Horowitz Foundation for Social Policy Grant

A small competitive grant for PhD students at the dissertation stage doing social policy research. Obscure, individually awarded, and one of the few dissertation funds open across social science disciplines.

Indicative award

Amount not published (total award)The foundation describes these as small grants to aspiring PhD students at the dissertation level, but publishes no dollar figure on the pages checked. Confirm the current award level with the foundation before budgeting.

Timing

Annual cycleAnnual cycle · Nov, DecPublished deadline: 2026-12-01 — 63 days awayAnnual cycle. The application page states the deadline is December 1 at 11:59pm EST for both the applicant submission and recommender forms, with winners announced the following June. Ask recommenders early; their forms share the same hard deadline.

Who can apply

Doctoral candidate

Eligibility

For doctoral candidates at the dissertation stage in the social sciences, working on social policy topics. The award goes to the student, not the institution. Applications require recommender forms submitted by the same deadline as the application itself.

SSWR clusters

Topics

dissertation support · social policy research · doctoral research

Apply at

https://www.horowitz-foundation.org/apply

This entry

Curated by the working group. Written 2026-08-07. Funder link last confirmed to resolve on 2026-09-25.

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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Horowitz Foundation for Social Policy Grant

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