{"id":254,"date":"2009-11-30T17:06:03","date_gmt":"2009-11-30T22:06:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/swrnet\/funding\/graduate\/"},"modified":"2019-07-02T12:54:17","modified_gmt":"2019-07-02T16:54:17","slug":"graduate","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/swrnet\/funding\/graduate\/","title":{"rendered":"Graduate Student Grants\/Fellowships"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Center for Retirement Research Dissertation Fellowship Program
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The Center for Retirement Research at Boston College sponsors the annual Dissertation Fellowship Program in the field of retirement income research.\u00a0 The program is funded by the U.S. Social Security Administration and provides funding opportunities for doctoral candidates to pursue\u00a0cutting-edge research on retirement issues. Click here<\/a> for more information.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Graduate Research Fellowship Program in the Social and Behavioral Sciences (DOJ)
\nDeadline: November 21, 2016<\/span>
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The NIJ Graduate Research Fellowship (GRF) program in Social and Behavioral Sciences is open to doctoral students in all social and behavioral science disciplines. This program provides awards to accredited academic institutions to support graduate research leading to doctoral degrees in areas that are relevant to ensuring public safety, preventing and controlling crime, and ensuring the fair and impartial administration of criminal justice in the United States. Click here<\/a> for more information.<\/span><\/p>\n

Doris Duke Fellowships for the Promotion of Child Well-Being
\nDeadline: December 1, 2016<\/span>
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Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago is pleased to offer the Doris Duke Fellowships for the Promotion of Child Well-Being. These fellowships are designed to identify and develop a new generation of leaders interested in and capable of creating practice and policy initiatives that will enhance child development and improve the nation’s ability to prevent all forms of child maltreatment. Click here<\/a> for more information.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span>Asian and Pacific Islanders Social Work Education Association Doctoral Fellowship<\/h4>\n

Deadline: May 2, 2016<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

The Asian and Pacific Islander Social Work Educators Association (APISWEA) has established two doctoral fellowships for Asian and Pacific Islander doctoral students. These fellowships will fund two doctoral students to attend the CSWE APM from November 3 to 6, 2016 in Atlanta, Georgia. Click here<\/a> for more information.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Social Work HEALS: Social Work Health Care Education and Leadership Scholars Policy Fellowship\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n

<\/strong>Social Work Health Care Education and Leaderships Scholars (HEALS) program, is a joint initiative of the Council on Social Work Education and the National Association of Social Workers with the aim of strengthening the delivery of health care services in the United States by advancing the education and training of health care social workers. Click here<\/a> for more information. \u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Influencing Social Policy (ISP) Robert L. Schneider Dissertation Award<\/h4>\n
Deadline: April 30, 2016
\nISP sponsors annual contests (complete with cash awards) for students engaged in policy advocacy and their faculty mentors. <\/span>Click here<\/a> for more information.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n

Boston College Center for Retirement Research Retirement Income Research Dissertation Fellowship Program<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n

Deadline: January 31, 2016<\/h4>\n
This program is funded by the U.S. Social Security Administration and provides funding opportunities for doctoral candidates to pursue\u00a0cutting-edge research on retirement issues. Priority<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
areas include: Social Security, macroeconomic analyses of Social Security, wealth and retirement income, program interactions, international research, and demographic research. Click here<\/a> for more information.<\/div>\n

UMass Medical School Pre- or Post-Doctoral Fellowship<\/h4>\n
Seeking psychology, social work, education, public health or health services pre or post-doc interested in early childhood social\/emotional development and executive functioning and how that impacts behavior and school readiness.\u00a0 Participate in an Institute of Education Sciences funded 4-year study of a preschool and Head Start curricular intervention that includes follow up to kindergarten. Click here<\/a> for more information.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n

Graduate Research Fellowship Program in the Social and Behavioral Sciences (NIJ)<\/h4>\n

