The National Institute of Social Sciences is pleased to invite nominations for its 2024 Dissertation Grants Program. NISS Dissertation Grants are designed to support outstanding Ph.D. students who need additional resources to complete doctoral work that promises to significantly advance their fields of study.
2023 Dissertation Grant Awards Ceremony
Please join us for a cocktail reception and fundraising event in honor of the five 2023 winners of the National Institute’s Dissertation Grant competition.
Attendance is free and open to the public, but registration is required and space is limited.
2023 Dissertation Grants Awarded
National Institute Launches 2023 Dissertation Grants Program
2022 Dissertation Grant Awards Ceremony
Please join us for a cocktail reception and fundraising event in honor of the five 2022 winners of the National Institute’s Dissertation Grant competition.
Attendance is free and open to the public, but registration is required and space is limited.
2022 Dissertation Grants Awarded
National Institute Launches 2022 Dissertation Grants Program
2021 Year in Review
2021 Dissertation Grants Awarded
The Grants Committee of the National Institute of Social Sciences has selected Emma Gilheany, a doctoral candidate in Anthropolgy at the University of Chicago, and Francisco Lara-García, a doctoral candidate in Sociology at Columbia University, as the joint winners of its 2021 Dissertation Grant competition.
National Institute Launches 2021 Dissertation Grants Program
2020 Year in Review
National Institute Sponsors “Three Minute Thesis Competition” for the American Anthropological Association
On November 13, 2020, the National Institute partnered with the American Anthropological Association to sponsor their novel “Three Minute Thesis Competition,” which the AAA presented in connection with their 2020 virtual event series, “Raising Our Voices.”
2020 Dissertation Grant Awarded
Last Call for 2020 Dissertation Grant Donations
AHA Awards Inaugural NISS Travel Grants
This year, the National Institute of Social Sciences is partnering with the American Historical Association to support graduate students participating at the AHA’s annual meeting. The “National Institute of Social Sciences Annual Meeting Travel Grants” provide modest grants to defray expenses incurred by graduate students who are presenting papers or making presentations.
NISS Partners with American Historical Association to Support Graduate Students
The National Institute of Social Sciences has partnered with the American Historical Association to support graduate students attending the AHA’s annual meetings, which take place each January.
The first grants will be awarded to support students at the AHA’s 2020 annual meeting, which will be held in New York City from January 3-6.
National Institute Donates Historical Collection to Yale
Kaplan Fund Makes Grant to National Institute
The National Institute of Social Sciences is pleased to announce that it has received a generous grant from the J.M. Kaplan Fund (www.jmkfund.org), a New York-based philanthropic foundation known for its innovative support of the environment, preservation, the arts, and civil liberties.