William T. Grant Scholars Program
A five-year award for early-career researchers built around a deliberate professional stretch: the plan must take you somewhere methodologically or substantively you cannot currently go.
- Indicative award
- $350k (total award)A fixed award across five years, with mentoring built into the programme rather than bought with it.
- Timing
- Annual cycleAnnual cycle · JulNo specific published date recorded. This funder publishes a cycle rather than a date, and this database does not invent one.One annual deadline; there is no second chance within a cycle.
- Who can apply
- Early-career faculty
- Eligibility
- A hard cap on years since the doctorate at application, plus institutional nomination. Miss the window and there is no appeal.
- SSWR clusters
- Special Interest Groups
- Topics
- career award · professional stretch · mentoring · five-year plan
- Apply at
- https://wtgrantfoundation.org/funding/william-t-grant-scholars-program
- 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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