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Dissertation Grants
Applicant Eligibility. Dissertation Grants are available for advanced doctoral students and are intended to support the student while analyzing data and writing the doctoral dissertation. Proposals are encouraged from the full range of education research fields and other fields and disciplines engaged in education-related research, including ...
NSF 101: Graduate and postdoctoral researcher funding opportunities
Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Awards/Grants (DDRI/DDRIG) These programs help fund doctoral research in a variety of fields to help provide for items not already available at the academic institution. The funding provided cannot be used for items such as, but not limited to, tuition, stipends, textbooks or journals.
Funding for Graduate Students
The award amounts of these grants vary across programs but typically fall between $15,000 to $40,000 (excluding indirect costs). ... How to apply These proposals are submitted to NSF through regular organizational channels by the doctoral student's dissertation advisor, with the student serving as the co-principal investigator on the proposal. ...
Dissertation Research Grants
The Russell Sage Foundation (RSF) has established a dissertation research grants (DRG) program to support innovative and high-quality dissertation research projects that address questions relevant to RSF's priority areas: Behavioral Science and Decision Making in Context; Future of Work; Race, Ethnicity and Immigration; Immigration and Immigrant Integration; and Social,
Dissertation Research Grants
The maximum allowable budget is $10,000 for a one-year grant. RSF does not allow indirect costs on Dissertation Research Grants. Representative categories of expenditure that should be described in detail in the budget narrative include: Applicant stipend up to $5,000. Research assistance.
SBE Programs
In addition to the NSF-administered programs listed above, some SBE programs support doctoral dissertation research through programs administered by professional organizations or institutions: American Political Science Association Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grants (administered by ASPA).
AHRQ Grants for Health Services Research Dissertation Program (R36)
The AHRQ Grants for Health Services Research Dissertation Program (R36) provides dissertation grants for doctoral candidates. This program supports dissertation research that addresses AHRQ's mission and priorities and welcomes any areas of health services research as dissertation project topics. Eligibility and Requirements* Candidates must:
Dissertation Fellowships for Doctoral Students
The AHRQ Grants for Health Services Research Dissertation Program (R36) provides dissertation grants for doctoral candidates. This program supports dissertation research that addresses AHRQ's mission and priorities and welcomes any areas of health services research as dissertation project topics. Candidates must be U.S. citizens and full-time ...
External Dissertation Funding
Kauffman Foundation. The Kauffman Dissertation Fellowship Program is an annual competitive program that awards up to fifteen Dissertation Fellowship grants of $20,000 each to PhD, DBA, or other doctoral students at accredited US universities to support dissertations in the area of entrepreneurship.
Doctoral Dissertation Grants
Doctoral Dissertation Grants. Since 2002, TIRF has supported students completing their doctoral research on topics related to the foundation's priorities. Each year, applicants who have been advanced to candidacy in legitimate PhD or EdD programs are invited to submit proposals for Doctoral Dissertation Grants (DDGs).
Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants
The APSA Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant program will award between twenty and twenty-five grants yearly of between $10,000 and $15,000 to support doctoral dissertation research that advances knowledge and understanding of citizenship, government, and politics. The 2024 cycle of APSA Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement ...
Dissertation Award
Program Purpose. Although not technically fellowships, these grants support dissertation research costs of students in accredited research doctoral programs in the United States (including Puerto Rico and other U.S. territories or possessions). U.S. citizen or permanent resident, enrolled in a research doctoral degree program.
ASA Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants (ASA DDRIG
The ASA Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants (ASA DDRIG) program supports theoretically grounded empirical investigations to advance understanding of fundamental social processes. Applicants who have completed their pre-dissertation requirements and are at the point of initiating or already conducting empirical dissertation ...
Dissertation Grant
Provisions of the 2021 award. The 2021 Microsoft Research Dissertation Grant recipients will receive funding up to $25,000 USD for academic year 2021-22 to help them complete research as part of their doctoral thesis work. An invitation to the PhD Summit: a two-day workshop in the fall hosted by Microsoft Research where grant recipients will ...
Doctoral Dissertation Completion Grant
The Clemson University Doctoral Dissertation Completion Grants, a collaborative effort between the Offices of the Senior Vice President for Research, Scholarship and Creative Endeavors and the Dean of the Graduate School, are intended to decrease time to degree and to support higher quality outcomes among students nearing graduation where relatively modest resources will make a large difference.
