Funder: Harvard University
Due Dates: October 9, 2026 (Fall) | March 5, 2027 (Spring)
Funding Amounts: Up to $5,000 per discretionary research grant
Summary: Discretionary grants support Harvard faculty affiliates of CAPS conducting research on U.S. politics, with priority given to junior faculty.
Key Information: Recipients are expected to contribute actively to CAPS’s intellectual life and acknowledge the Center in research publications.
Description
The Center for American Political Studies (CAPS) at Harvard University offers discretionary faculty grants for research on U.S. politics. The program is open to Harvard faculty affiliates of the Center and gives priority to junior faculty. It is listed among Harvard’s social sciences research funding resources for both early-career and tenured faculty.
CAPS reviews applications twice a year and makes a limited number of awards annually. Applicants submit a short research proposal with a brief, detailed budget. Alongside supporting individual research, the program expects funded faculty to contribute actively to the Center’s collective intellectual life and acknowledge its support in their research publications.