Deadline: December 15, 2015<\/h4>\n
The NIJ Graduate Research Fellowship (GRF) Program in Social and Behavioral Sciences is open to doctoral students in all social and behavioral science disciplines. This program provides awards to accredited academic institutions to support graduate research leading to doctoral degrees in areas that are relevant to ensuring public safety, preventing and controlling crime, and ensuring the fair and impartial administration of criminal justice in the United States. Click <\/span>here<\/a> for more information.<\/span><\/div>\n

SAMHSA\/CSAP Prevention Fellowship Program<\/h4>\n

Deadline: August 14, 2015<\/h4>\n
The SAMHSA CSAP Prevention Fellowship Program was launched in 2006 in an effort to build a workforce of substance abuse professionals. During the 2-year fellowship program, which combines Web-based and in-person trainings, fellows improve their skills and their knowledge of prevention practices. During their Prevention Fellowship Program experience, fellows focus on acquiring the necessary skills for success in the fields of substance abuse prevention and behavioral health. Prevention Fellowship Program prepares fellows to provide capacity-building Technical Assistance (TA) to support integration of behavioral health prevention services in their state\/territories. This is part of SAMHSA’s support for integrating policies and programs related to prevention and behavioral health promotion in states, U.S. territories, and local organizations. Click here<\/a> for more information.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

Graduate Research Fellowship Program for Criminal Justice Statistics (DOJ)<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) is seeking applications under its Graduate Research Fellowship (GRF) Program. This program provides awards to accredited universities for doctoral research that uses criminal justice data or statistical series and focuses on crime, violence, and other criminal justice-related topics. BJS invests in doctoral education by supporting universities that sponsor students who demonstrate the potential to complete doctoral degree programs successfully in disciplines relevant to the mission of BJS, and who are in the final stages of graduate study. Clickhere<\/a> for more information.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Social Work HEALS: Social Work Healthcare Education and Leadership Scholars Fellowship<\/h4>\n

Deadline: April 14, 2015<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Social Work HEALS: Social Work Health care Education and Leadership Scholars was created to develop the next generation of health care social work leaders who will stand ready to lead efforts to address system-level changes, to heighten awareness of prevention and wellness, and to address the issues of structural racism that are embedded in social institutions. Click here<\/a> for more information.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Early Care and Education Research Scholars: Head Start Graduate Student Research Grants (ACF)<\/h4>\n
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The Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation (OPRE) of the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) plans to provide funds for Head Start Graduate Student Research Grants to support dissertation research by advanced graduate students who are working in partnership with Head Start programs and with faculty mentors. Competitive applicants will 1) demonstrate a collaborative partnership with their program partners, and 2) pursue research questions that directly inform local, State, or Federal policy relevant to early care and education practice. Click here<\/a> for more information.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

The New York Academy of Medicine Margaret E. Mahoney Fellowships<\/h4>\n

Deadline: March 15, 2015<\/h4>\n

The Margaret E. Mahoney Fellowship program provides stipends for outstanding medical, dental, public health, public policy, and graduate nursing students to conduct summer research projects on some aspect of health care delivery transformation for vulnerable populations and\/or early childhood health and development, with an emphasis on policy implications. Click\u00a0here<\/a>\u00a0for more information.<\/p>\n

National Science Foundation\u00a0Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Awards – Sociology Program<\/h4>\n

Deadline: March 2, 2015<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n

The Sociology Program supports basic research on all forms of human social organization — societies, institutions, groups and demography — and processes of individual and institutional change. The Program encourages theoretically focused empirical investigations aimed at improving the explanation of fundamental social processes. Included is research on organizations and organizational behavior, population dynamics, social movements, social groups, labor force participation, stratification and mobility, family, social networks, socialization, gender roles, and the sociology of science and technology. The Program supports both original data collections and secondary data analysis that use the full range of quantitative and qualitative methodological tools. Theoretically grounded projects that offer methodological innovations and improvements for data collection and analysis are also welcomed. Click\u00a0here<\/a>\u00a0for more information.<\/p>\n

University of California Berkley Pre-doctoral and Post-doctoral Fellowships<\/h4>\n

