Tag: Dissertation Grant

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Psychology- Organizational

SIOP: Graduate Student Scholarships and Lee Hakel Graduate Student Scholarship

Main Purpose: To recognize and support graduate students in industrial and organizational psychology. This scholarship is through the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP).

Benefits: $3,000-$3,500 to be used for any graduate school expenses

Eligibility Criteria:

  • Full-time doctoral student in an Industrial Organizational Psychology program
  • Must be student affiliate of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology
  • Dissertation proposal already approved by advisor
  • May not have previously received another SIOP scholarship

Application Link and Additional Information: click here

Deadline: Next application cycle begins May 2015

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Psychology- Organizational

Meredith P. Crawford Fellowship: Human Resources Research Organization

Main Purpose: To support I/O Psychology students with exceptional research skills in completing dissertation research.

Benefits: $12,000 stipend

Eligibility Criteria: 

  • Doctoral candidate in I/O Psychology
  • Dissertation proposal must already be approved
  • Actively involved in the process of completing dissertation
  • Will be required to present research during a visit to the Human Resources Research Organization

Application Link and Additional Information: click here

Deadline: July 1, 2015

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Political Science and Applied Politics Social Sciences

Charles Koch Foundation: Dissertation Research Proposals

Main Purpose: To support research that will help  foster societal well-being. This includes the “exploration of the role free societies play in advancing human well-being and prosperity”

Benefits:

  • Dissertation grant up to $5,000 with possible renewal
  • Additional resources for the doctoral candidate’s career development

Eligibility Criteria:

  • Doctoral Student
  • Submissions must be original and not previously published

Application Link and Additional Information: click here

 

Deadline: none indicated

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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 Engineering, Biomedical Health Professions Nursing Psychology Psychology- Adult Development and Aging Social Sciences

F. J. McGuigan Dissertation Award

Main Purpose: “To support dissertation research oriented toward advancing a unified conception of brain and behavior.”

Benefits: $2,000

Eligibility Criteria:

  • Completed doctoral candidacy at an accredited institution
  • Research must explore an aspect of mental function (e.g., cognition, affect, motivation) and should utilize behavioral and/or neuroscientific methods
  • IRB approval must be obtained before funding can be awarded if working with human subjects

Application Link and Additional Information: click here

Deadline: June 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

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Behavioral Sciences Counseling Health Professions Psychology Social Sciences

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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Environmental Studies

Geography and Spatial Sciences Program – Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Awards (GSS-DDRI)

Geography and Spacial Sciences Program Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Awards (GSS-DDRI)

“The Geography and Spatial Sciences Program sponsors research on the geographic distributions and interactions of human, physical, and biotic systems on Earth. Investigators are encouraged to propose plans for research about the nature, causes, and consequences of human activity and natural environmental processes across a range of scales.”

Main Purpose: To promote research, education, and training in the area of geography and spacial studies.

Additional Information and Application Link:  click here

Deadline: August 13, 2015 (and the second Thursdays in February and August annually thereafter)