In line with its goals of generating new knowledge and of expanding the corps of social science workers in various institutions, PSSC encourages the affiliation of externally funded projects of its member associations or academics or scholars with a reputable record of scholarship and professional training. In these undertakings, the Council may either be the proponent or serve as the cooperating entity.

As part of continually grounding the Council’s secretariat on social science research and other professional development activities, the Council allows the members of the Secretariat, from any member of the Staff to the Executive Director, to be involved in or even lead externally funded projects. In such engagements, the Executive Director ensures that the primary work responsibilities of the involved Secretariat members will be continually fulfilled prior to their specific responsibilities to the externally funded project