WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the availability of approximately $2 million in grants intended to support university-based research of labor policies and issues.
The department’s Chief Evaluation Office will administer these Labor Research and Evaluation grants – a total of up to 10 awards, ranging from $100,000 to $250,000 – to support evaluation and research on the following suggested topics: * Employee benefits security.
* Miner safety and health.
* Wage and hour and labor standards.
* Worker and workplace safety and health.
* Workers’ compensation.
* Labor-management relations.
* International topics in worker protection including child and forced labor issues.
* Improving equal employment opportunities.
* Innovative approaches to evaluating the impact of the department’s worker protection programs and policies using existing administrative or other data.
* Low-cost, randomized controlled trials or natural experiments to evaluate the impact of department programs.
University researchers and Indian/Native American tribes interested in applying for this funding should visit http://www.grants.gov. Information on the grants is available here. The deadline to apply is by 4 p.m. EDT on Oct. 3, 2016.
