cultural sociology, historical sociology, social movements, sociology of religion, media
Craig Calhoun's current scholarly research focuses on secularism, cosmopolitanism, and the public sphere.
| National Institute of Freedom | 1973 | $26.500 [Co-PI] |
| University Research Council | 1979 | $2.500 |
| 1987-88 | $1.500 | |
| 1993-94 | $1.750 | |
| National Science Foundation | 1981-83 | $105.000 [Co-PI] |
| 2005-06 | $44.500 | |
| Several National Science Foundation grants as advisor to PhD students for dissertation research | 1998- | |
| W.K. Kellogg Foundation | 1982-85 | $105.000 |
| U.S. Agency for International Development | 1984-86 | $372.000 |
| R.J. Reynolds Fund | 1985 | $3.500 |
| W.R. Kenan Fund | 1988-89 | $22.500 |
| UNC Institute for the Arts and Humanities | 1990-91 | $28.000 |
| Swedish Collegium for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences | 1994 | $32.000 |
| GTE Program in Science, Technology and Ethics | 1989 | $7.500 |
| U.S. Information Agency | 1990-92 | $35.000 |
| Ford Foundation | 1993-96 | $75.000 |
| 1996-99 | $90,000 | |
| U.S. Department of Education, Institute of International Education, Title VI National Resource Center Grant | 1994-1997 | $565.000 |
| U.S. Information Agency | 1995-97 | $115.991 |
| U.S. Agency for International Development | 1994-95 | $25.000 |
| 1995-2000 | $1.300.000 | |
| National Science Foundation | 1995-2000 | $600.000 |