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Published: 08 Sep 2023 364 views
The Horowitz Foundation for Social Policy was established in 1997 by Irving Louis Horowitz and Mary Curtis Horowitz 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.
The idea for the Foundation emerged from Irving Louis Horowitz’s experience working with doctoral students. He found that many faced financial barriers to completing their research. Dr. Horowitz initially provided assistance to these scholars personally, and later through Transaction Publishers’ Grants-in-Publication Program. After the termination of that program, the foundation was established in 1997. The first grants were issued in 1999.
| Application Deadline | 01 Dec 2023 |
| Type | Entrepreneurs |
| Sponsor | Horowitz Foundation for Social Policy |
| Gender | Men and Women |
Each grant is worth a total of $10,000; $7,500 is awarded initially and $2,500 upon completion of the project. A Trustees’ Award of an additional $3,000 is given to the project judged as the project with the most innovative approach in theory and/or methodology, or. An additional $5,000 is given to the most outstanding overall project for the signature Irving Louis Horowitz award.
Applicants must be PhD (or DrPH) candidates and be currently working on their dissertation. ??Applicants must not have received a PhD and must have had their topic approved by their department before applying.
Selection
Applications are evaluated based on the Trustees’ assessment of criteria such as significance of the policy issue; feasibility, applicability, and originality of the project; methodology; evidence that the project is theoretically informed and/or the research is empirically rich; and recommendations. No specific weight is given to any one area. Proposals are evaluated based on overall merit of all aspects of the application.
Applications and all supporting material must be submitted through our application portal. We cannot accept materials that are not submitted through the portal.
For more details, visit Horowitz Foundation for Social Policy website.