Deadline: 1 December 2024
The Horowitz Foundation for Social Policy is pleased to announce grants that supports projects with a social policy application on either a global or local level.
The Foundation’s general purpose is to support the advancement of research and understanding in the major fields of the social sciences. Its specific purpose is to provide small grants to aspiring PhD students at the dissertation level to support the research they are undertaking for their project.
Applications are evaluated based on the Trustees’ assessment of criteria such as significance of the policy issue; feasibility, applicability, and originality of the project; methodology; evidence that the project is theoretically informed and/or the research is empirically rich; and recommendations. No specific weight is given to any one area. Proposals are evaluated based on overall merit of all aspects of the application.
Funding Information
- Each grant is worth a total of $10,000;
- $7,500 is awarded initially and $2,500 upon completion of the project.
- A Trustees’ Award of an additional $3,000 is given to the project judged as the project with the most innovative approach in theory and/or methodology, or.
- An additional $5,000 is given to the most outstanding overall project for the signature Irving Louis Horowitz award.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicants must be PhD (or DrPH) candidates and be currently working on their dissertation. Applicants must not have received a PhD and must have had their topic approved by their department before applying.
- Beginning in the 2023 you cannot apply more than once. If you have applied before 2023 and want to apply again you are still eligible.
For more information, visit Horowitz Foundation for Social Policy.
