CSSI recently concluded its Grant Writing Residency Program (GWRP), which is designed to help researchers successfully navigate the grant writing process through CSSI grant development staff support, funding, and dedicated, quiet offices. Continue reading to discover how the experience helped the 2025 GWRP cohort develop competitive and refined grant proposals.

This article is part of a series that profiles CSSI researcher affiliates. These profiles reveal the person behind the reason, spotlighting their personal and academic trajectories and what they love about conducting research. Continue reading to learn how Samantha Zuhlke explores institutional relationships and how the public fits in.

The Center for Social Science Innovation (CSSI) is pleased to announce the researchers selected for its annual Researcher-in-Residence summer program. This program provides chosen faculty and scientific staff with the time, space, and resources to conduct high-impact social science research.

Are you a researcher looking for the tools to transform your manuscript from draft to high-impact publication? Join the Center for Social Science Innovation and the School of Journalism and Mass Communication for a new workshop designed to help social sciences and humanities researchers successfully navigate the publishing process.

CSSI recently concluded its second annual Dissertation Completion Program (DCP), which offers support and resources for graduate students in the final years of their dissertations. Continue reading to get to know the 2025 DCP participants, their dissertation projects, and their program reflections.

The Center for Social Science Innovation is assisting the Johnson County Board of Supervisors with the development and deployment of a survey to gauge residents' views on the Johnson County Sheriff's Office and Jail.

Elizabeth Menninga, associate professor in the Department of Political Science, has been selected for the 2025-2026 CSSI Faculty Research Fellowship.

Amy Colbert, researcher affiliate in the Center for Social Science Innovation (CSSI), has published a recent study that links changes in employees’ mood with how important they perceive their job’s tasks.

This article is part of a series that profiles CSSI researcher affiliates. These profiles reveal the person behind the research, spotlighting their personal and academic trajectories and what they love about conducting research. Continue reading to learn about Elizabeth Menninga's unconventional journey to mathematically investigating the mediation of civil wars.

In 2025, the Center for Social Science Innovation (CSSI) launched a new research incubation initiative Surveying the Social World (SSW). SSW will provide select researchers with funding and support to collect high-quality, nationally representative survey data.