The Harry Frank Guggenheim Emerging Scholar Awards
Supports final-year PhD research worldwide on the causes, manifestations, and control of violence, with a focus on policy-relevant and urgent contemporary issues.
Funder: Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation
Due Dates (Anticipated): February 2027 (LOI) | March 2027 (Full application) | March 2027 (Advisor's letter upload)
Funding Amounts: $25,000 for one year to support dissertation writing in the final year of PhD study.
Summary: Supports final-year PhD candidates worldwide completing dissertations on the causes, manifestations, and control of violence.
Key Information: This is a forecasted opportunity; all dates are projected and subject to change.
Description
The Harry Frank Guggenheim Emerging Scholar Awards provide $25,000 for one year to promising doctoral candidates in their final year of dissertation writing. The award is intended to support research that advances understanding of the causes, manifestations, and control of violence and aggression. The Foundation welcomes proposals from the natural and social sciences or allied disciplines, with priority given to projects addressing urgent, present-day problems of violence—such as war, crime, terrorism, intimate-partner violence, climate instability, resource competition, and political extremism. Research should have clear relevance for policies aimed at reducing violence. Historical research is considered if it relates to current situations of violence, and studies on the effects of violence are welcomed when they demonstrate how these outcomes may contribute to future violence.
