Grant and Funding Opportunity Announcements
Pre-Doctoral and Dissertation Research Grants
Announcements are listed by funding agency.
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
AHRQ Grants for Health Services Research Dissertation (R36) [deadline extended to March 17, 2009]
Application Deadline: 3/17/2009
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) announces its continued interest in the health services research dissertation grant program (R36). This program supports research undertaken as part of an academic program to qualify for a doctorate. The AHRQ dissertation award supports dissertation research costs for students in accredited research doctoral programs in the United States (including Puerto Rico, and other U.S. Territories or possessions). Dissertation applications must focus on methodological and research topics that address the mission and research interests of AHRQ
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Funding Agencies:
- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
American Educational Research Association (AERA)
AERA Dissertation Grants Program
With support from the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) of the Institute of Education Sciences, the AERA Grants Program announces its Dissertation Grants Program. The program's goals are: (1) to stimulate research on U.S. education policy- and practice-related issues using NCES and NSF data sets; (2) to improve the educational research community's firsthand knowledge of the range of data available at the two agencies and how to use them; and (3) to increase the number of educational researchers using the data sets. Underrepresented minority researchers are strongly encouraged to apply.
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Funding Agencies:
- American Educational Research Association (AERA)
American Institute for Yemeni Studies
Fellowships for Study and Research in Yemen
Application Deadline: December 31, annually
Funding for US or Yemeni scholars for research in any discipline conducted in Yemen.
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Funding Agencies:
- American Institute for Yemeni Studies
American Psychological Association (APA)
APA Dissertation Research Awards
Application Deadline: 9/15/2008
The Science Directorate of the American Psychological Association sponsors an annual competition for dissertation research funding. The purpose of the Dissertation Research Award program is to assist science-oriented doctoral students of psychology with research costs. The current program includes 30-40 grants of $1000 each, along with several larger grants of up to $5000 to students whose dissertation research reflects excellence in scientific psychology.
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Funding Agencies:
- American Psychological Association (APA)
APF/Todd E. Husted Memorial Award
The Todd E. Husted Memorial Dissertation Award was established to encourage contributions to the development of improved outreach and delivery of mental health services. A $2,000 award is given annually to the person whose dissertation contributes most to these goals.
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Funding Agencies:
- American Psychological Association (APA)
Application Deadline: 8/22/2008
These awards recognize outstanding student researchers who are currently early in their graduate training (i.e., this should be recently completed research, within approximately twelve months preceding the submission deadline).
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Funding Agencies:
- American Psychological Association (APA)
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services Fellowship
The American Psychological Association MFP's mission is to increase the knowledge of, and research related to ethnic minority mental health and to improve the quality of mental health and substance abuse services delivered to ethnic minority populations. We do this by providing financial support, professional development activities, and professional guidance to students pursuing doctoral degrees in psychology. Our mission is consistent with Health People 2010, the Surgeon General's Report on Mental Health, and other federal initiatives to reduce health disparities.
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Funding Agencies:
- American Psychological Association (APA)
- Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
Mental Health Research Fellowship
Funded by a grant from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), the Minority Fellowship Program has created the Mental Health Research (MHR) fellowship to support the training of students who have primary interests in research related to the mental health or the psychological well being of ethnic minorities. In addition, applicants must have primary career goals of becoming independent research scientists or psychologists who work primarily in university settings.
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Funding Agencies:
- American Psychological Association (APA)
- National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
American Sociological Association (ASA)
Through its Minority Fellowship Program (MFP), the American Sociological Association (ASA) supports the development and training of sociologists of color in mental health and drug abuse research. Funded by a training grant sponsored by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) and co-funded by the National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA), MFP seeks to attract talented doctoral students to ensure a diverse and highly trained workforce is available to assume leadership roles in research related to the nations mental health and drug abuse research agendas.Additionally, the ASA annually funds at least one General Fellowship supported by generous contributions and donations from ASA members and aligned sociological associations (e.g., Alpha Kappa Delta, the Midwest Sociological Society, Sociologists for Women in Society, the Association of Black Sociologists, and the Southwestern Sociological Association). This fellowship is open to graduate students pursuing a Ph.D. in any area of sociology.
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Funding Agencies:
- American Sociological Association (ASA)
- National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
- National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
American Statistical Association (ASA)
The American Statistical Association Committee on Law and Justice Statistics in cooperation with the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) conducts a small grant program for the analyses of BJS and other justice-related data. This program is designed to encourage the creative and appropriate use of these data to inform substantive and methodological issues. Dissertation research may qualify for these funds. Young investigators are encouraged to apply.
