SSSR Student Research Awards

The Society for the Scientific Study of Religion offers annual research awards to assist graduate students in their research. Although these awards are normally used for dissertation support, other significant research is eligible.



Value

1.
The ordinary maximum award is $3,000.
2.
Awards are intended to cover research expenses, travel, research assistance, and up to $1500 in stipend for the researcher's own time.
3.
Grant recipients have two years to spend their awards and are expected to submit a brief report on their research.

Conditions

1.
Applicants must have been SSSR members for at least one year at the time they submit their proposals and must not have won the award in the previous three years.
2.
Applicants should describe the project they wish to undertake in no more than 5 double-spaced pages, discussing its significance for the social scientific study of religion and briefly identifying the literature on which they are drawing.
3.
The applications should include an abstract of no more than 100 words and an annotated budget that describes the rationale for proposed expenditures, as well as information about any other sources of support.
4.
The application should be accompanied by a brief curriculum vitae (no more than 2 pages) listing the most recent research and publications.
5.
One electronic copy (in MS-Word) of the application should be sent by 1st April.

Address

Laurel Kearns lkearns@drew.edu
Drew Theological School
Madison, NJ, 07940.

URL

http://www.sssrweb.org/awards.cfm#SSRA