SECC Dissertation Research Funding Awards
Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD) — Student and Early Career Council
Awards of up to $2,000 for doctoral students' dissertation research on populations under age 18. Funds participant incentives, standardized measures, equipment, consultant fees and methodological training.
- Indicative award
- up to $2k (total award)Page states "up to $2,000 USD" per award; no minimum published.
- Timing
- Annual cycleAnnual cycle · MayNo specific published date recorded. This funder publishes a cycle rather than a date, and this database does not invent one.Most recent published deadline was May 18, 2026 at 11:59 p.m. ET, with notification by September 2026 — already past as of August 2026. The call recurs annually in spring.
- Who can apply
- Doctoral candidate
- Eligibility
- Must be an SRCD student member at application and throughout the award period, a doctoral student in good standing in a child-development-related field, with an advisor-approved dissertation proposal. Conference travel, personal expenses, indirect costs and open-access fees are excluded.
- SSWR clusters
- Topics
- dissertation research · child development · measurement · methodological training
- Apply at
- https://www.srcd.org/professional-advancement/awards-grants/secc-dissertation-research-funding-awards
- This entry
- 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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