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

Wayne F. Placek Grants

Main Purpose: “To support empirical research from all fields of behavioral and social sciences on any topic related to lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender issues.”

Benefits: $15,000 research grant

Eligibility Criteria:

  • Graduate student or doctoral level researcher affiliated with an educational institution
  • Research related to  lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender issues

Application Link and Additional Information: click here

Deadline: March 1, 2016

Categories
Behavioral Sciences Counseling Health Professions Psychology Social Sciences

Lizette Peterson-Homer Injury Prevention Grant Award

Main Purpose: This grant “supports research into psychological and behavioral aspects of the prevention of injuries in children and adolescents.” This includes accidents, violence, abuse, and suicide.

Benefits: $5,000 Research Grant

Eligibility Criteria:

  • Student and/or faculty at an accredited university
  • Commitment to research focusing on injury prevention in children and adolescents (includes accidents, violence, abuse, and suicide).
  • IRB approval must be received before funding is awarded if human participants are involved

Application Link and Additional Information: click here

Deadline: October 1, 2015

Categories
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

Categories
Behavioral Sciences Counseling Psychology Psychology- Adult Development and Aging Social Sciences

American Psychological Association Division 39 Grant

Main Purpose: To “support efforts in education, research and service that advance and encourage the field of psychoanalysis. An important goal of this grant is to focus is on increasing the public awareness of the benefits of psychoanalytic principles and treatments and on the value of applying psychoanalytic thought to organizational and social problems.”

Benefits: $4,000 Grant

Eligibility Criteria: 

  • Demonstrated knowledge of psychoanalytic principles.
  • Preference will be given to graduate students involved in dissertation research and/or those who demonstrate a long-term interest in research related to underserved populations.
  • May be, but not required to be, a practicing psychoanalytic therapist.

Application Link and Additional Information: click here

Deadline: June 15, 2016

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

The Social Issues Dissertation Award

Main Purpose: To award and “encourage excellence in socially relevant research.”

Benefits:

  • First prize of $1000
  • Second prize of $500
  • Awards  are given “to the dissertations that best demonstrate scientific excellence and potential application to social problems.”

Eligibility Criteria:

  • Any doctoral dissertation in psychology (or in a social science with psychological subject matter) accepted between March 1st of the previous year and up to the deadline of the current year is eligible.
  • Applicants must have successfully defended their dissertation prior to the current year’s award deadline.

Application Link and Additional Information: click here

Deadline: May 1 annually

Categories
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

Categories
Behavioral Sciences Counseling Psychology Psychology- Adult Development and Aging Psychology- Organizational Social Sciences Sociology Urban Studies and Public Affairs

The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation Dissertation Fellowship

Main Purpose: To support doctoral candidates and allow dissertations to be completed in a timely manner. Research must be connected to understanding human violence and aggression.

Benefits:

  • $20,000 fellowship
  • Not meant for the support of the doctoral research, but to support the student during the writing phase

Eligibility Criteria:

  • Ph.D. candidate entering dissertation stage
  • Must be approaching final year of Ph.D. work and confident that dissertation will be finished in the next year
  • Typically fieldwork and other research has been completed and writing has begun

Application Link and Additional Information: click here

Deadline: February 1, 2016

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

The Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues: The Grants in Aid Program

Main Purpose: These grants support research on social problems and help social and behavioral researchers apply their knowledge to today’s problems. Areas that will receive special consideration include:

  • Interpersonal violence
  • Marriage equality
  • Immigration reform

Benefits: “Funding up to $1000 is available for graduate student research if proposals are accompanied by evidence of a request for appropriate university official agreement to match the amount requested.”

Eligibility Criteria: 

  • Must be a member of The Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI)
  • Students may submit a joint application

Application Link and Additional Information: click here

Deadline: This grant is awarded twice per year. Spring Deadline is May 15th annually. Fall Deadline is October 5th annually.

Categories
Behavioral Sciences Health Professions Nursing Psychology Psychology- Adult Development and Aging Social Sciences

The John Merck Fund: Developmental Disabilities Translational Research Program

Main Purpose: To support research that will help improve the treatment and outcomes of individuals with developmental disabilities, specifically Down syndrome and Fragile X syndrome. Interdisciplinary research is encouraged.

Benefits:

  • Ten awards are available of $1 million each ($250,000 per year for four years)

Eligibility Criteria:

  • Academic rank in a university
  • A record of research in areas relating to developmental disabilities
  • Scholarly commitment to a career in developmental disabilities research

Application Link and Additional Information: click here

Deadline: Preliminary proposal due May 18, 2015, Full proposal due September 14, 2015

Categories
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