The National Institute of Social Sciences is pleased to invite nominations for its 2026 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.
2025 Dissertation Grants Awarded
National Institute Invites Nominations for its 2025 Dissertation Grants
The National Institute of Social Sciences is pleased to invite nominations for its 2025 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.
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National Institute Sponsors AAA’s Three-Minute Thesis Competition
The National Institute is proud to have sponsored the American Anthropological Association’s 2024 Three-Minute Thesis competition, which helps social science scholars develop presentation, research, and academic communication skills and supports the development of their capacity to explain their work effectively to lay audiences.
2024 Dissertation Grants Awarded
National Institute Invites 2024 Dissertation Grants Nominations
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.”