Applications due by 11:59 p.m. ET on December 1, 2018.
The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation seeks to support the creation or expansion of research centers around the United States that will study the changing nature of an informed citizenry in America. These centers are intended to foster the growth of an emerging field of study that addresses pressing questions about the health of an informed society and citizenry in the context of our digital age.
This opportunity is in response to the rapid and dramatic change in the conditions of an informed democratic society. News and discourse have moved to a parallel online world that does not have the same standards and practices observed by some of the legacy institutions that historically ensured access to accurate, authoritative information about community and public affairs.
A growing consensus suggests that the internet and the social web have had fundamental, far-reaching effects on how we encounter and process information, and on our democracy. Yet several key knowledge gaps inhibit productive action. Knight aims to support research centers in pursuit of answers that will help fill these gaps.
Source: Request for Proposals: Research on the Future of an Informed Society | Knight Foundation