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Funding Agencies:
- American Statistical Association (ASA)
Camargo Foundation
Fellowships for study in the humanities and social sciences at the Camargo Foundation study center in Cassis, France.
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Funding Agencies:
- Camargo Foundation
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
CDC Grants for Public Health Research Dissertation (R36)
The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to invite applications for support of public health dissertation research. This program supports research undertaken as part of an academic program to qualify for a doctorate. The CDC dissertation award supports dissertation research costs for students in accredited research doctoral programs in the United States (including Puerto Rico, and other U.S. Territories or possessions). Dissertation applications must focus on methodological and research topics that address the mission and research interests of CDC.
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Funding Agencies:
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange
Dissertation Fellowships for ROC Students Abroad
Application Deadline: February 15
Doctoral candidates who are R.O.C. citizens and who are completing the last stage of their Ph.D. research at an accredited university in the American Region (the United States, Canada, Mexico, Central America, or South America) may apply for fellowships for the completion of dissertations in the humanities and social sciences. Applicants for R.O.C. dissertation fellowships need not specialize in a China-related field. Only students who have graduated from an accredited university or college in the R.O.C., and who do not have foreign permanent residence status or citizenship, are eligible to apply.
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Funding Agencies:
- Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange
Application Deadline: October 15
Doctoral candidates who are non-R.O.C. citizens and who are enrolled in an accredited university in the United States, Mexico, Central America, or South America may apply for financial support for writing dissertations in the field of Chinese Studies in the humanities and social sciences.
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Funding Agencies:
- Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange
Ethel Louise Armstrong Foundation (ELA)
Application Deadline: June 1
ELA Scholarships are available only to women graduate students with physical disabilities who are enrolled in a college or university in the United States. These scholarships are awarded on an objective and nondiscriminatory basis. Scholarships range between $500 and $2,000.
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Funding Agencies:
- Ethel Louise Armstrong Foundation (ELA)
Gerald R. Ford Foundation
Research Travel Grants Program
The Gerald R. Ford Foundation awards grants of up to $2,000 each in support of research in the holdings of the Gerald R. Ford Library. A grant defrays travel, living, and photocopy expenses of a research trip to the Ford Library. Foreign applicants are responsible for the costs of travel between their home country and North America, since the grants only cover travel within North America.
Library collections focus on Federal policies, institutions, and politics in the 1970s. Selected strengths of the holdings are domestic affairs and policies, economics, the 1976 presidential campaign, media relations, White House management and decisionmaking, congressional relations, and foreign policy.
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Funding Agencies:
- Gerald R. Ford Foundation
German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
DAAD offers German Studies Research Grants to highly-qualified undergraduate and graduate students who are nominated by their department/program chairs. The grant may be used for short-term research in either North America or Germany. The program is designed to encourage research and promote the study of cultural, political, historical, economic, and social aspects of modern and contemporary German affairs from an inter- and multidisciplinary perspective.
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Funding Agencies:
- German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation
Application Deadline: February 1
The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation welcomes proposals from any of the natural and social sciences and the humanities that promise to increase understanding of the causes, manifestations, and control of violence, aggression, and dominance. Highest priority is given to research that can increase understanding and amelioration of urgent problems of violence, aggression, and dominance in the modern world.
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Funding Agencies:
- Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation
Hispanic Scholarship Fund
The Hispanic Scholarship Fund was founded in 1975 to help Hispanic-American college students complete their education. The scholarships are available on a competitive basis for community college, four-year college, and graduate students of Hispanic heritage. Awards generally range from $1000 to $3,000.
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Funding Agencies:
- Hispanic Scholarship Fund
International Education Research Foundation
Sepmeyer Research Grant Program
Funding for research on world educational systems.
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Funding Agencies:
- International Education Research Foundation
KPMG Foundation
Minority Doctoral Scholarships (Accounting)
Scholarships for African-American, Hispanic-American and Native American doctoral students in accounting.
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Funding Agencies:
- KPMG Foundation
Louisville Institute
Dissertation Fellowship Program
The Louisville Institute's Dissertation Fellowship program is designed to support the final year of writing on promising Ph.D. and Th.D. dissertation projects dealing with aspects of American religious life that are related to the concerns of the Louisville Institute.
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Funding Agencies:
- Louisville Institute
National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA)
NASFAA Sponsored Research Grant Program
Request for proposals for research in areas related to financial aid. The deadline for submitting proposals is September 15 for fall awards and March 15 for spring awards.
