Student Research Grants
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Student Research Grants support graduate students’ dissertations and other significant research, funding practical research costs to advance the social scientific study of religion.
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Funder: Society for the Scientific Study of Religion
Due Dates (Anticipated): May 2027 (Application deadline)
Funding Amounts: Ordinary maximum of $3,000; awards must be spent within two years
Summary: Supports graduate students’ dissertations and other significant research advancing the social scientific study of religion.
Key Information: Applicants must be SSSR members when applying and must not have won this award in the previous three years.
Description
The Society for the Scientific Study of Religion (SSSR) offers annual research grants to help graduate students carry out research contributing to the social scientific study of religion. Although the grants normally support dissertation work, other significant research is also eligible. Proposals should explain their scholarly significance and identify the literature on which they draw.
The program supports practical research costs, including travel, research assistance, and a limited stipend for the researcher’s own time. Recent funded projects have examined supernatural beliefs and interpretations of misfortune, religious and ethnic identities in electoral politics, bias toward Muslim political candidates, and gendered portrayals of God in Christian fiction. Other supported work addresses faith-based parenting, religious television, religiosity and healthy aging, and Black religious life.
