ICPSR (Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research) is a depository of over 250,000 datasets from social science disciplines. Subject collections include aging, arts and culture, criminal justice, demographics, education, health and mental health, race and ethnicity, sociology, political science, criminology, history, public health, economics, and psychology. UC is an institutional partner. Create an account to download data and use online analysis tools.
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ICPSR offers prizes for the best paper that used data from ICPSR.
There are two categories, best paper written by an undergraduate, and best written by a Master's student. Two prizes in each category are given out
Applications open in the fall and close in January.
See the ICPSR announcement for more information.
ICPSR has offered summer programs for advanced undergraduates, graduate students, and new faculty in social science research since the 1960s.
Scholarships are available, and as institutional members, UC affiliated applicants can receive discounted tuition.
Both four-week and one week sessions are offered on a variety of topics. Most are taught at the University of Michigan, but some are taught elsewhere around the US and/or online.
If you would like more information about these programs, please reach out to ICPSR or to your UC designated ICPSR Rep.
The Qualitative Data Repository (QDR) is a dedicated archive for storing and sharing digital data (and accompanying documentation) generated or collected through qualitative and multi-method research in the social sciences. QDR provides search tools to facilitate the discovery of data, and also serves as a portal to material beyond its own holdings, with links to U.S. and international archives. The repository?s initial emphasis is on political science. Four beliefs underpin the repository's mission: data that can be shared and reused should be; evidence-based claims should be made transparently; teaching is enriched by the use of well-documented data; and rigorous social science requires common understandings of its research methods
