Research Programs

1. The Melton Research Center for Jewish Education: Melton Research Center activities focus on the design, testing, implementation and evaluation of new approaches in instructional methods, materials and technology, models for organizational changes and staff development. The extended Melton staff is a rich mixture of field-based Jewish educators; outstanding scholars in the fields of Jewish education, general education and Judaica; and graduate students enrolled in The Davidson School.
http://www.jtsa.edu/davidson/melton/
2. The Roundtable on Religion and Social Welfare Policy: focuses on four topical areas for research:
Developments in federal and state law regarding service partnerships between religious organizations and the government;
Changes in the policy environment for faith-based social services in Washington, DC and state capitols around the nation;
Scope of religious and religiously-affiliated organizations in addressing established and newly articulated goals of public policy; and the
Effectiveness of social services provided by faith-based organizations.
http://www.religionandsocialpolicy.org/research/
3. The Social Science Research Council:
http://www.ssrc.org/
The public sphere
http://www.ssrc.org/program_areas/mdps/
Global security and cooperation
http://www.ssrc.org/program_areas/gsc/
Migration Knowledge institutions
http://www.ssrc.org/programs/intmigration/
4. Center for Government Research
http://www.cgr.org
5. Columbia University Research Administration System
https://www.rascal.columbia.edu/
6.  The Brookings Institution: Brookings Research Topics: business, cities and suburbs, defense, economics, global, economics, US, education, environment and energy, governance, politics (global and US), science and technology, social policy.
http://www.brookings.edu/index/research.htm
7. University of Buffalo Libraries Map Collection
http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/asl/maps/nyc
/nyneighborhoods.html