Emerging Scholar Awards (dissertation fellowship)

One-year dissertation writing fellowship for doctoral candidates whose research addresses the causes, manifestations and control of violence and aggression, including crime, punishment and family violence.

Indicative award

$25k (total award)The programme page states the award is $25,000 for one year, normally starting 1 September or an approved alternative date.

Timing

Annual cycleAnnual cycle · Feb, MarNo specific published date recorded. This funder publishes a cycle rather than a date, and this database does not invent one.Applications open 1 January each year. Letter of interest due 1 February, 11:59pm ET; invited full applications due 15 March, 11:59pm ET; decisions announced in June. The page publishes these as recurring month-and-day deadlines without a year.

Who can apply

Doctoral candidate

Eligibility

PhD candidates in the final year of dissertation writing, of any nationality and studying anywhere in the world. Fieldwork or data collection must be substantially complete; the award supports writing, not ongoing research.

SSWR clusters

Topics

violence · aggression · crime · dissertation writing

Apply at

https://www.hfg.org/emerging-scholars/

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Emerging Scholar Awards (dissertation fellowship)

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