Sigma Xi Grants in Aid of Research (GIAR)
Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society
Small research grants to graduate and undergraduate students across disciplines to cover direct costs of a student-led project, including social and behavioural research. Two cycles per year.
- Indicative award
- $500–$5k (total award)Page states $500–$5,000 for graduate applicants who are active members or whose advisors are active members; $500–$2,000 for undergraduates; up to $1,000 for non-members/inactive members. Designated funds go up to $5,000 (astronomy) and $2,500 (vision research).
- Timing
- Several times a yearSeveral times a year · Mar, OctNo specific published date recorded. This funder publishes a cycle rather than a date, and this database does not invent one.Two cycles per year: spring deadline March 15 and fall deadline October 1, per the funder's page. No specific future-year date published.
- Who can apply
- Master's / undergraduate, Doctoral candidate
- Eligibility
- Graduate and undergraduate students; award ceiling depends on membership — students who are active Sigma Xi members, or whose advisors are active members, are eligible for the higher graduate range, while non-members and inactive members are capped at $1,000. A supervising mentor is expected.
- SSWR clusters
- Topics
- student research costs · fieldwork and data collection
- Apply at
- https://www.sigmaxi.org/programs/grants-in-aid
- 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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