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Deadline: August 1, 2021 00:00 CEST
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Eligibility: Applicants for an award may be citizens of any country.

Harry Frank Guggenheim Distinguished Scholar Awards 2021

The Harry Frank Guggenheim Distinguished Scholar Awards (formerly the Harry Frank Guggenheim Research Grants) recognize leading researchers proposing to make a significant contribution to illuminating an issue of violence.

The Foundation welcomes proposals from any of the natural and social sciences and aligned disciplines that promise to increase understanding of the causes, manifestations, and control of violence and aggression.

The highest priority is given to research that addresses urgent, present-day problems of violence—what produces it, how it operates, and what prevents or reduces it.

The Foundation is interested in violence related to many subjects, including, but not limited to, the following:

  • War
  • Crime
  • Terrorism
  • Family and intimate-partner relationships
  • Climate instability and natural resource competition
  • Racial, ethnic, and religious conflict
  • Political extremism and nationalism

Who should apply?

The Foundation supports research that investigates the basic mechanisms in the production of violence, but a primacy is given to proposals that make a compelling case for the relevance of potential findings for policies intended to reduce these ills.

Likewise, historical research is considered to the extent that it is relevant to a current situation of violence. Examinations of the effects of violence are welcome insofar as a strong case is made that these outcomes may serve, in turn, as causes of future violence.

The Distinguished Scholar Award

Most awards fall within the range of $15,000 to $45,000 per year for periods of one or two years. Applications for larger amounts and longer durations will be considered but must be strongly justified.

The awards are made to individuals (or sometimes two or, rarely, three principal investigators) for specific projects, not general research support.

They are not awarded to institutions for institutional programs. Individuals who receive research grants may be subject to taxation on the funds awarded.

Interested in applying for the Distinguished Scholar Award 2021? Register your participation by following the registration link and taking the suggested steps.

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