The Horowitz Foundation for Social Policy is offering merit-based grants
for international applicants. Each grant is worth a total of $7,500—$5,000 is
awarded initially and $2,500 upon completion of the project.
Aim
and Mission
- To
support emerging scholars through small grants
·
To
promote scholarship with a social policy application
To
promote scholarship with a social policy application
·
To
encourage projects that address contemporary issues in the social sciences.
To
encourage projects that address contemporary issues in the social sciences.
Funding
Amount
Grants are
based solely on merit. Each grant is worth a total of $7,500—$5,000
is awarded initially and $2,500 upon completion of the project.
based solely on merit. Each grant is worth a total of $7,500—$5,000
is awarded initially and $2,500 upon completion of the project.
Criteria
for completion include:
for completion include:
·
Approval
of the dissertation
Approval
of the dissertation
·
Acceptance
of an article based on the research by a peer-reviewed journal
Acceptance
of an article based on the research by a peer-reviewed journal
·
Invitation
to write a book chapter based on the research
Invitation
to write a book chapter based on the research
Grants
are non-renewable and recipients have 5 years from the announcement of the award
to complete their project and claim their final payment.
are non-renewable and recipients have 5 years from the announcement of the award
to complete their project and claim their final payment.
Eligibility
- Current
Ph.D. candidates who are working on their dissertation. - Applicants
who do not already have a Ph.D.; those who do, are ineligible. - Applicants
must have defended their dissertation proposal or had their topic
approved by their department. - Foundation
accepts applicants from any country and any university in the world.
U.S. citizenship or residency is not required.
Criteria
- The
foundation targets projects with a social policy application on either a
global or local level. - Applications
are evaluated based on the Trustees’ assessment of criteria such as
feasibility, applicability, originality, methodology, theoretically
informed or empirically rich research and letters of recommendation. No
specific weight is given to any one area. Proposals are evaluated based on
overall merit of all aspects of the application.
Conditions
·
Awards are made to individuals, not
institutions. If processed through an institution, a waiver for overhead
is required.
Awards are made to individuals, not
institutions. If processed through an institution, a waiver for overhead
is required.
·
Recipients are expected to acknowledge the
assistance provided by the Foundation in any publication resulting from their
research and are also asked to notify the Foundation with publication details.
Recipients are expected to acknowledge the
assistance provided by the Foundation in any publication resulting from their
research and are also asked to notify the Foundation with publication details.
·
Grants are issued immediately on receipt of an
acceptance letter from the recipient. It is the applicant’s responsibility to
ensure the grant does not conflict with other funding they have
secured. Grants are usually administered in June of the year they are
decided.
Grants are issued immediately on receipt of an
acceptance letter from the recipient. It is the applicant’s responsibility to
ensure the grant does not conflict with other funding they have
secured. Grants are usually administered in June of the year they are
decided.
·
Grant recipients will be publicized on the
foundation’s website, in appropriate professional media, and a
press release to university media offices.
Grant recipients will be publicized on the
foundation’s website, in appropriate professional media, and a
press release to university media offices.
Apply here
http://www.horowitz-foundation.org/#!grant-info/ggjs7