Deadline: January 31, 2015<\/h4>\n

The Alcohol Research Group (ARG) draws experts from diverse fields, such as public health, epidemiology,\u00a0psychology, and economics, and our research addresses a wide range of topics, from basic epidemiology to\u00a0treatment and health services research. Training focuses particularly on health disparities, but applications will be\u00a0considered in other areas. Click\u00a0here<\/a>\u00a0for more information.<\/p>\n

American Psychological Foundation\u00a0Violet and Cyril Franks Scholarship<\/h4>\n

Deadline: May 15, 2015<\/h4>\n

The APF Violet and Cyril Franks Scholarship supports graduate-level scholarly projects that use a psychological perspective to help understand and reduce stigma associated with mental illness. The scholarship helps address research which shows that stigma is a significant barrier to treatment and recovery for many of the 50 million Americans living with mental illness. Click\u00a0here<\/a>\u00a0for more information.<\/p>\n

NIJ Graduate Research Fellowship Program in the Social and Behavioral Sciences<\/h4>\n

Deadline: December 24, 2014<\/h4>\n

The NIJ Graduate Research Fellowship (GRF) program in social and behavioral sciences
\nprovides awards for research on crime, violence, and other criminal justice-related topics to accredited universities that offer research-based doctoral degrees. NIJ invests in doctoral education by supporting universities that sponsor students who demonstrate the potential to successfully complete doctoral degree programs in disciplines relevant to the mission of NIJ and who are in the final stages of graduate study. Applicants sponsoring doctoral students are eligible to apply only if the doctoral research dissertation has direct implications for criminal justice policy and practice in the United States. Doctoral students from social and behavioral science academic disciplines are encouraged to apply. Click here<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n

Sociology Program Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Awards (NSF)<\/h4>\n

Deadline: November 25, 2014<\/h4>\n

The Sociology Program supports basic research on all forms of human social organization — societies, institutions, groups and demography — and processes of individual and institutional change. The Program encourages theoretically focused empirical investigations aimed at improving the explanation of fundamental social processes.\u00a0The Sociology Program funds doctoral dissertation research to defray direct costs associated with conducting research, for example, dataset acquisition, additional statistical or methodological training, meeting with scholars associated with original datasets, and fieldwork away from the student’s home campus. Click\u00a0here<\/a>\u00a0for more information.<\/p>\n

American Cancer Society\u00a0Doctoral Training Grants in Oncology Social Work<\/h4>\n

Deadline: October 15, 2014<\/h4>\n

These grants support the training of graduate students in doctoral programs focused on research related to oncology social work. They are available to outstanding students during all phases of a graduate program offered in an accredited school of social work.\u00a0 An application must outline a plan of study, and indicate how the proposed program will prepare the candidate for a career in social work oncology research. Click\u00a0here<\/a>\u00a0for more information.<\/p>\n

Columbia University\u00a0HIV, Substance Use, and Criminal Justice Research Training Fellowship Program<\/h4>\n

Columbia University is looking for promising scientists interested in HIV, drug abuse, and criminal justice research for their unique multidisciplinary pre- and post-doctoral T32 Program.The multidisciplinary T32 program is funded to the Schools of Public Health and Social Work to train the next generation of researchers in the skills necessary for the conceptualization, planning, and conducting of research on bio-behavioral HIV and drug abuse prevention, treatment, and care for individuals involved with the criminal justice system.\u00a0Click\u00a0here<\/a>\u00a0for more information.<\/p>\n

Social Science Research Council Dissertation Proposal Development Fellowship (DPDF) Program<\/h4>\n

Deadline: October, 2014<\/h4>\n

The new Dissertation Proposal Development Fellowship Program will be an interdisciplinary training program to help early-stage doctoral students with limited experience in designing and carrying out their own research projects to formulate doctoral dissertation research proposals. In a change from past years, the fellowship will no longer be limited to students whose research topics fall within specific fields of study, but rather it will be open to all students in the humanities and social sciences who are beginning to formulate proposals for their dissertation research. Click\u00a0here<\/a>\u00a0for more information.<\/p>\n

Early Care and Education Research Scholars: Child Care Research Scholars (ACF)<\/h4>\n

