Small Grants Program for Early Career Scholars
Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD)
Non-renewable grants of up to $7,500 for early career scholars conducting child development research. Covers equipment, software, participant incentives and data-collection travel; salary, conference travel and indirect costs are not allowed.
- Indicative award
- up to $8k (total award)Page states grants of "up to $7,500 USD" on a competitive basis; no minimum is published.
- Timing
- Annual cycleAnnual cycle · JanNo specific published date recorded. This funder publishes a cycle rather than a date, and this database does not invent one.The most recent published cycle closed January 19, 2026 at 11:59 p.m. EST, with decisions late April 2026. No future date is published yet; the call recurs annually in winter.
- Who can apply
- Early-career faculty, Postdoctoral
- Eligibility
- Must be an SRCD member who completed the doctorate (or equivalent) no earlier than January 1, 2021 and no later than June 1, 2026. Open to any country provided the employer can disperse funds and provide IRB/IACUC review; international applicants explicitly encouraged.
- SSWR clusters
- Topics
- child development · early career research · participant incentives · international applicants
- Apply at
- https://www.srcd.org/professional-advancement/awards-grants/small-grants-program-early-career-scholars
- 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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