Urban Studies Foundation

We provide grant funding for innovative research projects that advance the frontiers of urban knowledge.

[Urban Studies Foundation @USForg]

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📢 2026 CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: USF International Fellowships for urban scholars from the Global South. Deadline 6th July 2026. Read more & apply to this grant funding here: https://t.co/CPWh8Qsu1A

[Urban Studies Foundation @USForg]

📢 New USF Funding: Urban Urgencies

The Urban Studies Foundation is launching a major new grant to support rapid-response collaborative research on the world’s most pressing urban challenges.

Deadline: 23rd March 2026

Read more & share: https://t.co/ubzlbljDRt

[Urban Studies Foundation @USForg]

We are happy to reveal the fourteen projects supported in our 2025 Seminar Series Awards!

👉 Read more about the grants here: https://t.co/XcFKFACjJg

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📢 Call for Trustees! The Urban Studies Foundation is recruiting new Trustees to join our Board.

Deadline for applications: August 8th 2025

Find out more: https://t.co/05o5sp78Zw

[Urban Studies Foundation @USForg]

2025 CALL FOR APPLICATIONS:
USF International Fellowships grant funding!
📢 Deadline: 16/07/25.
This fully-funded program offers 3-9 month sabbatical research visits for urban scholars from the Global South. Read more & apply here: https://t.co/vhV7GgqwQ1

[Urban Studies Foundation @USForg]

🚨 New publication!
Check out @OyalowoBasirat's latest work "Urban services and the invisibility of local governments in Nigeria in a COVID-19 pandemic context," in International Development Planning Review #USFInternationalFellow 🔗 Read more: https://t.co/vyfdlD70lN

[Urban Studies Foundation @USForg]

🚨 New blog alert! In this guest post, Anuj Daga explores the results and impact of ‘The Waiting Room’ exhibition, supported by a #USFSeminarSeriesAwards and #USFKnowledgeMobilisationAward. The exhibition reflects on the politics of (in)visibility of youth https://t.co/bAizu0WBVU

[Urban Studies Foundation @USForg]

🌍Don’t miss former #USFInternationalFellow @AAbeyasekera at #YorkTalks2025 this Wednesday, 15 Jan! She’ll present her research on how Colombo’s marginalized communities are crafting their vision of a world-class city for South Asia. @UniofYork More info: https://t.co/wcz2NXArD8

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🔔 Deadline approaching! Apply now for the 2025 USF Seminar Series Awards! 📚✨
Submit your proposals by 17th February 2025.
Don't miss out—visit the USF website for more details! 👉 https://t.co/TmWvMwpl4N
#USFSeminarSeriesAwards #UrbanStudies

[Urban Studies Foundation @USForg]

In this guest post, @az_mashayekhi, Dr Noura Wahby, and Dr Camila Pereira Saraiva discuss the outcomes of the seminars on religious actors and urban planning in Latin America and the Middle East, which were supported by a #USFSeminarSeriesAwards grant: https://t.co/PoASdQJEmm

[Urban Studies Foundation @USForg]

New piece by @mrafiarefin @CarolynProuse1 @JosieWittmer, and colleagues. "Making Waves: A justice-centred framework for wastewater-based public health surveillance" Funded by a #USFPandemicsandCities grant. Available online: https://t.co/pK8YmTt21U
#wastewatersurveillance

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@umarsalisu1992 Please send any inquiries to [email protected], and we will be very happy to reply.

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🔔 Now accepting applications for the 2025 USF Seminar Series Awards! 📚✨
Submit your proposals before the deadline on 17th February 2025. Visit the USF website for more info!
👉 https://t.co/F3Rm2V5fxv
#USFSeminarSeriesAwards #UrbanStudies

[Urban Studies Foundation @USForg]

🚨 Reminder: a new edition of Writing Urban India Fellowship!
Hosted by the HUPA, in collaboration with the #WritingUrbanIndia Collective and @USForg, the third iteration will take place at @NLSIUofficial.
Learn more and apply now:
👉 https://t.co/zQjfQFRapo
#UrbanStudies

[Josie Wittmer @JosieWittmer]

Making waves! @mrafiarefin @CarolynProuse1 and I coordinated this piece via our work with a fantastic group of co-authors/panelists from our workshop: creating a justice-centred framework for wastewater-based public health surveillance funded by @USForg https://t.co/KLXZnNEgPG

[Rae Baker @cityisthelimit]

The 1st advertisement for "Dispatches from the Threshold: Tenant Power in Times of Crisis" is here! Thank you to the supportive editors at @fernpub, all the contributors/agitators, and @USForg ! Available on shelves in early 2025!

Accepting invitations for book talks!

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Ulises Moreno-Tabarez introduces in this blog the origins of the Coastal Commons project, funded by the #USF #SeminarSeriesAwards:
https://t.co/ak4qBucxnf
Check more about the project:
https://t.co/TsOq4oZ7GY

[NLSIU @NLSIUofficial]

Call for Applications | NLSIU invites applications for the third iteration of the Writing Urban India Fellowship.

Duration of the fellowship: 10 months
Application Deadline: December 25, 2024

Find out more and apply here: https://t.co/wefU8PjZLs

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The HUPA Chair for Urban Poor and the Law, in collaboration with #WritingUrbanIndia Collective and @USForg, is hosting the third iteration of the Writing Urban India Fellowship at @NLSIUofficial in 2025. Read more about WUI and apply: https://t.co/aNgJRRNI20