Calling all free speech scholars! Just one week left to apply for FIRE’s inaugural Free Inquiry Grant program

We are closing in on the application deadline for FIRE’s first cycle in our Free Inquiry Grant program, which ends at 11:59 p.m. PST on October 1, 2022. The Free Inquiry Grant will award $150,000 in its first year, with a maximum grant size of $50,000, to support research on freedom of expression or academic freedom. 

Faculty (tenured, tenure-track, adjunct or otherwise), graduate students, post-docs, and researchers at independent institutions such as laboratories and think-tanks are welcome to apply. 

More information about FIRE's free speech grants is available in the Call for Proposals, and specific questions will be answered promptly by ryne.weiss@thefire.org. Happy applying, and good luck!