Beginning in 2004, the Institute initiated an annual research grant competition open to all Kennedy School faculty. The research projects that have received support from the Institute are summarized below.

Political Legitimacy and Counter-Majoritarian Institutions in Divided Societies (renewal)
Arthur Applbaum

Institutional Design of Payments for Ecosystem Services
William Clark

Deliberation and Accountability in the European Union: An Empirical Evaluation of Two Experiments aimed at the Democracy Deficit
Pepper D. Culpepper & Archon Fung

The Quality of National Democracy in the European Union
Pepper D. Culpepper

Diffusion of Innovation Awards
John Donahue

Accountability and Representation in Negotiated Contexts
Alnoor Ebrahim

The Effects of Countries' Openness to International Migration and Trade on their Level of Democracy
Jeffrey Frankel

An Analysis of California Speaks
Archon Fung

Embedded Deliberation: Transformations in Local Democracy
Archon Fung

Going Local: Decentralization, Democratization, and the Promise of Good Governance
Merilee Grindle

Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnerships in England and Wales
Steve Kelman & Irwin Turbitt

The ‘Targets' Initiative in the UK: Improving Public Sector Performance and the Terms of Democratic Deliberation
Steve Kelman

The Rules of the Game: Campaign Finance Laws in the US
Alexander Keyssar

Connecting to Congress
David Lazer

Faculty Retreat: Workshop on the Role of Bargaining, Negotiation, Compromise and Voting in Deliberative Democracy
Jane Mansbridge

Does Consensus Democracy Generate Political Stability in Plural Societies?
Pippa Norris

How Political Affirmative Action for Women in India has Affected Policy Outcomes, Female Participation and the Extent of Gender Bias
Rohini Pande

Cross-Sector Pollination of Ideas and Approaches
Todd Pittinsky

Innovations in the Science and Practice of Social Cohesion
Todd Pittinsky

Social Cohesion Programs as Innovative and Sustainable Means for Living Together Peacefully in Pluralist Societies
Todd Pittinsky

Curbing the Undue Influence of ‘Power Money’ in Electoral Democracy: Which Institutions Work?
Alejandro Poiré

Human Rights Across Cultures
Mathias Risse

Justice and Sovereignty in the New Global Order
Mathias Risse

Civic Engagement in America
Thomas Sander

Constitution-Making In Plural Societies
Frederick Schauer

How Not to Radicalize Islam: Religion and Good Governance in Africa
Cindy Skach

The New Politics of Displacement
Kim Williams

Transition: The Politics of Racial and Ethnic Change in Urban America
Kim Williams