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Funding Agencies:
- National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA)
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
The NIA, NIAAA, NIDCD, NIDA, NIEHS, NIMH, NINDS, and the ODS are interested in supporting individual predoctoral fellowships for combined MD/PhD training in research areas relevant to the mission of the participating Institutes.
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Funding Agencies:
- National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
- National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
- National Institute on Aging (NIA)
- National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
- National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)
- National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
- Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS)
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Mental Health Research Fellowship
Funded by a grant from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), the Minority Fellowship Program has created the Mental Health Research (MHR) fellowship to support the training of students who have primary interests in research related to the mental health or the psychological well being of ethnic minorities. In addition, applicants must have primary career goals of becoming independent research scientists or psychologists who work primarily in university settings.
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Funding Agencies:
- American Psychological Association (APA)
- National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Through its Minority Fellowship Program (MFP), the American Sociological Association (ASA) supports the development and training of sociologists of color in mental health and drug abuse research. Funded by a training grant sponsored by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) and co-funded by the National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA), MFP seeks to attract talented doctoral students to ensure a diverse and highly trained workforce is available to assume leadership roles in research related to the nations mental health and drug abuse research agendas.Additionally, the ASA annually funds at least one General Fellowship supported by generous contributions and donations from ASA members and aligned sociological associations (e.g., Alpha Kappa Delta, the Midwest Sociological Society, Sociologists for Women in Society, the Association of Black Sociologists, and the Southwestern Sociological Association). This fellowship is open to graduate students pursuing a Ph.D. in any area of sociology.
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Funding Agencies:
- American Sociological Association (ASA)
- National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
- National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
The objective of this funding opportunity announcement is to help ensure that highly trained scientists will be available in adequate numbers and in appropriate research areas to carry out the Nations biomedical, behavioral, and clinical research agenda. The participating Institutes of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) provide individual predoctoral research training fellowship awards to promising doctoral candidates who have the potential to become productive, independent investigators in research fields relevant to the missions of these participating NIH Institutes and Centers.
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Funding Agencies:
- National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
- National Institute on Aging (NIA)
- National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
- National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)
- National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
- Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS)
The NIA, NIAAA, NIDCD, NIDA, NIEHS, NIMH, NINDS, and the ODS are interested in supporting individual predoctoral fellowships for combined MD/PhD training in research areas relevant to the mission of the participating Institutes.
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Funding Agencies:
- National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
- National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
- National Institute on Aging (NIA)
- National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
- National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)
- National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
- Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS)
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
The objective of this funding opportunity announcement is to help ensure that highly trained scientists will be available in adequate numbers and in appropriate research areas to carry out the Nations biomedical, behavioral, and clinical research agenda. The participating Institutes of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) provide individual predoctoral research training fellowship awards to promising doctoral candidates who have the potential to become productive, independent investigators in research fields relevant to the missions of these participating NIH Institutes and Centers.
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Funding Agencies:
- National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
- National Institute on Aging (NIA)
- National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
- National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)
- National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
- Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS)
The NIA, NIAAA, NIDCD, NIDA, NIEHS, NIMH, NINDS, and the ODS are interested in supporting individual predoctoral fellowships for combined MD/PhD training in research areas relevant to the mission of the participating Institutes.
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Funding Agencies:
- National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
- National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
- National Institute on Aging (NIA)
- National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
- National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)
- National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
- Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS)
National Institute on Aging (NIA)
The objective of this funding opportunity announcement is to help ensure that highly trained scientists will be available in adequate numbers and in appropriate research areas to carry out the Nations biomedical, behavioral, and clinical research agenda. The participating Institutes of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) provide individual predoctoral research training fellowship awards to promising doctoral candidates who have the potential to become productive, independent investigators in research fields relevant to the missions of these participating NIH Institutes and Centers.
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Funding Agencies:
- National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
- National Institute on Aging (NIA)
- National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
- National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)
- National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
- Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS)
The NIA, NIAAA, NIDCD, NIDA, NIEHS, NIMH, NINDS, and the ODS are interested in supporting individual predoctoral fellowships for combined MD/PhD training in research areas relevant to the mission of the participating Institutes.
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Funding Agencies:
- National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
- National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
- National Institute on Aging (NIA)
- National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
- National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)
- National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
- Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS)
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
The objective of this funding opportunity announcement is to help ensure that highly trained scientists will be available in adequate numbers and in appropriate research areas to carry out the Nations biomedical, behavioral, and clinical research agenda. The participating Institutes of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) provide individual predoctoral research training fellowship awards to promising doctoral candidates who have the potential to become productive, independent investigators in research fields relevant to the missions of these participating NIH Institutes and Centers.