Dissertation Fieldwork Grant
The maximum Dissertation Fieldwork Grant is $25,000. Grants are nonrenewable. There is no limit to the duration of the grant, and applicants may request funding to cover distinct research phases (for example, two summers) if this is part of the research design. Wenner-Gren awards do not include funds to cover institutional overhead or any fees ...
Research Grants
The Leakey Foundation is the leading nonprofit funder of research dedicated to understanding human origins. Each year, we award approximately $1,000,000 in grants and scholarships, advancing our mission to explore and explain our shared human story. Leakey Foundation Research Grants support both PhD dissertation research and post-PhD research ...
Fulbright-Hays--Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad
This program provides grants to colleges and universities to fund individual doctoral students to conduct research in other countries in modern foreign languages and area studies for periods of 6 to 12 months. ... African Studies Program at the University of Wisconsin, Madison and a 2018-19 Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Abroad Research ...
Science of Science
The Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants funding opportunity is designed to improve the quality of dissertation research. DDRIG awards provide funds for items not normally available through the student's university such as enabling doctoral students to undertake significant data-gathering projects and to conduct field research in ...
Rapoport Doctoral Dissertation Grants
Rapoport Doctoral Dissertation Grants. 2025 RFF DDSRG TIMELINE: The scholarship grant portal is now open for submission of applications effective 08/19/24. Submissions will be due no later than 10/31/2024, 11:59 PM PT. Award decisions will be made in mid-November 2024, and we anticipate grant funds will be disbursed to the host institution ...
Graduate Student Research Grants
The CLC will award four research grants of up to $7,500 for UCSC graduate students working on innovative, original research projects focused on labor rights, labor subjectivities, labor markets, labor movements, and/or labor-community coalitions and organizing, in either a domestic, international or comparative context. Proposals that are ...
Decision, Risk and Management Sciences
This social and behavioral science research should advance knowledge, address fundamental scientific and societal issues and have strong broader impacts. DRMS funds doctoral dissertation research improvement grants (DDRIGs) in the following areas: Judgement and decision making. Decision analysis and decision aids.
HUD Archives: Doctoral Dissertation Research Grant Program
The Doctoral Dissertation Research Grants program is a discretionary initiative funded from PDR's research budget. HUD awarded 15 grants totaling $225,000 annually in FY 1996 and 17 grants totaling $255,000 in FY 1997, and estimates a similar total for FY 1998. Technical Guidance:
Dynamic Language Infrastructure-Doctoral Dissertation Research ...
This program supports doctoral research focusing on building dynamic language infrastructure (DLI). Developing language infrastructure includes the documentation and preservation of languages in ways that articulate or advance linguistic theory, as well as the use of digitization techniques and novel computational methods that support and advance the study of language.
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Applicant Eligibility. Dissertation Grants are available for advanced doctoral students and are intended to support the student while analyzing data and writing the doctoral dissertation. Proposals are encouraged from the full range of education research fields and other fields and disciplines engaged in education-related research, including ...
Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Awards/Grants (DDRI/DDRIG) These programs help fund doctoral research in a variety of fields to help provide for items not already available at the academic institution. The funding provided cannot be used for items such as, but not limited to, tuition, stipends, textbooks or journals.
The award amounts of these grants vary across programs but typically fall between $15,000 to $40,000 (excluding indirect costs). ... How to apply These proposals are submitted to NSF through regular organizational channels by the doctoral student's dissertation advisor, with the student serving as the co-principal investigator on the proposal. ...
The Russell Sage Foundation (RSF) has established a dissertation research grants (DRG) program to support innovative and high-quality dissertation research projects that address questions relevant to RSF's priority areas: Behavioral Science and Decision Making in Context; Future of Work; Race, Ethnicity and Immigration; Immigration and Immigrant Integration; and Social,
The maximum allowable budget is $10,000 for a one-year grant. RSF does not allow indirect costs on Dissertation Research Grants. Representative categories of expenditure that should be described in detail in the budget narrative include: Applicant stipend up to $5,000. Research assistance.
In addition to the NSF-administered programs listed above, some SBE programs support doctoral dissertation research through programs administered by professional organizations or institutions: American Political Science Association Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grants (administered by ASPA).
The AHRQ Grants for Health Services Research Dissertation Program (R36) provides dissertation grants for doctoral candidates. This program supports dissertation research that addresses AHRQ's mission and priorities and welcomes any areas of health services research as dissertation project topics. Eligibility and Requirements* Candidates must:
The AHRQ Grants for Health Services Research Dissertation Program (R36) provides dissertation grants for doctoral candidates. This program supports dissertation research that addresses AHRQ's mission and priorities and welcomes any areas of health services research as dissertation project topics. Candidates must be U.S. citizens and full-time ...
