Horowitz Foundation for Social Policy 2022 Grant Programme

The Horowitz Foundation for Social Policy was established in 1997 by Irving Louis Horowitz and Mary E. Curtis as a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization. Its general purpose is to support the advancement of research and understanding in the major fields of the social sciences. Its specific purpose is to provide small grants to aspiring PhD students at the dissertation level to support the research they are undertaking for their project.

• Table of Content
• About Horowitz Foundation for Social Policy
• Grant Programme
• Aim and Benefits of Grant Programme
• Requirements for Grant Programme Qualification
• Interview date, Process and Venue for Grant Programme
• Application Deadline
• How to Apply

About Horowitz Foundation for Social Policy

Grant Programme

Aim and Benefits of Grant Programme

• To support emerging scholars through small grants;

• To promote scholarship with a social policy application; and

• To encourage projects that address contemporary issues in the social sciences.

Grants are based solely on merit. Each is worth a total of $7,500; $5,000 is awarded initially and $2,500 upon completion of the project.

Requirements for Grant Programme Qualification

• Applicants must be current PhD (or DrPH) candidates who are working on their dissertation;

• Applicants must not have a PhD; those who do, are ineligible;

• Applicants must have defended their dissertation proposal or had their topic approved by their department;

• Applicants can be from any country and any university in the world. US citizenship or residency is not required.

Interview date, Process and Venue for Grant Programme

• Awards are made to individuals, not institutions. If processed through an institution, a waiver for overhead is required.

• Recipients are expected to acknowledge assistance provided by the foundation in any publication resulting from their research and should notify the foundation with publication details.

• Grants are issued immediately on receipt of an acceptance letter from the recipient. It is the applicant's responsibility to ensure the grant does not conflict with other funding they have secured. Grants are usually administered in June of the year they are decided.

• Grant recipients will be publicized on the foundation's website, in appropriate professional media, and a press release to university media offices.  

Application Deadline

How to Apply

For more details, visit Horowitz Foundation for Social Policy website.