Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation Dissertation Fellowship

Who can apply

• Open to graduate students in their final year of Ph.D.
• No restrictions on nationality or host country

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Key requirements (94)

Program rules and conditions. Uploads and file types are listed under Required documents.

• In addition to the foundation’s program of support for postdoctoral research, ten or more.
• Dissertation fellowships are awarded each year to graduate students who would complete the writing of.
• A dissertation within the award year. These fellowships, in the amount of $20,000, are intended to.
• Contribute to the support of the doctoral candidate to enable him or her to complete the thesis in a.
• Timely manner and are only appropriate for students approaching the final year of their Ph.D. work.
• This fellowship is not for support of doctoral research. Applications are evaluated in comparison with each.
• Other and not in competition with proposals for our research grant. Applicants may be citizens of any.
• Country and studying at colleges or universities in any country.
• Questions that interest the foundation concern violence and aggression in relation to social change,.
• Intergroup conflict, war, terrorism, crime, and family relationships, among other subjects. Dissertations.
• With no relevance to understanding human violence and aggression will not be supported. Priority will.
• Also be given to areas and methodologies not receiving adequate attention and support from other.
• Funding sources.
• Eligibility.
• These grants are made to Ph.D. candidates who are entering the dissertation stage of graduate.
• School. Usually, this means that fieldwork or other research is complete and writing has begun. If.
• Analysis and writing are not far enough along for an applicant to be confident of completing the.
• Dissertation within the year, he or she should not apply, as the application will probably not be.
• Competitive with those that comply with this timetable. In some disciplines, particularly experimental.
• Fields, research and writing can reasonably be expected to be completed within the same year, and in.
• Those cases it is appropriate to apply.
• Applications for dissertation fellowships must be submitted by February 1. Applications are.
• Reviewed during the spring, with final decisions made by the Board of Directors at its meeting in June.
• Applicants will be informed promptly by email as well as letter of the Board's decision. Awards.
• Ordinarily commence on September 1, but other starting dates (after July 1) may be requested if the.
• Nature of the project makes this appropriate.
• Taxation.
• A recipient of a dissertation fellowship may be liable for income taxes on funds awarded, depending.
• On whether the funds are used to pay tuition and certain other related expenses, the amount of the.
• Recipient's other income, the law of the recipient's domicile, and other factors. The foundation does.
• Not provide advice on tax matters. Applicants should consult their own tax advisors to determine the.
• Tax consequences of receiving a dissertation fellowship.
• Final Report.
• Recipients of the dissertation fellowship must submit a copy of the dissertation, approved and.
• Accepted by their institution, within six months after the end of the award year. Any papers, books,.
• Articles, or other publications based on the research should also be sent to the foundation.
• Application Procedure.
• Applications are submitted online. The application link can be found on our web site, hfg.org. The.
• Direct address is https://www.grantinterface.com/hfg/Common/LogOn.aspx. Applicants first create a.
• Login account and then may access the online application. The deadline for submission is February.
• 1 (midnight, EST). Late applications will not be considered.
• (We will still accept a mailed application using our previous application method, a printable PDF.
• Form, provided it arrives at the foundation’s office no later than February 1, or the following Monday if.
• February 1 falls on a weekend.).
• A. Project Title.
• Complete all questions in this section that are applicable to your proposed project. Some questions.
• Are required; these are marked with an asterisk (*).
• B. Abstract and Survey.
• Enter an abstract by typing or pasting text. (Note the length limit.) The abstract should be an.
• Informative but succinct description of the project, including its relevance to aggression and/or.
• Violence. The survey questions--about the topics, time period, and geographic region of your.
• Project--are for statistical purposes only; this information does not affect our evaluation of the.
• Application.
• C. Advisor's Letter and Advisor's Abbreviated C.V.
• A letter from your advisor must be uploaded by the advisor using our online system. In the section.
• Of the online application headed “Advisor Letter,” please follow the instructions to enter your.
• Advisor’s email address and then click “Compose Email.” The system will prompt you to write an.
• Email to your advisor asking that they provide a letter. We will then send your advisor an additional.
• Email containing a link through which they may upload their letter. The letter should address the.
• Significance of the research and affirm that all requirements for the Ph.D. except the dissertation.
• Will have been satisfactorily completed at the beginning of the award period and that preparation.
• For the dissertation is such that it will be completed within the academic year for which the.
• Fellowship is requested. (If this is not true, the advisor is doing the applicant no favor by saying it.
• Is. It would be better to encourage the advisee to wait until the appropriate time to apply.) The.
• Advisor’s letter is due by February 15.
• Please upload an abbreviated (two-page) version of your dissertation advisor's curriculum vitae.
• (You will not be penalized, however, if you are unable to shorten or obtain a shortened version of.
• Your advisor's C.V.).
• D. Applicant's C.V. and Graduate School Transcript.
• Upload your own curriculum vitae of no more than two pages in length. Please arrange for your.
• Transcript should arrive at the foundation’s office by February 15. If your Ph.D. program does not.
• Involve graded coursework, include an explanation of the university's requirements.
• E. Project Description.
• Describe guiding theories, methods, study populations, etc., and explain how the dissertation.
• Research augments your discipline's body of knowledge. If your analysis is far enough along that all.
• Or some of your findings can be conveyed, discuss them. This is a chance to convince the.
• Foundation that a project is worth funding. Be concise, but give sufficient detail for a proper.
• Evaluation. Research plans are typically about 15 double-spaced pages (not including footnotes or.
• References listed in a bibliography). Supplementary supporting material is not necessary but may be.
• Submitted.
• F. Protection of Subjects.
• If your project’s subjects are living humans, or people with living relatives or associates whose lives.
• May be affected by the research, indicate what has been done to protect their safety or privacy. If.
• Subjects are non-human animals, the foundation must be assured that you have avoided subjecting.
• Them to unnecessary discomfort or harm. If your research involves documentary work concerning.
• People long dead or otherwise incapable of being harmed, this should be stated.
• G. Other Support.
• Describe facilities and resources already available for dissertation support. A Harry Frank.
• Guggenheim Foundation Dissertation Fellowship may be accepted in conjunction with other.
• Awards, fellowships, or employment. A $20,000 fellowship can only contribute to the support.
• Needed over the course of a year. Do you have other sources of support? Will you be working?
• Have you applied for other fellowships? Alternatively, it may be that a $20,000 award will support.
• you for full-time work for a few months. We like to see that an applicant has thought about these.
• Practical matters.

Required documents

Listed materials from this opportunity.

• Official transcript or academic record
• Portfolio or external link
• Supporting documents (as listed in requirements)
• Résumé or CV

Applying

Applications for the Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation Dissertation Fellowship are due by February 1. Ensure you are in the final year of your Ph.D.