Grant of $7,500 for PhD Students in Social Sciences at Horowitz Foundation 2018

The Horowitz Foundation for Social Policy invites current PhD students working on their dissertation to apply for the foundation’s grant for 2018, aiming to support emerging scholars and to encourage projects that address contemporary issues in the social sciences.  

Eligibility criteria:

[1] Applicants must be current PhD students who are working on their dissertation

[2] Applicants must not have a PhD

[3] Applicants must have defended their dissertation proposal or had their topic approved by their department

[4] Applicants can be from any country and any university in the world. US citizenship or residency is not required

[5] Recipients are expected to acknowledge assistance provided by the foundation in any publication resulting from their research and should notify the foundation with publication details

Grant value: 

Grants are based solely on merit. Each is worth a total of $7,500; $5,000 is awarded initially and $2,500 upon completion of the project. For grant recipients to be entitled to their second installment, they must show evidence of one of the following:

[1] Acceptance and approval of their dissertation

[2] Acceptance of an article based on the research by a peer-reviewed journal

[3] Invitation to write and publish a book chapter based on the research

Special Awards are also offered for the most outstanding research project in their subject-matter area and recipients receive an additional $1,500. 

About the Horowitz Foundation for Social Policy:

The Horowitz Foundation for Social Policy was established in 1997 by Irving Louis Horowitz and Mary E. Curtis as a not-for-profit organization. Its general purpose is to support the advancement of research and understanding in the major fields of the social sciences. Its specific purpose is to provide small grants to aspiring PhD students at the dissertation level to support the research they are undertaking for their project.