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