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Funding for Research on the Socio-Economic Change in Cities

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The Office of Policy Development and
Research wishes to fund from seven to ten
empirical research projects on trends in urban
areas, that is, social, economic, demographic, and
fiscal change in cities. Research grants of up to
$40,000 each would allow HUD to commission a
variety of in-depth and high-quality research
projects. For example, the release of the Census
2000 long-form data presents an excellent
opportunity to inform us on the long-run dynamics
of population, housing, income, and transportation
in urban areas. Research using other current data
sets, such as the County Business Patterns Special
Extracts, FBI Crime Statistics, or Building
Permits Data found in the State of the Cities Data
Systems. This site
(http://socds.huduser.gov/index.html) specializes
on data about cities and metropolitan areas. Some
of the data is available at other sites, but here
it is in a particularly useful interface. The
available data include: population data from the
1970, 1980, 1990, and 2000 Censuses; data on
employed residents from the Current Employment
Statistics; data on jobs from and business
establishments from special extracts of the
Country Business Patterns; data from the FBI's
Uniform Crime Report; and data on permits for
residential construction from the Census Bureau's
Building Permits Survey., or concerning other
topics such as the fiscal condition of cities,
crime, poverty, or economic development would also
be encouraged. These research projects would
provide HUD with a basic understanding of how
cities are changing, what factors are driving
change, and the impact of public policy on change.

Available Funds. $300,000 from HUD's FY 2002
research and technology appropriation. HUD
anticipates funding seven to ten studies on these
topics; studies will be funded through cooperative
agreements, up to a maximum of $40,000.

Eligible Applicants. Academic and not-for-profit
institutions located in the U.S., State and local
governments, and federally recognized Indian
tribes are eligible to apply. For-profit
businesses also are eligible; however, they are
not allowed to earn a fee.

Application Deadline. May 27, 2003.

Further Information: see FR-4780-N-01 (Wednesday,
March 26, 2003) in the Federal Register
(http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/fedreg/a030326c.html).
You may contact: Dr. Alastair McFarlane,
Economic Development and Public Finance Division,
at the address above, telephone (202) 708-0426,
extension 5901, or Mr. Patrick Tewey, Grants
Officer, 202-708-1796 extension 4098 (these are
not toll-free numbers). Hearing- and speech-
impaired persons may access the above telephone
number via TTY by calling the toll-free Federal
Information Relay Service at 1-800-877-8339.