(apologies for cross posting) Fifth Round Small Collaborative Grants and Bounty Grants Winners SSRC Necessary Knowledge for a Democratic Public Sphere Program http://mediaresearchhub.ssrc.org <http://mediaresearchhub.ssrc.org/> The Social Science Research Council is pleased to announce seven $7,500 awards for academic-advocacy collaboration in media and communications. The grants provide incentives for researchers, activists, and advocates to work together to define and address critical knowledge needs. The goal of the project is to make the field 'better' at producing and bringing to bear high-quality research in the service a richer, more participatory public sphere. Each of the funded projects provides an answer to this multi-sided challenge. Congratulations to the following projects: * Assessing the Commons: Social Metrics for the New Media Landscape <http://mediaresearchhub.ssrc.org/grants/funded-projects/assessing-the-c ommons-social-metrics-for-the-new-media-landscape/assessing-the-commons- social-metrics-for-the-new-media-landscape> (Giorgos Cheliotis; Creative Commons) * Community Connect: A Forum for Civic Participation <http://mediaresearchhub.ssrc.org/grants/funded-projects/community-conne ct-a-forum-for-civic-participation/community-connect-a-forum-for-civic-p articipation> (Lana Rakow and Diana Nastasia; Center for Community Engagement) * Mapping Media Advocacy In South Asia <http://mediaresearchhub.ssrc.org/grants/funded-projects/mapping-media-a dvocacy-in-south-asia/mapping-media-advocacy-in-south-asia> (Vibodh Parthasarathi, DEF) * Prison Phone Service Provider Contracts, Kickbacks and Fiscal Impact on Prisoners' Families <http://mediaresearchhub.ssrc.org/grants/funded-projects/prison-phone-se rvice-provider-contracts-kickbacks-and-fiscal-impact-on-prisoners2019-fa milies/prison-phone-service-provider-contracts-kickbacks-and-fiscal-impa ct-on-prisoners2019-families> (Stephen Jackson; Prison Legal News) * Revitalizing a Media Reform Movement in Canada <http://mediaresearchhub.ssrc.org/grants/funded-projects/revitalizing-a- media-reform-movement-in-canada-survey-and-workshop/revitalizing-a-media -reform-movement-in-canada-survey-and-workshop> (Robert A. Hackett; WACC) * A Strategy, Acquisition, and Revenue Model of Evangelical Radio Networks <http://mediaresearchhub.ssrc.org/grants/funded-projects/a-strategy-acqu isition-and-revenue-model-of-evangelical-radio-networks/a-strategy-acqui sition-and-revenue-model-of-evangelical-radio-networks> (Colleen Connolly-Ahern and Amit Schejter; Prometheus Radio Project, bounty project) * Toward a Stronger Framework for Network Neutrality <http://mediaresearchhub.ssrc.org/grants/funded-projects/new-network-neu trality-toward-a-stronger-account-of-internet-freedom/new-network-neutra lity-toward-a-stronger-account-of-internet-freedom> (Andrew M. Odlyzko, Sascha Meinrath and Victor Pickard; NAF, bounty project) We also have four new features on existing grants: * Net Neutrality: The Convergence of Telecommunications and Consumers Rights in Brazil <http://mediaresearchhub.ssrc.org/grants/funded-projects/net-neutrality- the-convergence-of-telecommunications-and-consumers-rights-in-brazil/201 cwe-bring-the-consumer2019s-point-of-view-into-brazilian-telecom-regulat ion201d> * A New Model for Measuring Radio Audiences <http://mediaresearchhub.ssrc.org/grants/funded-projects/measuring-nonco mmercial-radios-impact-in-rural-communities/201ci-can-see-that-this-alte rnative-model-for-measuring-radio-audiences-has-a-lot-of-potential> * Common Frequency Public FM <http://mediaresearchhub.ssrc.org/grants/funded-projects/the-public-fm-p roject-supporting-non-profit-fm-radio-licensing> * Migrant Voices for Social Change <http://mediaresearchhub.ssrc.org/grants/funded-projects/migrant-voices- communication-for-social-change-with-garment-workers-and-day-laborers-in -los-angeles/201cit2019s-not-just-about-technology-or-workers-telling-th eir-story-looking-at-it-from-our-political-context-that2019s-why-it-was- powerful.201d> For more information on these and other funded projects, go to: http://mediaresearchhub.ssrc.org/grants/funded-projects <http://mediaresearchhub.ssrc.org/grants/funded-projects> With the conclusion of this grants round, the Collaborative Grants project is going on hiatus, pending new funding. Other work on access to data, media piracy, and field mapping will continue. We've taken this opportunity to offer an account of the overall collaborative grants work and the picture of the field they present. * Research Strategies <http://mediaresearchhub.ssrc.org/grants/default-research-bounties/grant s/research-strategies> : Inclusion, Localism, Better Data, Field Analysis. * Research Outcomes <http://mediaresearchhub.ssrc.org/grants/default-research-bounties/grant s/research-outcomes-and-uses> : Policy and Organizing Impact, Academic Change * Building a Culture of Collaboration <http://mediaresearchhub.ssrc.org/grants/default-research-bounties/grant s/building-a-culture-of-collaboration> : Who Gets Involved? What is Collaboration? * Chronological List of the Grants <http://mediaresearchhub.ssrc.org/grants/default-research-bounties/grant s/funded-projects> * Community Feedback <http://mediaresearchhub.ssrc.org/grants/default-research-bounties/grant s/community-feedback> We are very grateful to the Ford Foundation and the William Penn Foundation for their support of this work. You may reach us via mediahub@ssrc.org <mailto:mediahub@ssrc.org> or send any specific inquiries regarding the grants to Minna Aslama at aslama@ssrc.org <mailto:aslama@ssrc.org> . For other up-to-date news and events, please see http://mediaresearchhub.ssrc.org/news <http://mediaresearchhub.ssrc.org/news> and http://mediaresearchhub.ssrc.org/events <http://mediaresearchhub.ssrc.org/events> .