Harry Frank Guggenheim Emerging Scholar Awards
The Harry Frank Guggenheim Emerging Scholar Awards fund dissertation research on the causes and prevention of violence for final-year PhD candidates worldwide.
Funder: Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation
Due Dates (Anticipated): February 2027 (LOI) | March 2027 (Full application) | March 2027 (Advisor's letter)
Funding Amounts: $25,000 for one year; supports dissertation writing in the final PhD year.
Summary: Supports doctoral candidates worldwide completing dissertations on the causes, manifestations, and prevention of violence.
Key Information: Forecasted deadlines—confirm on program page before applying.
Description
The Harry Frank Guggenheim Emerging Scholar Awards provide $25,000 grants to outstanding doctoral candidates in their final year of dissertation writing. The program targets research that deepens understanding of the causes, dynamics, and prevention of violence and aggression. Eligible topics span urgent contemporary issues such as war, crime, terrorism, family and intimate-partner violence, climate instability, and other forms of conflict. The Foundation prioritizes projects with clear policy relevance or intervention potential, but also considers historical research that informs present-day violence and studies on the effects of violence if they illuminate future cycles of violence.
Researchers from any country and any discipline within the natural or social sciences (including anthropology, biology, criminology, economics, history, international relations, law, neuroscience, political science, psychology, public health, and sociology) are encouraged to apply, provided their work aligns directly with the Foundation’s focus on physical violence.
