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The American Psychological Foundation: Roy Scrivner Memorial Research Grant

Main Purpose: To provide grants for graduate level research in the area of LGBT psychology and family therapy.

Benefits:

  • $15,000 grant

Eligibility Criteria:

  • Graduate student, in good standing, endorsed by supervising professor
  • Commitment to LGBT family issues
  • Must receive IRB approval if human participants are involved before funding can be awarded
  • Dissertation research is given preference

 

Application Link and Additional Information: click here

Deadline: November 1, 2015

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Social Sciences

American Sociological Association: Congressional Fellowship

Main Purpose: To provide PhD-level sociologists with the opportunity to see the complex policy-making process in Washington, D.C., and to work as a staff member on a congressional committee or in a congressional office.

Benefits:

  • Stipend: $66,000
  • Opportunity to work on a congressional committee in Washington, D.C.

Time Limit: 12-months

Eligibility Criteria: 

  • Ph.D level sociologist

Application Link and Additional Information: click here

Deadline: February 15 annually

 

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American Sociological Association: Minority Fellowship Program

Main Purpose: To support sociologists of color in pursuing a doctoral degree in any area of sociology.

Benefits:

  • Annual Stipend: $18,000
  • Access to workshops and paper sessions at the American Sociological Association’s Annual Meeting
  • Travel support to scientific conferences,
  • Formal and informal networking

 

Eligibility Criteria:

  • Must be enrolled in a program that will grant a Ph.D. in sociology
  • Sufficiently advanced in a Ph.D program that commitment to a research career has been demonstrated (must have completed at least one academic year)
  • Specifically, applicants must be members of one of the following racial/ethnic groups: Blacks/African Americans, Latinos/as (e.g., Mexican Americans, Puerto Ricans, Cubans), American Indians or Alaskan Natives, and Asians (e.g., Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Southeast Asian), or Pacific Islanders (e.g., Hawaiian, Guamanian, Samoan, Filipino).
  • Must be a citizen or non-citizen national of the U.S., or have been lawfully admitted to the U.S. as a permanent residence. Must possess an Alien Registration Card.

 

Application Link and Additional Information: click here

Deadline: January 31, 2016

 

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Humanities Social Sciences

The Wenner-Gren Foundation Dissertation Grants

Main Purpose: To assist students with funding doctoral or thesis research in anthropology that focuses on humanity’s cultural and biological origins, development, and variation.

Benefits:

  • Maximum award: $20,000, non-renewable

Eligibility:

  • Student currently enrolled in a doctoral program.
  • Apply jointly with dissertation supervisor or other scholar
  • Must complete all other doctoral requirements other than dissertation/thesis. Application may be submitted prior to completion but they must be completed prior to the research start date.

Application Link: click here

Deadlines: May 1 and November 1. Final decisions are made six months later

 

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Behavioral Sciences Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Electrical and Computer Health Professions Nursing Physical Sciences Polymer Science and Engineering Social Sciences

American College of Sports Medicine Foundation Doctoral Student Research Grant

Main Purpose: To fund research conducted by doctoral students in the areas of basic and applied sciences.

Benefits:

  • Award Amount: $5,000

Time Limit: 1 year

Eligibility Criteria: 

  • Doctoral Student
  • Enrolled in program full-time
  • Current ACSM member when submitting application

Application Link and Additional Information: click here

Deadline: January 15, 2016

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Behavioral Sciences Counseling Health Professions Nursing Social Sciences

EMDR Research Foundation: Doctoral Dissertation Grant Awards

Main Focus: To support research related to the effectiveness of Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)

Benefits:

  • Maximum Award: $5,000

Eligibility Criteria:

  • Doctoral student in social work, psychology, or nursing
  • Completed all doctoral coursework
  • Have an approved dissertation proposal

Application Link: click here

 

Deadline: February 1 and July 1

 

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

Foundation for the Scientific Study of Sexuality: Research Grant

Main Purpose: To fund research in the area of human sexuality. This research can be a master’s thesis or doctoral dissertation, but this is not a requirement.

Benefits:

  • Award Amount: $1,000

Eligibility:

  • Student enrolled in a degree-granting program
  • Student member of The Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality (SSS)
  • Research relates to human sexuality

Application Link and Additional Information:click here

Deadline: February 1 and June 1 annually

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

Russell Sage Foundation: Small Grants Program in Behavioral Economics

Main Purpose: To encourage young scholars to conduct research in the field of behavioral economics and that contributes to the mission to improve the social and living conditions in the United States.

Benefits:

  • $7,500 (lifetime limit)

 

Eligibility Criteria:

  • Must be an advanced doctoral student -OR-
  • Post-doctorate (non-tenured) faculty member who has been out of graduate school for two or fewer years

Application Link and Additional Information: click here

Deadline: applications are accepted on a rolling basis