Kauffman Foundation. The Kauffman Dissertation Fellowship Program is an annual competitive program that awards up to fifteen Dissertation Fellowship grants of $20,000 each to PhD, DBA, or other doctoral students at accredited US universities to support dissertations in the area of entrepreneurship.
Doctoral Dissertation Grants. Since 2002, TIRF has supported students completing their doctoral research on topics related to the foundation's priorities. Each year, applicants who have been advanced to candidacy in legitimate PhD or EdD programs are invited to submit proposals for Doctoral Dissertation Grants (DDGs).
The APSA Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant program will award between twenty and twenty-five grants yearly of between $10,000 and $15,000 to support doctoral dissertation research that advances knowledge and understanding of citizenship, government, and politics. The 2024 cycle of APSA Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement ...
Program Purpose. Although not technically fellowships, these grants support dissertation research costs of students in accredited research doctoral programs in the United States (including Puerto Rico and other U.S. territories or possessions). U.S. citizen or permanent resident, enrolled in a research doctoral degree program.
The ASA Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants (ASA DDRIG) program supports theoretically grounded empirical investigations to advance understanding of fundamental social processes. Applicants who have completed their pre-dissertation requirements and are at the point of initiating or already conducting empirical dissertation ...
Provisions of the 2021 award. The 2021 Microsoft Research Dissertation Grant recipients will receive funding up to $25,000 USD for academic year 2021-22 to help them complete research as part of their doctoral thesis work. An invitation to the PhD Summit: a two-day workshop in the fall hosted by Microsoft Research where grant recipients will ...
The Clemson University Doctoral Dissertation Completion Grants, a collaborative effort between the Offices of the Senior Vice President for Research, Scholarship and Creative Endeavors and the Dean of the Graduate School, are intended to decrease time to degree and to support higher quality outcomes among students nearing graduation where relatively modest resources will make a large difference.
The maximum Dissertation Fieldwork Grant is $25,000. Grants are nonrenewable. There is no limit to the duration of the grant, and applicants may request funding to cover distinct research phases (for example, two summers) if this is part of the research design. Wenner-Gren awards do not include funds to cover institutional overhead or any fees ...
The Leakey Foundation is the leading nonprofit funder of research dedicated to understanding human origins. Each year, we award approximately $1,000,000 in grants and scholarships, advancing our mission to explore and explain our shared human story. Leakey Foundation Research Grants support both PhD dissertation research and post-PhD research ...
This program provides grants to colleges and universities to fund individual doctoral students to conduct research in other countries in modern foreign languages and area studies for periods of 6 to 12 months. ... African Studies Program at the University of Wisconsin, Madison and a 2018-19 Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Abroad Research ...
The Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants funding opportunity is designed to improve the quality of dissertation research. DDRIG awards provide funds for items not normally available through the student's university such as enabling doctoral students to undertake significant data-gathering projects and to conduct field research in ...
Rapoport Doctoral Dissertation Grants. 2025 RFF DDSRG TIMELINE: The scholarship grant portal is now open for submission of applications effective 08/19/24. Submissions will be due no later than 10/31/2024, 11:59 PM PT. Award decisions will be made in mid-November 2024, and we anticipate grant funds will be disbursed to the host institution ...
The CLC will award four research grants of up to $7,500 for UCSC graduate students working on innovative, original research projects focused on labor rights, labor subjectivities, labor markets, labor movements, and/or labor-community coalitions and organizing, in either a domestic, international or comparative context. Proposals that are ...
This social and behavioral science research should advance knowledge, address fundamental scientific and societal issues and have strong broader impacts. DRMS funds doctoral dissertation research improvement grants (DDRIGs) in the following areas: Judgement and decision making. Decision analysis and decision aids.
The Doctoral Dissertation Research Grants program is a discretionary initiative funded from PDR's research budget. HUD awarded 15 grants totaling $225,000 annually in FY 1996 and 17 grants totaling $255,000 in FY 1997, and estimates a similar total for FY 1998. Technical Guidance:
This program supports doctoral research focusing on building dynamic language infrastructure (DLI). Developing language infrastructure includes the documentation and preservation of languages in ways that articulate or advance linguistic theory, as well as the use of digitization techniques and novel computational methods that support and advance the study of language.