Deadline: June 16, 2014<\/h4>\n
The Administration for Children and Families, Office of Policy, Research and Evaluation plans to solicit applications for Child Care Research Scholars grants to support dissertation research on child care policy issues. These grants are meant to build capacity in the research field to focus research on questions that have direct implications for child care policy decision-making and program administration, and to foster mentoring relationships between faculty members and high-quality doctoral students. Click\u00a0here<\/a>\u00a0for more information.<\/div>\n

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Early Care and Education Research Scholars: Head Start Graduate Student Research Grants (ACF)<\/h4>\n

Deadline: June 16, 2014<\/h4>\n

The Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation (OPRE) of the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) plans to provide funds for Head Start Graduate Student Research Grants to support dissertation research by advanced graduate students who are working in partnership with Head Start programs and with faculty mentors. Competitive applicants will 1) demonstrate a collaborative partnership with their program partners, and 2) pursue research questions that directly inform local, State, or Federal policy relevant to multiple early care and education practice. Click\u00a0here<\/a>\u00a0for more information.<\/p>\n

Y<\/kern>ale LGBT Studies Research\u00a0Fellowship<\/h4>\n

Deadline: April 30, 2014<\/h4>\n

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Studies at Yale University is proud to announce the inaugural Yale LGBT Studies Research Fellowship.\u00a0 The Fellowship, which will be offered annually, is designed to provide access to Yale resources in LGBT Studies for scholars who live outside the greater New Haven area. Scholars from across the country and around the world are invited to apply for the Yale LGBT Studies Research Fellowship. This fellowship supports scholars from any field pursuing research in lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and\/or queer studies at Yale University, utilizing the vast faculty resources, manuscript archives, and library collections available at Yale. Graduate students conducting dissertation research, independent scholars, and all faculty are invited to apply.\u00a0 Scholars residing within 100 miles of New Haven are ineligible. Click\u00a0here<\/a>\u00a0for more information.<\/p>\n

Mental Health Research Dissertation Grant to Increase Diversity (NIH)<\/h4>\n

Deadline: December 22, 2014<\/h4>\n

The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA), issued by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), is to increase the diversity of the mental health research workforce by providing dissertation awards in all areas of research within the strategic priorities of the NIMH to individuals from diverse backgrounds underrepresented in mental health research to support the completion of the doctoral research project. Click\u00a0here<\/a>\u00a0for more information.<\/p>\n

Hispanic-Serving Health Professions Schools (HSHPS) Graduate Fellowship Training Program<\/h4>\n

Deadline: April 1, 2014<\/h4>\n

The\u00a0Graduate Fellowship Training Program (GFTP)<\/a>\u00a0provides 10 and 15 week paid and unpaid\u00a0training opportunities\u00a0to: enhance the fellow’s research and professional development skills; increase the\u00a0fellow’s\u00a0knowledge about Hispanic and other minority health issues; and provide opportunities to network with other health professionals.\u00a0The GFTP is geared towards graduate and doctoral students and recent graduates interested in working on Hispanic health research. Click\u00a0here<\/a>\u00a0for more information.<\/p>\n

Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Predoctoral Fellowship (NIH)<\/h4>\n

Deadline: January 7, 2017<\/h4>\n

The purpose of the Kirschstein-NRSA predoctoral fellowship (F31) award is to enable promising predoctoral students to obtain individualized, mentored research training from outstanding faculty sponsors while conducting dissertation research in scientific health-related fields relevant to the missions of the participating NIH Institutes and Centers. The proposed mentored research training must reflect the applicants dissertation research project and is expected to clearly enhance the individuals potential to develop into a productive, independent research scientist. Click\u00a0here<\/a>\u00a0for more information.<\/p>\n

Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Predoctoral Fellowship to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research (NIH)<\/h4>\n

