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Behavioral Sciences Counseling Education Psychology Social Sciences

Esther Katz Rosen Fund Grants

Main Purpose: Grants are intended to help researchers and psychologists advance the development of gifted and talented children. Support is available for:

  • Research.
  • Pilot projects.
  • Research-based programs.
  • Projects aimed at improving the quality of education in psychological science and its application in secondary schools for high ability students.

Benefits: Grant ranging from $1,000-$50,000

Eligibility Criteria:

  • Must be affiliated with a school or educational institution
  • Be a graduate student at, or hold a doctoral degree from, an accredited university if submitting a research proposal

Application Link and Additional Information: click here

Deadline: March 1, 2016

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Arts and Arts Administration Behavioral Sciences Biology Business Administration Chemistry Counseling Economics Education Engineering Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Civil Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Mechanical Environmental Studies Foreign Languages Health Professions History Humanities International Research Law Mathematics Minority-Specific Grants Modern Languages Music Nursing Physical Sciences Political Science and Applied Politics Polymer Science and Engineering Psychology Psychology- Adult Development and Aging Psychology- Organizational Social Sciences Sociology Speech- Language Pathology and Audiology( AuD.) Urban Studies and Public Affairs

American Indian Graduate Center Fellowship

Main Purpose: To support American Indian and Alaskan Native graduate students.

Benefits: $1,000-$5,000 per academic year

Eligibility Criteria:

  • Pursuing a graduate degree at an institution in The United States
  • Demonstrated financial need
  • Enrolled member of a federally recognized American Indian or Alaskan Native group or able to provide documentation of descent (one-fourth degree verifiable federally recognized Indian blood) by submitting a Tribal Eligibility Certificate

Application Link and Additional Information: click here

Deadline: Check back early Spring 2016

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Behavioral Sciences Counseling Education Law Psychology Psychology- Adult Development and Aging Social Sciences Sociology

Law and Social Sciences (LSS) Research Grant

Main Purpose: To support “research that advances scientific theory and understanding of the connections between law or legal processes and human behavior.”

Research topics may include but are not limited to:

  • Crime, Violence and Punishment
  • Economic Issues
  • Governance
  • Legal Decision Making
  • Legal Mobilization and Conceptions of Justice
  • Litigation and the Legal Profession

Benefits:

  • Dissertation Grant, maximum $20,000
  • Funding for maximum of 12 months
  • Funding intended to cover costs not covered by the students’ university and is not intended to cover the full cost of the dissertation. Funding is only to cover costs directly associated with research such as:
    • Conducting field research in settings away from campus that would not otherwise be possible
    • Data collection and sample survey costs
    • Payments to subjects or informants
    • Specialized research equipment
    • Data transcription, analysis and services not otherwise available
    • Supplies
    • Travel to archives, special collections or seminars, and facilities or field research locations, and partial living expenses for conducting necessary research away from the student’s university

Eligibility Criteria:

  • Doctoral Student enrolled in U.S. academic institution, not required to be a U.S. citizen
  • Proposal must be submitted by the institution on behalf of the student

Application Link and Additional Information: click here

Deadline: January 15, 2016

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Education

ACS-Hach Post-Baccalaureate Teacher Scholarship

Main Purpose: To support recent graduates with limited work experience who are interested in becoming secondary chemistry teachers.

Benefits:

  • Up to $6,000 for full-time students
  • Up to $3,000 for part-time students
  • Students who meet criteria will be able to renew the award for up to three years
  • Award can be used for tuition, books, room and board, and other education-related expenses.

Eligibility Criteria:

  • Have a Bachelors degree or higher in chemistry or chemistry-related discipline
  • Have less than one year work experience outside of obtaining undergraduate and graduate degrees
  • Demonstrate an interest and commitment to becoming a secondary educator
  • Be accepted into an education masters program or teacher certification program
  • Be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident

Application Link and Additional Information: click here

Deadline: April 1, 2015

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Arts and Arts Administration Behavioral Sciences Business Administration Counseling Education Environmental Studies Foreign Languages Health Professions History Humanities Music Nursing Physical Sciences Political Science and Applied Politics Psychology Psychology- Adult Development and Aging Psychology- Organizational Social Sciences Speech- Language Pathology and Audiology( AuD.) Urban Studies and Public Affairs

The Awesome Foundation Grants

Main Purpose: The Awesome Foundation supports projects of all kinds that will  “conserve, sustain, and support the worldwide ecosystem of awesomeness. Projects have included efforts in a wide range of areas including technology, arts, social good, and beyond.” It is “a micro-genius grant for flashes of micro-brilliance.”

Benefits: $1,000

Eligibility Criteria: no specific criteria, a wide variety of people and projects have been funded.

Application Link and Additional Information: click here

Deadline: ongoing, grants available monthly

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Behavioral Sciences Counseling Education Psychology Psychology- Adult Development and Aging Psychology- Organizational Social Sciences

Basic Psychological Science Research Grant

Main Purpose: To assist students in funding psychological science research, some specific to diversity-focused research.

Benefits: 

  • $1,000 to be used for research (thesis, dissertation,  or other)
  • Some $1,000 grants are available for research directly related to diversity

Eligibility Criteria:

  • Graduate student enrolled at least half-time at an accredited university
  • Member of the American Psychological Association of Graduate Students
    • Students who are members of the American Psychological Association as undergraduate student affiliates, associate member, or other member status, must change their status to graduate student affiliate prior to applying

Application Link and Additional Information: click here

Deadline: December 2, 2015

 

 

 

 

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Behavioral Sciences Counseling Education Psychology Psychology- Adult Development and Aging Psychology- Organizational Social Sciences

American Psychological Association Dissertation Research Award

Main Purpose: To help science-oriented doctoral students of psychology with the costs of research.

Benefits:

  • 30-40 grants of $1,000 each
  • Several larger $5,000 grants

Eligibility Criteria:

  • Graduate student in psychology at an accredited college university in The United States or Canada
  • In good standing with their university
  • Full-time student or working on dissertation research for an equivalent of full-time enrollment (regardless of actual registration status)
  • Student affiliate or associate member of The American Psychological Association
  • Dissertation proposal approved by dissertation committee
  • May not have received a previous APA Dissertation Research Award

Application Link and Additional Information: click here

Deadline: September 15, 2015

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Behavioral Sciences Counseling Education Psychology Social Sciences

Annette Urso Rickel Foundation Dissertation Award for Public Policy

Main Purpose: To support dissertation research on public policy, particularly regarding improved services for children and families.

Specific areas include:

  • child abuse prevention
  • school programs for children with psychological issues
  • services for youth in the criminal justice system
  • healthy parenting
  • math and science education

Benefits: $1,000

Eligibility Criteria: 

  • full-time graduate student in psychology
  • attend an accredited institution in The United States or Canada
  • Completed doctoral candidacy including dissertation approval
  • IRB approval must be obtained before funds can be awarded if human subjects are involved

Application Link and Additional Information: click here

Deadline: October 1, 2015

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Behavioral Sciences Counseling Education Health Professions Psychology Social Sciences

Elizabeth Munsterberg Koppitz Child Psychology Graduate Student Fellowship

Main Purpose: To support graduate research in the area of child psychology.

Benefits: $25,000

Time Limit: one year

Eligibility Criteria:

  • Completed doctoral candidacy
  • If human participants are involved in study, IRB approval must be obtained before funding can be awarded.

Application Link and Additional Information: click here

Deadline: November 15, 2015