Russell Sage Foundation
Project Title
As a final grant for research projects on U.S. immigration and immigrant integration into American society
Date
Sep. 12, 2024
Duration
24 months
Description
In 2015, the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine (NAS) panel on Immigrant Integration in the United States, co-funded by Carnegie Corporation and the Russell Sage Foundation (RSF), found that contemporary immigrants and their descendants are successfully integrating into U.S. society. At the same time, the NAS report identified three sources of persistent concern for immigrant integration: 1) the role of legal status; 2) the role of racial stratification in integration outcomes, and 3) low rates of naturalization. Beginning in 2016, RSF—in partnership with the Corporation—solicited research proposals to address these challenges to integration. With renewed Corporation support, RSF will support a new cohort of researchers who will tackle important questions about inter-generational mobility.
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For research projects on U.S. immigration and immigrant integration into American society
Date
Sep. 15, 2022
Duration
24 months
Description
Founded in 1907, the Russell Sage Foundation (RSF) is dedicated to “the improvement of social and living conditions in the United States” through strengthening the methods, data, and theoretical core of the social sciences. In 2016, RSF received Corporation support to oversee a series of research projects that investigate the social, economic, and political implications of the United States’ changing racial and ethnic composition. This initiative was renewed in 2021. With continued Corporation support, RSF will support a new cohort of researchers who tackle important questions about the increasing role of immigration status and race on immigrant outcomes, the effects of state and local immigration policies and practices on communities, and more.
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For research projects on U.S. immigration and immigrant integration into American society
Date
Dec. 10, 2020
Duration
24 months
Description
According to the United States Census Bureau, 25 percent of the U.S. population, or 81.8 million people, are immigrants or the American-born children of immigrants as of 2018. Research by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine has found that this population is successfully integrating into the United States, especially with regard to fiscal and economic outcomes. However, there are multiple obstacles to their full integration, including the lack of progress on federal immigration reform, racial stratification in integration outcomes, and low rates of naturalization in comparison to other receiving countries. In 2016, the Russell Sage Foundation (RSF) partnered with the Corporation to oversee a series of research projects investigating the social, economic, and political implications of the country’s changing racial and ethnic composition. With renewed Corporation support, the RSF will support a new cohort of social science researchers studying the effects of federal and state policies and practices on immigrant communities.
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For research projects on U.S. immigration and immigrant integration into American society
Date
Jun. 09, 2016
Duration
48 months
Description
In 2015, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NAS) published The Integration of Immigrants into American Society. The 2015 report is a much needed update to NAS’ 1997 report, The New Americans, a study examining the demographic, economic, and fiscal consequences of immigration to the United States. While the report found that current immigrants and their descendants are successfully integrating into U.S. society, it also identified three causes for concern regarding immigrant integration: the role of legal status in slowing or blocking the integration of both the undocumented and their U.S.-citizen children; racial patterns in immigrant integration and the resulting racial stratification of the population; and the lower rate of naturalization, compared with rates in similar immigrant-receiving countries. In partnership with the Corporation, the Russell Sage Foundation will support research projects investigating these issues and other policy questions from the 2015 report.