#  Dissertation Awards 

 



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The Henry A. Murray Research Archive is pleased to offer the Jeanne Humphrey Block Dissertation Award to a qualified PhD candidate in the social sciences each spring.

- Eligibility - Harvard PhD candidate (3rd year or above) in the social sciences who is not graduating this year
- Amount - $2500
- Deadline - **Currently on hold**
- Process - Submit a completed IQSS Graduate Student Funding Application via [CARAT](https://carat.fas.harvard.edu/applicant/newApplication?applicationPurposeId=4&fundingSourceId=7268). (Application can be downloaded below.)
- Award Restrictions - None

**Submit a completed IQSS Graduate Student Funding Application via** [**CARAT.**](https://carat.fas.harvard.edu/applicant/newApplication?applicationPurposeId=4&fundingSourceId=7268) **Applicants will need to submit:**

- An abstract/description of the project (maximum of 2 pages), which study will be used, and significance of the project to the social sciences
- Letter of recommendation from dissertation advisor
- CV/Resume
- Project budget

**Requirements**

- Recipient will archive final data and dissertation on the [Harvard Dataverse Repository](https://dataverse.harvard.edu/).
- Awardee will submit monthly updates on grant progress and confirm when resulting research project has been deposited into the Harvard Dataverse Repository.

**Decision Criteria**

Award decisions will be based on:

- Significance to social science research
- Innovation
- Investigator evaluation



 

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