FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
“I am delighted to announce that, after extensive deliberations, the National Institute of Social Sciences has selected six candidates from among a record number of applications submitted to receive its 2025 Dissertation Grants. The total amount of funds awarded represents an increase over those awarded in each of the last three years and is the highest amount the National Institute has awarded since the inception of the program,” said President of the National Institute, Fred Larsen.
“Our Grants Committee once again received an impressive number of strong submissions from scholars at a broad selection of top-ranked graduate institutions, and the proposals came from a wide range of social science disciplines,” said Grants Committee Co-Chairs Suzanne Farrell and Cathy Shraga. “In this highly competitive field, our grant awardees stood out for the diversity of their research programs and their relevance to important social issues. The strength of this year’s proposals resulted in a record total of grant monies awarded.”
This year’s winners of the Dissertation Grants are:
Grace Beals, doctoral candidate in American Politics at Cornell University
Alexandra Dildine, doctoral candidate in Political Science at Johns Hopkins University
Erin Gaede, doctoral candidate in Sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
Danielle Nadeau, doctoral candidate in Anthropology at the University of Connecticut
Haley Stiles, doctoral candidate in Government at the University of Virginia
Alison Tuck, doctoral candidate in Clinical Psychology at the Washington University in St. Louis
Learn more about the 2025 Dissertation Grant Awardees by clicking on their names above.
“Our ability to offer substantial unrestricted grants to worthy candidates this year is supported by the continuing generosity of our Trustees, Members, and friends of the National Institute. The National Institute looks to strengthen its mission by continuing to grow our Grant-making activities and supporting multiple scholars doing promising research in the social sciences,” President Larsen added.
The National Institute is delighted to continue its direct support of graduate studies in the social sciences by helping to fund these scholars’ promising and groundbreaking research.
You can learn more about the National Institute’s Grants Program and this year’s awardees here.