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Funding Agencies:
- National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
- National Institute on Aging (NIA)
- National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
- National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)
- National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
- Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS)
The NIA, NIAAA, NIDCD, NIDA, NIEHS, NIMH, NINDS, and the ODS are interested in supporting individual predoctoral fellowships for combined MD/PhD training in research areas relevant to the mission of the participating Institutes.
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Funding Agencies:
- National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
- National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
- National Institute on Aging (NIA)
- National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
- National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)
- National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
- Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS)
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)
The objective of this funding opportunity announcement is to help ensure that highly trained scientists will be available in adequate numbers and in appropriate research areas to carry out the Nations biomedical, behavioral, and clinical research agenda. The participating Institutes of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) provide individual predoctoral research training fellowship awards to promising doctoral candidates who have the potential to become productive, independent investigators in research fields relevant to the missions of these participating NIH Institutes and Centers.
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Funding Agencies:
- National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
- National Institute on Aging (NIA)
- National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
- National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)
- National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
- Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS)
The NIA, NIAAA, NIDCD, NIDA, NIEHS, NIMH, NINDS, and the ODS are interested in supporting individual predoctoral fellowships for combined MD/PhD training in research areas relevant to the mission of the participating Institutes.
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Funding Agencies:
- National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
- National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
- National Institute on Aging (NIA)
- National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
- National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)
- National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
- Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS)
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to invite applications for support of drug abuse doctoral dissertation research in epidemiology, prevention, treatment, services, and women and sex/gender differences.
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Funding Agencies:
- National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
Through its Minority Fellowship Program (MFP), the American Sociological Association (ASA) supports the development and training of sociologists of color in mental health and drug abuse research. Funded by a training grant sponsored by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) and co-funded by the National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA), MFP seeks to attract talented doctoral students to ensure a diverse and highly trained workforce is available to assume leadership roles in research related to the nations mental health and drug abuse research agendas.Additionally, the ASA annually funds at least one General Fellowship supported by generous contributions and donations from ASA members and aligned sociological associations (e.g., Alpha Kappa Delta, the Midwest Sociological Society, Sociologists for Women in Society, the Association of Black Sociologists, and the Southwestern Sociological Association). This fellowship is open to graduate students pursuing a Ph.D. in any area of sociology.
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Funding Agencies:
- American Sociological Association (ASA)
- National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
- National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
The objective of this funding opportunity announcement is to help ensure that highly trained scientists will be available in adequate numbers and in appropriate research areas to carry out the Nations biomedical, behavioral, and clinical research agenda. The participating Institutes of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) provide individual predoctoral research training fellowship awards to promising doctoral candidates who have the potential to become productive, independent investigators in research fields relevant to the missions of these participating NIH Institutes and Centers.
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Funding Agencies:
- National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
- National Institute on Aging (NIA)
- National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
- National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)
- National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
- Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS)
The NIA, NIAAA, NIDCD, NIDA, NIEHS, NIMH, NINDS, and the ODS are interested in supporting individual predoctoral fellowships for combined MD/PhD training in research areas relevant to the mission of the participating Institutes.
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Funding Agencies:
- National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
- National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
- National Institute on Aging (NIA)
- National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
- National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)
- National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
- Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
The primary objective of this funding opportunity announcement is to help ensure that diverse pools of highly trained scientists will be available in appropriate research areas to carry out the Nation's biomedical, behavioral, health services, or clinical research agenda. This initiative seeks to improve the diversity of the health-related research workforce by supporting the training of predoctoral students from groups that have been shown to be underrepresented. Such candidates include individuals from underrepresented racial and ethnic groups, individuals with disabilities, and individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds. Detailed eligibility criteria are described in the full announcement.
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Funding Agencies:
- National Institutes of Health (NIH)
National Science Foundation (NSF)
The Cultural Anthropology Program promotes basic scientific research on the causes and consequences of human social and cultural variation. The program solicits research proposals of theoretical importance in all substantive and theoretical subfields within the discipline of Cultural Anthropology.
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Funding Agencies:
- National Science Foundation (NSF)
Developing Global Scientists and Engineers
In response to a world in which science and engineering are increasingly global in scope, NSFs Office of International Science and Engineering (OISE) program has restructured its programs. One of the focal areas of OISE activity will be providing international research and education experiences for U.S. students and junior researchers. This solicitation addresses opportunities for international research and education for early career stages of scientists and engineers, i.e., as undergraduates and graduate students.
