.
Applications will be evaluated based on their articulation of specific research-related activities that would significantly augment the applicant’s program of research, but that would not be feasible without additional funding. Additionally, overall feasibility of the proposed work will be taken into consideration and the extent to which it is likely to make a significant contribution to surveillance studies. Priority will be given to scholars from UN-ranked LDCs, but applications from all economically under-resourced regions are welcome. This justification can be a brief narrative description of the funding realities for academic research in your specific institutional or regional context.
Please submit a brief proposal (approximately one page, single-spaced) outlining:
Additionally, please submit a budget (one-page maximum) outlining your plans for using any awarded funds up to a maximum of £1500 (e.g., transcription services, informant/human-subjects payments, travel costs to conduct field research, technical equipment, conference fees, etc.).
Send your proposal and budget as one document (PDF preferred) to Joshua Reeves at reevejos@oregonstate.edu on or before December 1, 2026. Please include the following text in your email subject header: “SSN Small Grants Application.” We aim to notify all applicants of the results by January 2027.
Post-Award Expectations
Successful applicants will be asked to submit a post-award report outlining the research they conducted using the funds and noting how the SSN Small Grant contributed to the success and implementation of their research. These reports will be due on April 1 in the year following the award (i.e., April 2028). Additionally, applicants are encouraged to publish a “Research Note” on our blog Blink.
Surveillance Studies Network members (or non-members who conduct surveillance-related research and would like to become part of SSN) are encouraged to apply, with preference given to persons who:
We are pleased to announce the winners of the 2023-24 Surveillance Studies Network (SSN) Small Research Grant competition. There are two awardees for this grant cycle.
The first is P. Arun, who will be working on a project on welfare surveillance in India’s rural employment programme.
The second is Letícia Simões-Gomes, who will be finalizing a comparative study of racialized data practices by the New York Police Department (NYPD) and the São Paulo Military Police (SPMP).
Congratulations to both grant recipients!