Applications are open for 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.

Basically, 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

Awards

Harry Frank Guggenheim Distinguished Scholar Awards has the following prizes

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

Eligibility

• Applicants for an award may be citizens of any country.
• While almost all recipients of these awards possess a Ph.D., M.D., J.D., or equivalent degree, there are no formal degree requirements for the award. The award, however, may not be used to support research undertaken as part of the requirements for a graduate degree.
• Applicants need not be affiliated with an institution of higher learning, although most are college or university professors.

Online Application 

Application Guidelines