Deadline: January 7, 2017<\/h4>\n

The purpose of this Kirschstein-NRSA predoctoral fellowship (F31) award is to enhance the diversity of the health-related research workforce by supporting the research training of predoctoral students from population groups that have been shown to be underrepresented in the biomedical, behavioral, or clinical research workforce. Such individuals include those from underrepresented racial and ethnic groups, those with disabilities, and those from disadvantaged backgrounds. Through this award program, promising predoctoral students will obtain individualized, mentored research training from outstanding faculty sponsors while conducting well-defined research projects in scientific health-related fields relevant to the missions of the participating NIH Institutes and Centers. The proposed mentored research training is expected to clearly enhance the individuals potential to develop into a productive, independent research scientist. Click\u00a0here<\/a>\u00a0for more information.<\/p>\n

Graduate Research Fellowship Program in the Social and Behavioral Sciences (NIJ)
\nDeadline: May 12, 2014<\/h4>\n

NIJ is seeking proposals for funding innovative dissertation research under the NIJ Graduate Research Fellowship (GRF) Program that provides awards for research on crime, violence, and other criminal justice-related topics to accredited academic institutions that offer research-based doctoral degrees in social and behavioral academic disciplines relevant to NIJ’s mission. NIJ invests in doctoral education by supporting universities that sponsor students who demonstrate the potential to successfully complete doctoral degree programs in disciplines relevant to the mission of NIJ and who are in the final stages of graduate study. Applicants sponsoring doctoral students are eligible to apply only if the doctoral research dissertation has direct relevance to providing science, technology, engineering, and mathematics to better prevent and control crime and ensure the fair and impartial administration of criminal justice in the United States. Click\u00a0here<\/a>\u00a0for more information.<\/p>\n

2014 Solution Focused Brief Therapy Association (SFBTA) Research Awards<\/h4>\n

Deadline: August 1, 2014<\/h4>\n

The SFBTA Research Awards are aimed at fostering the growth of Solution-Focused Brief Therapy by encouraging original research in solution-focused practices, and to support students or practitioners who wish to study solution-focused practices. The awards will provide up to $5000.00 to support ongoing or proposed studies conducted by doctoral or master level students, practitioners where SF practices are the focus of their work, post-doctoral fellows and junior faculty who are in their first three years past graduation. Click\u00a0here<\/a>\u00a0for more information.<\/p>\n

National Research Center on Hispanic Children & Families\u00a0Summer Research Fellowship Program<\/h4>\n

Deadline: March 7, 2014<\/h4>\n

The newly launched\u00a0National Research Center on Hispanic Children & Families\u00a0is a hub of research to improve the lives of Hispanic children and families across three research priority areas: 1) poverty reduction and self-sufficiency; 2) healthy marriage and responsible fatherhood; and 3) early care and education. The Center is both policy and program driven and is dedicated to providing timely research findings, tools, and scholar opportunities to advance the capacity of the policy, program, and research field serving Hispanic children and families.\u00a0The goal of the Summer Research Fellowship Program is to attract, develop, and expand the pool of emerging scholars focused on studying issues of relevance to low-income and vulnerable Hispanic children and families. Fellows will have applied opportunities to work on research studies and policy-related projects relevant to the Center’s mission.\u00a0The fellowship program is open to those currently enrolled in an advanced graduate program (Master’s, Ph.D., or ABD “all but dissertation”). Click\u00a0here<\/a>\u00a0for more information.<\/p>\n

NASW Foundation\u00a0Jane B. Aron Doctoral Fellowship<\/h4>\n

Deadline: March 5, 2014<\/h4>\n

One fellowship of up to $4,000\u00a0will be awarded in the 2014-2015 academic year to a social work doctoral candidate whose dissertation focuses on health policy and practice. Dissertations that include a diversity component are encouraged. Click\u00a0here<\/a>\u00a0for more information.<\/p>\n

NASW Foundation\u00a0Eileen Blackey Doctoral Fellowship<\/h4>\n

Deadline: March 5, 2014<\/h4>\n

One fellowship\u00a0will be awarded in the 2014-2015 academic year to a social work doctoral candidate whose dissertation focuses on welfare policy and practice. Dissertations that include a diversity component are encouraged. Click\u00a0here<\/a>\u00a0for more information.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

