AmeriCorps Research Grantee Dataset

The AmeriCorps Office of Research and Evaluation provides grants to researchers, scholars, and dissertators at institutions of higher education, enabling them to engage in comprehensive studies on civic engagement, volunteering, and national service. Studies include a variety of populations and ranges from local to organizational, and national contexts throughout the United States.

This AmeriCorps Research Grantee dataset provides comprehensive information about the grantees and their studies. For each award, we identify the: 1) study title; 2) background; 3) cohort year; 4) principal investigators and their affiliated university; 5) study location(s) associated with each grant; 6) civic engagement topic areas; and 7) the research approach. Please be aware that there may be multiple rows corresponding to a single research grantee study, reflecting the various study sites where the grantee is actively involved.

Each study was thematically coded to identify their civic engagement topic areas. An individual study can be categorized into more than one group. The topic areas include:
• Arts & Culture,
• Community Development,
• Education Across the Life Course,
• Youth Development,
• Environment and Climate Change,
• Health & Social Wellbeing,
• Immigrants, Immigration & Refugees,
• Economic Opportunity and Employment,
• Social Equity,
• Senior Development, and
• Volunteering, Nonprofit Studies, and National Service.

Additionally, the research grantees’ studies were categorized into two distinct research approaches: traditional research and participatory research.

To learn more about the studies’ civic engagement topic areas and research approaches, please refer to the AmeriCorps Research Grantee Data Dictionary under Attachments.

For up-to-date information surrounding the AmeriCorps Research Grantees please see:
• What is a Research Grant? https://americorps.gov/sites/default/files/document/What%20is%20a%20Research%20Grant_053023_final_508.pdf
• AmeriCorps Research Grantee Activities and Insights: https://americorps.gov/grantees-sponsors/research-evaluation/grantee-profiles
• Participatory Research: https://americorps.gov/sites/default/files/document/2021_07_20_ParticipatoryResearchOnePager_ORE.pdf

美国公民服务团研究评估办公室向高等教育机构的研究人员、学者和博士研究生提供资助，使他们能够从事关于公民参与、志愿服务和国家级服务的全面研究。这些研究涵盖多样化的群体，范围从地方到组织，再到美国全国性的不同语境。本美国公民服务团研究资助者数据集提供了关于资助者和其研究项目的全面信息。对于每一项资助，我们确定了以下内容：1）研究标题；2）背景；3）队列年份；4）主要研究员及其所属大学；5）与每项资助相关的地点；6）公民参与的主题领域；以及7）研究方法。请注意，可能存在多条记录对应单一的研究资助者研究项目，反映了资助者积极参与的各个研究地点。每一项研究都进行了主题编码，以识别其公民参与的主题领域。一项单独的研究可以被归类到多个群体中。主题领域包括：艺术与文化、社区发展、终身教育、青年发展、环境与气候变化、健康与社会福祉、移民、移民与难民、经济机会与就业、社会公平、老年发展和志愿服务、非营利研究与国家级服务。此外，研究资助者的研究被分为两种不同的研究方法：传统研究和参与式研究。欲了解更多关于研究的公民参与主题领域和研究方法的信息，请参阅附件中的美国公民服务团研究资助者数据字典。有关美国公民服务团研究资助者的最新信息，请参阅以下链接：•什么是研究资助？https://americorps.gov/sites/default/files/document/What%20is%20a%20Research%20Grant_053023_final_508.pdf•美国公民服务团研究资助者活动与洞察：https://americorps.gov/grantees-sponsors/research-evaluation/grantee-profiles•参与式研究：https://americorps.gov/sites/default/files/document/2021_07_20_ParticipatoryResearchOnePager_ORE.pdf