Dirksen Congressional Center – Dissertation Research Grants
The Dirksen Congressional Center invites applications for grants to fund research on congressional leadership and the U.S. Congress. The Center, named for the late Senate Minority Leader Everett M. Dirksen, is a private, nonpartisan, nonprofit research and educational organization devoted to the study of Congress. Since 1978, the Congressional Research Grants program has invested more than $1,000,000 to support over 462 projects. Applications are accepted at any time, but the deadline is April 1 for the annual selections, which are announced in May.
Grants will normally extend for one year. In some circumstances, the Center will make more than one grant to a single individual in consecutive years, but not more than three grants to the same person in a five-year period.
Up to $3,500.
- Individuals with a serious interest in studying Congress, including political scientists, historians, biographers, scholars of public administration or American studies, journalists.
- Doctoral students who have successfully defended their dissertation prospectus are eligible
- Applicants must be U.S. citizens who reside in the United States.
- The grants program does not fund undergraduate or pre-Ph.D. study. Organizations are not eligible.
- Research teams of two or more individuals are eligible.
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Contact
Frank Mackaman, Program Officer
Tel: 309-347-7113
Email: [email protected]
Please insert the following in the Subject Line:
“CRA Application [your surname]”