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Funding Agencies:
- National Science Foundation (NSF)
Target Dates: January 15 and August 15
The Law and Social Science Program at the National Science Foundation supports social scientific studies of law and law-like systems of rules, institutions, processes, and behaviors. These can include, but are not limited to, research designed to enhance the scientific understanding of the impact of law; human behavior and interactions as these relate to law; the dynamics of legal decision making; and the nature, sources, and consequences of variations and changes in legal institutions. The primary consideration is that the research shows promise of advancing a scientific understanding of law and legal process. Within this framework, the Program has an "open window" for diverse theoretical perspectives, methods and contexts for study. For example, research on social control, crime causation, violence, victimization, legal and social change, patterns of discretion, procedural justice, compliance and deterrence, and regulatory enforcement are among the many areas that have recently received program support. In addition to standard proposals, planning grant proposals, travel support requests to lay the foundation for research, and proposals for improving doctoral dissertation research are welcome.
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Funding Agencies:
- National Science Foundation (NSF)
Methodology, Measurement, and Statistics (MMS)
The Methodology, Measurement, and Statistics (MMS) Program is an interdisciplinary program in the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences that supports the development of innovative analytical and statistical methods and models for those sciences. MMS seeks proposals that are methodologically innovative, grounded in theory, and have potential utility for multiple fields within the social and behavioral sciences. As part of its larger portfolio, the MMS Program partners with a consortium of federal statistical agencies to support research proposals that further the development of new and innovative approaches to surveys and to the analysis of survey data.
The MMS Program supports a variety of different types of awards, including:
- Regular Research Awards
- Mid-Career Research Fellowships
- Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants
- Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Supplements
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Funding Agencies:
- National Science Foundation (NSF)
SBE Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants
Application deadlines: Vary by discipline. See program announcement.
The National Science Foundation's Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences (BCS), Division of Social and Economic Sciences (SES), and Division of Science Resources Statistics (SRS) award grants to doctoral students to improve the quality of dissertation research. These grants provide funds for items not normally available through the student's university. Additionally, these grants allow doctoral students to undertake significant data-gathering projects and to conduct field research in settings away from their campus that would not otherwise be possible. Proposals are judged on the basis of their scientific merit, including the theoretical importance of the research question and the appropriateness of the proposed data and methodology to be used in addressing the question.
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Funding Agencies:
- National Science Foundation (NSF)
Sociology Program: Dissertation Proposals
Target Dates: February 15 and October 15
The Sociology Program supports research on problems of human social organization, demography, and processes of individual and institutional change. The Program encourages theoretically focused empirical investigations aimed at improving the explanation of fundamental social processes. Included is research on organizations and organizational behavior, population dynamics, social movements, social groups, labor force participation, stratification and mobility, family, social networks, socialization, gender roles, and the sociology of science and technology.
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Funding Agencies:
- National Science Foundation (NSF)
Pennsylvania State University
Africana Research Center Student Level Funding
The Africana Research Center encourages and supports research and scholarship that (a) enhances the lives of Africans across the Diaspora (i.e., African peoples in the Americas, Africa, Europe and Asia), and (b) serves as a catalyst for promoting an enabling environment where cultural production and discourse on diversity can be nurtured to advance the research, teaching, and outreach mission of Penn State.
Student Level Funding (up to $1000): To provide matching support of Penn State student projects, particularly honor theses, masters theses, and doctoral dissertations, that reflect the mission of the ARC. Thus, the project must focus on one of the populations representative of the African Diaspora.
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Funding Agencies:
- Pennsylvania State University
Social Science Research Council (SSRC)
The SSRC is offering small grants in aid of up to $5,000 (in rare cases $7,500) to enable researchers to complete projects bearing on Hurricane Katrina, its impacts on people and places, and the reconstruction of the Gulf Coast. These may supplement funds from other sources. Preference will be given to students completing dissertation projects and to younger researchers, but applications are welcome from others. The awards are intended to enable people to bring to fruition research they have already begun.
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Funding Agencies:
- Social Science Research Council (SSRC)
Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI)
The SPSSI Committee on Grants-in-Aid (GIA) wishes to support scientific research in social problem areas related to the basic interests and goals of SPSSI and particularly those that are not likely to receive support from traditional sources. The Committee especially encourages proposals involving (a) unique and timely research opportunities, (b) underrepresented institutions, new investigators, (c) volunteer research teams, and (d) actual, not pilot, projects.
