Freedom Scholar Award

A one-time unrestricted award to scholars whose research supports social movements, explicitly including movements led by Black people, Indigenous people, migrants, queer people and communities of colour.

Indicative award

$250k (total award)Published as a one-time grant of $250,000 per recipient with no restrictions on use of funds.

Timing

By invitationNo specific published date recorded. This funder publishes a cycle rather than a date, and this database does not invent one.No application cycle exists. Selection is invite-only and the Foundation states it accepts neither outside submissions nor nominations.

Who can apply

Early-career faculty, Mid-career & senior, Any faculty rank

Eligibility

Invite-only: the Foundation states it does not accept outside submissions or nominations. Recipients are movement leaders who entered academia, or academics with a demonstrated record of supporting social movements.

SSWR clusters

Topics

social movements · unrestricted research support · racial justice · movement-engaged scholarship

Apply at

https://caseygrants.org/freedom-scholars/

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Curated by the working group. Written 2026-08-07. The funder link has not yet been machine-checked.

Amounts and dates on this page are indicative and are maintained by people rather than scraped. Funders change ceilings, windows and eligibility without notice; confirm all details at the source above before applying.

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Freedom Scholar Award

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