New York State Senate Graduate Fellowship<\/h4>\n

Deadline: April 28, 2014<\/h4>\n

Legislative and Memorial Fellowships are available. Legislative Fellows generally perform in-depth policy research, take part in meetings with various interest groups and constituents, and attend legislative sessions. Memorial fellows are placed in different New York state senate offices.\u00a0n most cases, Fellows must be full time\u00a0matriculated graduate students in an accredited\u00a0university during the immediate previous spring and fall semesters.\u00a0Fellowships are open to all Academic Majors. Clickhere<\/a>\u00a0for more information.<\/p>\n

American Educational Research Association Dissertation Grants<\/h4>\n

Deadline: January 24, 2014<\/h4>\n

With support from the National Science Foundation (NSF), the AERA Grants Program announces itsDissertation Grants\u00a0competition. The program seeks to stimulate research on U.S. education issues using data from the large-scale, national and international data sets supported by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), NSF, and other federal agencies, and to increase the number of education researchers using these data sets. The program supports research projects that are quantitative in nature, include the analysis of existing data from NCES, NSF or other federal agencies, and have U.S. education policy relevance. Click\u00a0here<\/a>\u00a0for more information.<\/p>\n

National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) Health and Disability Fellowship<\/h4>\n

NACCHO, a national organization representing the approximately 3,000 local health departments (LHDs) nationwide, has an immediate opening for a paid, master’s or PhD level Health and Disability Project Fellow.\u00a0The fellow will be responsible for supporting the Health and Disability project team members in meeting the following objectives: (1) increasing the number of states thoughtfully including people with disabilities into mainstream public health promotion activities; and (2) educating public health workforce on the inclusion of people with disabilities into program activities and interventions; and 3. Conducting a study on current levels of funding, staffing, and programmatic activities at state and local health departments focusing on the health of people with disabilities. Click\u00a0here<\/a>\u00a0for more information.<\/p>\n

The Federal Judicial Center Education Division Internship<\/h4>\n

Deadline: Late February<\/h4>\n

A paid internship opportunity is available for graduate students in the Education Division of the Federal Judicial Center, which delivers education and resources through a variety of means including: in-person programs to which participants travel, in-person programs conducted in courthouses for local participants, audio, video, and web conferences, programs and materials delivered over the court’s intranet, and printed publications. The internship responsibilities include: developing and conducting training needs assessment survey of judicial employees and\/or officers; analyzing survey data and compiling reports; analyzing and summarizing participant evaluations of center educational programs. Click\u00a0here<\/a>\u00a0for more information.<\/p>\n

Family Strengthening Research Scholars Grant (OPRE)<\/h4>\n

Deadline: April 18, 2014<\/h4>\n

This program will support dissertation research on healthy marriage\/responsible fatherhood policy issues.\u00a0 These grants are meant to build capacity in the research field to focus research on questions that have direct implications for healthy marriage\/responsible fatherhood policy decision-making and program administration, and to foster mentoring relationships between faculty members and high-quality doctoral students. These grants are intended to address issues of significance to inform policy decisions and solutions, particularly for underserved\/understudied populations (e.g., low-income families, minority populations), utilitize rigorous research methodology (both primary data collection and secondary data analysis), and help inform the development of future intervention research. Click\u00a0here<\/a>\u00a0for more information.<\/p>\n

Association for Gerontology Education in Social Work Pre-Dissertation Initiative<\/h4>\n

Deadline: May 1, 2014<\/h4>\n

The Association for Gerontology Education in Social Work (AGESW), along with backing from the Gerontological Society of America (GSA), will provide support for a cohort of ten social work doctoral students who have completed their first year of doctoral studies. The goal of this program is to support dissertation and career development in gerontological social work research and education. Recipients will receive more than ten hours of programming delivered by nationally recognized experts in gerontological social work research and teaching, which is designed to prepare participants for an academic career in gerontological social work. Click\u00a0here<\/a>\u00a0for more information.<\/p>\n

Washington University L1 Predoctoral Program<\/h4>\n

Deadline: February 16, 2014<\/h4>\n

The TL1 Predoctoral Program at Washington University provides career development for medical and allied healthcare students through didactic coursework, mentored training, work-in-progress research discussions, journal clubs, and conferences. Click\u00a0here<\/a>\u00a0for more information.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