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Funding Agencies:
- Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI)
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services Fellowship
The American Psychological Association MFP's mission is to increase the knowledge of, and research related to ethnic minority mental health and to improve the quality of mental health and substance abuse services delivered to ethnic minority populations. We do this by providing financial support, professional development activities, and professional guidance to students pursuing doctoral degrees in psychology. Our mission is consistent with Health People 2010, the Surgeon General's Report on Mental Health, and other federal initiatives to reduce health disparities.
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Funding Agencies:
- American Psychological Association (APA)
- Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
Truman (Harry S.) Library Institute for National & International Affairs
Application deadlines are April 1 and October 1. These grants of up to $2,500 are awarded bi-annually, and are intended to enable graduate students and post-doctoral scholars to come to the Library for one to three weeks to use its collections.
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Funding Agencies:
- Truman (Harry S.) Library Institute for National & International Affairs
U.S. Department of Education (ED)
Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Program
This program provides grants to colleges and universities to fund individual doctoral students to conduct research in other countries in modern foreign languages and area studies for periods of 6 to 12 months. Proposals focusing on Western Europe are not eligible.
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Funding Agencies:
- U.S. Department of Education (ED)
United States Institute of Peace (USIP)
Peace Scholar Dissertation Fellowships
Application Deadline: 1/5/2009
The Jennings Randolph (JR) Program for International Peace awards nonresidential Peace Scholar Dissertation Fellowships to students at U.S. universities who are writing doctoral dissertations on topics related to peace, conflict, and international security.Each year the program awards approximately ten Peace Scholar Fellowships. Fellowships last for 12 months starting in September. Fellowships are open to citizens of any country.
Dissertation projects in all disciplines are welcome.
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Funding Agencies:
- United States Institute of Peace (USIP)
Wenner-Gren Foundation For Anthropological Research, Inc.
Application Deadlines: May 1 and November 1 annually
Dissertation Fieldwork Grants are awarded to aid doctoral or thesis research. The program contributes to the Foundation's overall mission to support basic research in anthropology and to ensure that the discipline continues to be a source of vibrant and significant work that furthers our understanding of humanity's cultural and biological origins, development, and variation. The Foundation supports research that demonstrates a clear link to anthropological theory and debates, and promises to make a solid contribution to advancing these ideas. There is no preference for any methodology, research location, or subfield. The Foundation particularly welcomes proposals that employ a comparative perspective, can generate innovative approaches or ideas, and/or integrate two or more subfields.
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Funding Agencies:
- Wenner-Gren Foundation For Anthropological Research, Inc.
The Wadsworth African Fellowships are intended to provide support for African students undertaking study leading to a Ph.D. at a South African university that can provide them with international-level training in anthropology (including biological anthropology and archaeology).
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Funding Agencies:
- Wenner-Gren Foundation For Anthropological Research, Inc.
Wadsworth International Fellowships
The Wadsworth International Fellowships are intended to provide support for students undertaking study leading to a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree at universities where they can receive international-level training in anthropology. These fellowships are available only to students from countries where anthropology is underrepresented and where there are limited resources to send students overseas for training. Priority is given to applicants who have not already begun graduate training outside of their home countries. Applications from individuals who are more advanced in their doctoral studies will, however, be considered.
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Funding Agencies:
- Wenner-Gren Foundation For Anthropological Research, Inc.
Wadsworth Short-Term Fellowships
Wadsworth Short-Term Fellowships are intended to provide support for doctoral students or post-doctoral scholars who are within ten years of receiving their doctorate to enhance their research capacity in the field of anthropology.
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Funding Agencies:
- Wenner-Gren Foundation For Anthropological Research, Inc.
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
East European Studies Short Term Grants
With funding provided by Title VIII (The Act for Research and Training for Eastern Europe and Independent States of Former Soviet Union), EES offers short-term grants to scholars working on policy relevant projects on East Europe. Special consideration will be given to projects on Southeast Europe, or projects that can be credibly linked to issues in the Western Balkans. Projects should focus on fields in the social sciences and humanities including, but not limited to: Anthropology, History, Political Science, Slavic Languages and Literatures, and Sociology. All projects should aim to highlight their potential policy relevance.These Title VIII grants are available to American academic experts and practitioners, including advanced graduate students, engaged in specialized research requiring access to Washington, DC and its research institutions. Grants are for one month and do not include residence at the Wilson Center.
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Funding Agencies:
- Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
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