Doctoral Funding Possibilities

Dissertation Research Award
American Psychological Association
Deadline: September 14, 2007
Amount: $1,000 -- $5,000

PURPOSE:
The purpose of the Dissertation Research Award program is to assist science-oriented doctoral students of psychology with research costs. The dissertation research may be in any area of psychological research.

Todd E. Husted Memorial Dissertation Award
American Psychological Association
Deadline: September 15, 2007
Amount: $1,000

PURPOSE:
Candidates must submit a dissertation proposal or abstract that will indicate significant potential for the development or improvement of mental health services for those with severe and persistent mental illness.

Scott Mesh Honorary Scholarship for Research in Psychology
American Psychological Association
Deadline: May 15, 2008
Amount: $1,000

PURPOSE:
The Scott Mesh Honorary Scholarship for Research in Psychology supports dissertation research leading to a doctoral degree in the field of psychology psychology.

Dissertation Completion Fellowships
American Council of Learned Societies
Deadline: November 15, 2007
Amount: $33,000

PURPOSE:
This program awards Dissertation Completion Fellowships to assist graduate students in the humanities and related social sciences in the last year of Ph.D. dissertation writing. This program aims to encourage timely completion of the Ph.D.

Grants-in-Aid Program
Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues
Due Date: May 1, 2007 and October 1, 2007
Amount: $1,000

PURPOSE:
This award supports scientific research in social problem areas related to the basic interests and goals of SPSSI and particularly those that are not likely to receive support from traditional sources.

Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants The National Science Foundation's Division of Social and Economic Sciences and Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences 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. Proposals are judged on the basis of their scientific merit, including the theoretical importance of the research question and the appropriateness of the proposed data and methodology to be used in addressing the question. Proposals: January 15 and July 15 -only in the field of Perception, Action and Cognition.
For the complete announcement, visit: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2006/nsf06605/nsf06605.htm

Sigma Delta Epsilon (SDE) Fellowships
Graduate Women In Science
Deadline: January 15, 2007
Amount: $1,250 - $3,000.
SDE Fellowships are for research in all the natural sciences, including physical, environmental, mathematical, computer, life sciences, anthropology, psychology, and statistics. The major component of the research can be either applied or basic.
For more information, visit:
http://www.gwis.org/grants/default.htm

Vessa Notchev Fellowships
Sigma Delta Epsilon/Graduate Women in Science, Inc.
Deadline: January 15, 2007
Amount: $1,000
Sigma Delta Epsilon/Graduate Women in Science, Inc. awards fellowships annually in support of scientific research done by women. Vessa Notchev Grant fellowships are available to applicants for research in the natural sciences including physical, environmental, mathematical, computer and life sciences, anthropology, psychology, and statistics. The major component of the research can be applied or basic.
For more information, visit:
http://www.gwis.org/grants/default.htm

Eloise Gerry Fellowships
Sigma Delta Epsilon/Graduate Women in Science, Inc.
Deadline: January 15, 2007
Amount: $4,000
Sigma Delta Epsilon/Graduate Women in Science, Inc. awards fellowships annually in support of scientific research done by women. Eloise Gerry fellowships are available to applicants for research in the natural sciences including physical, environmental, mathematical, computer and life sciences, anthropology, psychology, and statistics. The major component of the research can be applied or basic.
For more information, visit:
http://www.gwis.org/grants/default.htm

Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation Dissertation Fellowships
Deadline: Feb 1, 2007
Amount: $15,000
Dissertation fellowships are awarded each year to individuals who will complete the writing of the dissertation within the award year. These fellowships are designed to contribute to the support of the doctoral candidate to enable him or her to complete the thesis in a timely manner. Highest priority is given to research that can increase understanding and amelioration of urgent problems of violence, aggression, and dominance in the modern world. Particular questions that interest the foundation concern violence, aggression, and dominance in relation to social change, the socialization of children, intergroup conflict, drug trafficking and use, family relationships, and investigations of the control of aggression and violence. Research with no useful relevance to understanding and attempting to cope with problems of human violence and aggression will not be supported, nor will proposals to investigate urgent social problems where the foundation cannot be assured that useful, sound research can be done. Priority will also be given to areas and methodologies not receiving adequate attention and support from other funding sources.
For more information, visit:
http://www.hfg.org/df/guidelines.htm

Woodrow Wilson Dissertation Grants in Women's Studies
Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation
Deadline: October 10, 2007
Amount: $3,000 to be used for expenses connected with the dissertation.
The Woodrow Wilson Dissertation Fellowships in Women's Studies encourage original and significant research about women that crosses disciplinary, regional, or cultural boundaries. Previous fellows have explored such topics as sterilization and reproductive rights; women's political presence worldwide; gender, culture, and prospects for girl's education and women's literacy; and Middle East feminists. Students in doctoral programs who have completed all pre- dissertation requirements in any field of study at graduate schools in the United States are eligible. Candidates must have completed all pre-dissertation requirements, including approval of the dissertation proposal and expect to complete their dissertations by the summer of 2008.
For the complete announcement, visit:
http://www.woodrow.org/womens-studies/

American Association of University Women
Dissertation Fellowships
Deadline: Applications must be submitted on-line no later than November 15, 2006
Amount: $20,000 stipend which must be used for the final year of writing the dissertation.
AAUW offers fellowships to women scholars in all non-engineering fields to offset their living expenses while they complete their dissertations. Fellows are not required to study in the United States. Scholars engaged in researching gender issues are encouraged to apply. Candidates are evaluated on the basis of scholarly excellence, teaching experience, and active commitment to helping women and girls through service in their communities, professions, or fields of research. Applicants must have completed all coursework, passed all preliminary exams, and had the dissertation research proposal or plan approved by November 15, 2006. The doctoral degree must be completed no earlier than April 1, 2008, and no later than June 30, 2008. Degree conferral must be between April 1 and September 15, 2008. AAUW also offers a Summer/Short-Term Research Publication grant of $6,000. Its purpose is to enable women college and university faculty and independent researchers to prepare research for publication.
For more information, visit: http://www.aauw.org/fga/fellowships_grants/american.cfm

APA Minority Fellowship Program
Deadline: See individual programs at the link below.
Amount: See individual programs at the link below.
The objective of this program is to increase the knowledge of issues related to ethnic minority mental health and to improve the quality of mental health treatment delivered to ethnic minority populations. The program provides financial support and professional guidance to individuals pursuing doctoral degrees in psychology and neuroscience.

Scott Mesh Honorary Graduate Research Scholarships in Psychology
American Psychological Association
Deadline: May 1, 2007
Amount: $1,000
This award supports dissertation research leading to a doctoral degree in psychology.
For more information, visit: http://www.apa.org/apags/members/schawrds.html#mesh

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