Social Science Research Council Grant

Organization - Social Science Research Council
Grant Amount - $300,000
Foundation - Rockefeller Foundation
Grant Purpose - toward the costs of three projects related to Hurricane Katrina: (1) a research project to document multiple aspects of the population displacement created by the hurricane; (2) a longitudinal study of persons most severely impacted by the hurricane; and (3) a national conference, "What Katrina Can Tell Us about Race, Class, and Gender in These United States," to provide a forum for scholars to disseminate early findings of their research


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