National Science Foundation Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences\u00a0Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants<\/h4>\n

Deadline: Discipline Dependent<\/h4>\n

The National Science Foundation awards grants to doctoral students to improve the quality of dissertation research. These grants provide funds for items not normally available through the student’s university. Additionally, these grants allow doctoral students to undertake significant data-gathering projects and to conduct field research in settings away from their campus that would not otherwise be possible. Click\u00a0here<\/a>\u00a0for more information.<\/p>\n

Asian and Pacific Islanders Social Work Education Association 2014-2015 Doctoral Fellowship<\/h4>\n

Deadline: April 30, 2014<\/h4>\n

The\u00a0Asian and Pacific Islander Social Work Educators Association (APISWEA) has\u00a0established two doctoral fellowships for Asian and Pacific Islander doctoral students. These fellowships will fund two doctoral students to attend the CSWE APM in Tampa, Florida. Awardees must present their dissertation proposal at the annual APISWEA meeting usually held in the afternoon prior to the CSWE APM opening ceremony. The objectives of these fellowships are: (1) to encourage doctoral students to share their current doctoral dissertation proposals with their colleagues and peers; and (2) to support doctoral students to attend CSWE APM. Click\u00a0here<\/a>\u00a0for more information.<\/p>\n

Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) Minority Fellowship Program<\/h4>\n

Deadline: February 28, 2014<\/h4>\n

The Mental Health Substance Abuse Fellowship Program (MHSAFP) is designed for racial\/ethnic minority individuals pursuing a doctoral degree in social who hold a social work master’s degree from a CSWE accredited program and who are preparing to provide leadership in practice, research, teaching, and policy promulgation in government and private organization serving ethnic minority persons with mental health and\/or substance abuse disorders. The purpose of the program is to reduce health disparities and improve health care outcomes of racially and ethnically diverse populations by increasing the number of culturally competent behavioral health professionals available to underserved populations in the public and private nonprofit sectors. Click\u00a0here<\/a>\u00a0for more information.<\/p>\n

University of Chicago\u00a0Doris Duke Fellowships for the Promotion of Child Well-Being<\/h4>\n

Deadline: December 15, 2013<\/h4>\n

Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago is pleased to offer the Doris Duke Fellowships for the Promotion of Child Well-Being. These fellowships are designed to identify and develop a new generation of leaders interested in and capable of creating practice and policy initiatives that will enhance child development and improve the nation’s ability to prevent all forms of child maltreatment.\u00a0The fellows receive an annual stipend of $25,000 for up to two years to support the completion of their dissertation and related research at their academic institution. Click\u00a0here<\/a>\u00a0for more information.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Okura Mental Health Scholarship for Asian and Pacific Islander Social Workers<\/h4>\n

Deadline: March 30, 2014<\/h4>\n

Two\u00a0scholarships\u00a0will be offered each year to fund the planning,\u00a0implementation, and results dissemination of an innovative and culturally competent research project that focuses on API mental health related issues. Eligible applicants are post-graduate (MSW, MSSW) API social work doctoral students at the dissertation stage, or non-tenured full-time social work professors in the early stage of their career doing API related mental health research\/training\/programs. Click here<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Sexual Medicine Society of North America (SMSNA) Scholars in Sexuality Research Grants Program<\/h4>\n

Deadline: January 31, 2014<\/h4>\n

It is the purpose of the SMSNA to increase public awareness of healthy sexuality and sexual problems, to foster the finest care for individuals suffering from sexual debility, and to encourage scholarship and research in human sexuality.\u00a0Funding is available for graduate or medical students, residents in graduate medical education training programs, and post-doctoral\/post-residency fellows. Because sexual medicine is a multi-disciplinary field and sex impacts almost every aspect of human endeavor in some way, we encourage applications from aspiring researchers representing diverse backgrounds including but not limited to urology, psychology, psychiatry, gynecology, internal medicine, geriatrics, public health, physiology, genetics, molecular biology, social work, and law. Click here for more information. Click here<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n

