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The Institute for New Economic Thinking (INET) has issued a call for proposals to award research grants to individuals and institutions to pursue ground-breaking high-impact research in the field of economics. There are approximately about 50 grants per year ranging between $30,000 and $250,000 and these will be awarded to individuals or teams of individuals affiliated with academic institutions, think tanks and other centers of vital research.
In conformance to the Institute’s commitment to encouraging new and consequential economic thinking, submissions in any subject area will be actively considered. In addition, at this time, the Institute is inviting proposals that intend to advance thought in economics with particular emphasis on the following areas of study:
- Political Economy: The State, Economy and their Interaction
- Theories of Finance, Radical Uncertainty, Asset Price Swings and the Interaction between Financial and Real Economic Systems
- New Approaches to Empirical Macroeconomics
- Network and Systems Theory
- Economic History
- History of Economic Thought
- Human Capital and Growth
- Development and Economic Inequality
The deadline to submit proposals is 31 July 2010. For more information, visit this link.