[Pols-l] Use of New Ethan Allen Enrichment Fund in American Politics for annual KU POLS Survey

[Haider-Markel, Donald Patrick]

Call for proposals, 6/15 deadline

Use of New Ethan Allen Enrichment Fund in American Politics for annual KU POLS Survey



In 2018 an estate donation commitment from Martha Allen's estate was realized by the department. This was a significant endowed donation. Ethan Allen was a former chair of the department and there are existing endowment accounts from the family to support undergraduates. The new donation has language directing the money towards faculty and graduate students conducting research in American politics and can be used for salary, research, travel, etc. The endowed fund would generate $8-$10,000 in spendable funds each year.


Here is a full description of the fund: "This fund shall be used to support a student, graduate teaching assistant or faculty member in the Political Science Department in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Kansas. Support can be for, but is not limited to, tuition support, salary support, travel costs, research costs, books, training and other costs associated with advancement of the American Political Process. Expenditures from the fund shall be made upon the recommendation of the Chair of the Political Science Department with the approval of KU Endowment."



Annual KU POLS Survey of American Politics and Politics.



            Proposals of about 10 questions or about 5 questions and an experiment due to the American Politics Survey Committee (Haider-Markel, Miller, and Mullinix) on June 15.



            The survey will use online panel respondents and be representative of the U.S. adult population. However, this would not be a random probability sample survey (those are simply too expensive and provide similar results). The online samples are excellent for oversamples of subpopulations, general population samples, and embedded experiments. We are planning for a 20-25 minute survey. The average cost would be $4500-$6500 with 1,100 to 1,600 respondents.



            The annual survey will take question and experiment contributions from all of the POLS faculty, but preference would go towards including questions that directly relate to "the advancement of the American Political Process." With this in mind a set of common questions are included in the survey for all to make use of. Common questions are attached.



            The American Politics Survey Committee will design the questionnaire each year and gains IRB approval.



            Individual faculty submitting questions will decide whether or not other faculty would be allowed to collaborate with them on projects using the originally proposed questions for two years, but we would all have access to the common data. After a two year embargo the data set can be open to anyone.





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