Home Visit Research Network\u00a0(HVRN) 2014 Early Career Home Visiting Research Scholar Program<\/h4>\n

Deadline: November 30, 2013<\/h4>\n

HVRN is currently seeking applicants for the Early Career Home Visiting Research Scholar Program. Successful applicants will be given the opportunity to attend the Pew Charitable Trust Fourth\u00a0National Summit on Quality in Home Visiting in Washington DC on January 29th-31st, 2014 and, following the Summit, to receive consultation from HVRN leaders in designing a study addressing one or more of the national home visiting research agenda priorities.\u00a0We are particularly interested in short term studies (e.g., complete within 12-18 months). Applicants should be: (1)\u00a0currently enrolled in a doctoral program and hold a prior Master’s degree or master’s equivalent; (2) a post-doctoral Fellow or; (3) a junior faculty member who is no more than 3 years past completion of doctoral degree. Click\u00a0here<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n

Boren Fellowships<\/h4>\n

Deadline: January 28, 2014<\/h4>\n

Boren Fellowships provide up to $30,000 to U.S. graduate students to add an important international and language component to their graduate education through specialization in area study, language study, or increased language proficiency.\u00a0Boren Fellowships are funded by the National Security Education Program (NSEP), which\u00a0focuses on geographic areas, languages, and fields of study deemed critical to U.S. national security.\u00a0NSEP draws on a broad definition of national security, recognizing that the scope of national security has expanded to include not only the traditional concerns of protecting and promoting American well-being, but also the challenges of global society, including sustainable development, environmental degradation, global disease and hunger, population growth and migration, and economic competitiveness. Click\u00a0here<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n

International Society for Third Sector Research (ISTR) Emerging Scholar Dissertation Award<\/h4>\n

Deadline: January 15, 2014<\/h4>\n
The International Society for Third-Sector Research (ISTR) is pleased to announce the ISTR Emerging Scholar Dissertation Award.\u00a0 This award is presented biennially for a PhD dissertation completed or defended in the two calendar years (July 1, 2011 and June 30, 2013) preceding the award\u00a0Dissertations that contribute to the field of comparative study of civil society organizations, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), philanthropy, voluntarism and related issues are eligible.\u00a0Dissertations focused exclusively on the United States are not eligible.\u00a0Click\u00a0here<\/a> for more information.<\/div>\n

Fahs-Beck Fund for Research and Experimentation Doctoral Dissertation Grant Program<\/span><\/h4>\n

Deadline: November 1, 2013<\/h4>\n

Grants of up to $5,000 are available to help support dissertation expenses of doctoral students in the United States and Canada whose studies have the potential for adding significantly to knowledge about problems in the functioning or well being of children, adults, couples, families, or communities, or about interventions designed to prevent or alleviate such problems. The research for which funding is requested must focus on the United States or Canada or on a comparison between the United States or Canada and one or more other countries. Click here<\/a> for more information. <\/strong><\/p>\n

A Place for Mom Senior Care Innovation Scholarship<\/h4>\n

Deadline: September 13, 2013<\/h4>\n

A Place for Mom, a leader in the senior living industry that provides senior care referrals to families across the United States, is proud to announce the commencement of their annual $1,000 scholarship for advancement in the field of gerontology. This is a general scholarship which will award the selected applicants with a financial donation. This scholarship will be awarded to students enrolled in an accredited college or university during the academic year. Click here<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Center for Retirement Research Dissertation Fellowship Program Deadline: January 31, 2017 The Center for Retirement Research at Boston College sponsors the annual Dissertation Fellowship Program in the field of retirement income research.\u00a0 The program is funded by the U.S. Social Security Administration and provides funding opportunities for doctoral candidates to pursue\u00a0cutting-edge research on retirement issues. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2136,"featured_media":0,"parent":24,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/swrnet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/254"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/swrnet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/swrnet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/swrnet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2136"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/swrnet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=254"}],"version-history":[{"count":50,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/swrnet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/254\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2560,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/swrnet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/254\/revisions\/2560"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/swrnet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/swrnet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}