Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Researching Congressional Leadership or the U.S. Congress?

* GRANTS: CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH AWARDS *

DEADLINE: All proposals must be received no later than March 1, 2012.

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 and its leaders. Applications are accepted at any time, but the deadline is March 1 for the annual selections, which are announced in April. A total of up to $35,000 will be available in 2012.

The competition is open to individuals with a serious interest in studying Congress. Political scientists, historians, biographers, scholars of public administration or American studies, and journalists are among those eligible. The Center encourages graduate students who have successfully defended their dissertation prospectus to apply and awards a significant portion of the funds for dissertation research. Applicants must be U.S. citizens who reside in the United States.

The awards program does not fund undergraduate or pre-Ph.D. study. Organizations are not eligible. Research teams of two or more individuals are eligible. No institutional overhead or indirect costs may be claimed against a Congressional Research Award. 
 
To learn more, visit the official website: http://www.dirksencenter.org/print_grants_CRAs.htm

Frank Mackaman is the program officer - fmackaman@dirksencenter.org.

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