Associated Professional Programs and Research Organizations

The Horowitz Foundation, as of the 2008 distribution, approves approximately ten grants each year, in amounts ranging from $3,000 to $5,000 per grant. It also will be making large-scale grants to universities and programs directly. These go into operation in 2009 grants - for amounts ranging from $10,000 to $100,000 per/award.

The Foundation makes targeted grants for work in major areas of the social sciences, including anthropology, area studies, economics, political science, psychology, sociology, and urban studies, as well as newer areas such as evaluation research. Preference will be given to projects that deal with contemporary issues in the social sciences and issues of policy relevance, and to scholars in the initial stages of their career. Awards are not allocated so as to ensure a representative base of disciplines, but are approved solely on merit.

Applicants are not required to be U.S. citizens or U.S. residents. Candidates may propose new projects, and they may also solicit support for research in progress, including final work on a dissertation, supplementing research in progress, or travel funds. Preference will be given to advanced graduate students and untenured assistant professors and instructors.

Grants are normally made for one year on a non-renewable basis. Awards will be made to individuals, not institutions, and if processed through an institution, a waiver for overhead is requested. Those receiving awards are asked to file a copy of the product of their research, no later than one year after completion. Recipients are expected to acknowledge assistance provided by the Foundation in any publication resulting from their research. Awards are publicized in appropriate professional media and on the Foundation website, www.horowitz-foundation.org.

The following categories of proposals will be given priority in determining recipients:

(1) Proposals that address global and large-scale geographical situations, and those with wider applications beyond the research design itself.

(2) Proposals that rely on empirically informed, large sample sizes, often in historically rich time series, that make few presumptions of application.

(3) Proposals by young scholars, who are early in their careers, and who may find it difficult to seek and receive grants from other sources.

(4) Proposals that are theoretically rich and emphasize policy issues of broad meaning.

(5) Proposals in an early stage of surveys and reports where few previous research applications are available.

These are guidelines, not mandates, and are not listed in order of importance. Each proposal will be evaluated on its merit by the Board.

Special Awards
The Horowitz Foundation provides six special awards that may be granted for certain projects. These carry an additional stipend beyond the customary amounts of a grant.

The six areas are as follows:

Joshua Feigenbaum Award
For empirical research on policy aspects of the arts and popular culture, with special reference to mass communication.

Eli Ginzberg Award
For a project involving solutions to major health and welfare problems in urban settings.

Harold D. Lasswell Award
For policy related projects in international relations and foreign affairs.

Martinus Nijhoff Award
For policy implications of scientific, technological and medical research.

Robert K. Merton Award
For studies in the relation between social theory and public policy.

John L. Stanley Award
For a work that seeks to expand our understanding of the political and ethical foundations of policy research.

For more information contact:
Mary E. Curtis, Vice Chairman and Trustee
The Horowitz Foundation for Social Policy
P.O. Box 7
Rocky Hill, NJ 08553-0007

Associated Professional Programs and Research Organizations:

Armenian Studies Program, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

The Armenian Studies Program (ASP) at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, is the umbrella organization that houses two endowed chairs (in Modern Armenian History and in Armenian Language and Literature) and an array of extracurricular activities including lectures, symposia, conferences, and outreach programs for the community. A recent gift by the Manoogian Simone Foundation has made possible a two year expansion of the program to include five new fellowships (graduate student and post-doctoral), a Visiting Scholar program in areas not usually taught by the regular faculty, international conferences, graduate studies workshops, the Summer Institute in Yerevan, an Outreach Program, and a full time administrator. For more information, visit http://www.umich.edu/~iinet/asp/ .