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Meet the Foundation Mary Curtis Horowitz & Dr. Irving Louis Horowitz, Founders The Horowitz Foundation for Social Policy was established in 1997 by Irving Louis Horowitz and Mary Curtis Horowitz and has been funded by contributions from them since its inception. The Foundation received approval as a not-for-profit 501 (c)(3) organization in 1998. The Foundation's general purpose is to support the advancement of research and understanding in the major fields of the social sciences. Its specific purpose is to provide small grants to aspiring PhD students at the dissertation level to support the research they are undertaking for their project. ​ The idea for the Foundation emerged from Irving Louis Horowitz’s experience working with doctoral students. He found that many faced financial barriers to completing their research. Dr. Horowitz initially provided assistance to these scholars personally, and later through Transaction Publishers’ Grants-in-Publication Program. After the termination of that program, the foundation was established in 1997. The first grants were issued in 1999. Dr. Irving Louis Horowitz, 1968 Board of Trustees Dedication. Expertise. Passion. Irving Louis Horowitz (1929–2012) Founding Chairman Rutgers University Mary Curtis Horowitz Trustee Transaction Publishers (President, 1997-2017) Ayse Akincigil Chairman Rutgers University Ray C. Rist, Vice Chairman The World Bank Richard L. Edwards Trustee Emeritus Rutgers University Hans-Martin Boehmer - Duke University Jonathan D. Breul - Georgetown University Michal Grinstein-Weiss - Washington University in St. Louis Mary M. McKay - Washington University in St. Louis Nandini Ramanujam - McGill University William M. Rodgers III - Rutgers University Maggie Schneiderman - National Geographic Society William Strong - Kotin Crabtree & Strong Jos Vaessen - The World Bank Allison Zippay - Rutgers University Aim and Mission To support emerging scholars through small grants; To promote scholarship with a social policy application; and ​ To encourage projects that address contemporary issues in the social sciences. Grants Grants are based solely on merit. Each is worth a total of $10,000; $7,500 is awarded initially and $2,500 upon completion of the project. ​ For grant recipients to be entitled to their second installment, they must show evidence of one of the following: Acceptance and approval of their dissertation; Acceptance of an article based on the research by a peer-reviewed journal; or Invitation to write and publish a book chapter based on the research. Grants are non-renewable and recipients have five years from announcement of the award to complete their project and claim their final payment. Eligibility Eligibility Beginning in 2023 you CANNOT apply more than once. If you have applied before 2023 and want to apply again, you are still eligible. ​ Applicants must be current PhD (or DrPH) candidates who are working on their dissertation; ​​ Applicants must not have a PhD; those who do, are ineligible; ​Applicants must have defended their dissertation proposal or had their topic approved by their department; ​Applicants can be from any country and any university in the world. US citizenship or residency is not required. Criteria Criteria The foundation supports projects with a social policy application on either a global or local level. Applications are evaluated based on the Trustees’ assessment of criteria such as: feasibility, applicability, originality, methodology, theoretically informed or empirically rich research, and letters of recommendation. No specific weight is given to any one area. Proposals are evaluated based on overall merit of all aspects of the application. ​ We encourage applicants to look at the kind of projects we have supported in previous years. See Previous Recipients. Conditions Conditions Awards are made to individuals, not institutions. If processed through an institution, a waiver for overhead is required. ​Recipients are expected to acknowledge assistance provided by the foundation in any publication resulting from their research and should notify the Foundation with publication details. Grants are issued immediately on receipt of an acceptance letter from the recipient. It is the applicant's responsibility to ensure the grant does not conflict with other funding they have secured. Grants are usually administered in June of the year they are decided. Grant recipients will be publicized on the foundation's website, in appropriate professional media, and a press release to university media offices. Special Awards Special Awards Each year, the Trustees issue special monetary awards for the two most outstanding projects. These awards cannot be applied for directly, and are only granted at the discretion of the Trustees. Irving Louis Horowitz Award Overall most outstanding project This award carries with it an additional $5,000. Trustees' Award ​For the most innovative approach in theory and/or methodology ​This award carries with it an additional $3,000.

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All Previous Recipients 2010 GRANT RECIPIENTS For Applications Received in 2009 Welfare Magnets: Migration and the Welfare Reforms of 1996 Samrat Bose SUNY, University at Albany Public Administration and Policy How do Performance Data Inform Design and Management? Of Child Care Development in American States Special Recognition: John L. Stanley Award Teresa Derrick-Mills George Washington University Public Policy and Public Administration Sources of Iraq War Veteran Political Attitudes: Support and Opposition Special Recognition: Harold D. Lasswell Award David Flores University of Michigan Sociology Homecoming and Readjustment Experiences: Health Care for U.S. Military Veterans and Civilian Contractors Robert Frey Columbia University Sociomedical Sciences Understanding the Role of Trauma and Violence in Intimate Partner Violence Perpetration by Males in the General and Incarcerated Populations Special Recognition: Donald R. Cressey Award Josephine Hahn Harvard University School of Public Health If This Thing Had Never Happened: Moving on from Hurricane Katrina Daina Harvey Rutgers University Sociology ​ American Political Cartoons: 1754-2010 Special Recognition: Joshua Feigenbaum Award Stephen Hess The Brookings Institution Governance Studies From Oil to Offsets: Rentier State Innovation and Enduring Authoritarianism in the Middle East Shana Marshall University of Maryland Government and Politics Are Homeowners Better Citizens? Homeownership and Civic Engagement in Contemporary America Brian McCabe New York University Sociology Race and the Residential Foreclosure Crisis Special Recognition: Robert K. Merton Award Emily Molina University of California, Santa Barbara Sociology Greening Grey Facades: Politics of Increasing Energy Efficiency in Existing Residential Buildings in Germany Special Recognition: Martinus Nijhoff Award Jonas Nahm Massachusetts Institute of Technology Political Science Hidden Costs: The Plight of Urban Neighborhoods in the Face of Housing Policy Changes Special Recognition: Eli Ginzberg Award Ann Owens Harvard University Sociology and Social Policy Distributional Impacts of a U.S. Federal Emissions Trading Scheme Fynnwin Prager University of Southern California Center for Risk and Economic Analysis of Terrorism Events

Latest News News Sign up Above for Email Alerts for Upcoming 2022 Application Deadlines March 2023: María-Elena Giner, 2020 Grant Recipient, is published in the Journal of Environmental Science & Policy for research entitled "Assessing the impact of wastewater infrastructure along the Texas-Mexico Border: Did we make a difference on contagious diseases?" February 2023: Anisa Kline, 2021 Recipient, is published by the Ohio Latino Affairs Commission for research entitled "Latino H2A Workers and Their Importance for Ohio" 2022: Betsy Q. Cliff, 2018 Recipient, is published in Health Services Research for research entitled "Do high-deductible health plans affect price paid for childbirth?" July 2022: Call for Applications June 2022: Press Release, Horowitz Foundation Announces 2021 Awards March 2022: Shiran Shen, 2016 Grant Recipient, published a book, "The Political Regulation Wave: A Case of How Local Incentives Systemically Shape Air Quality in China" October 12, 2021: Douglas Luke installed as the Irving Louis Horowitz Professor in Social Policy at Washington University in Saint Louis' Brown School. July 26, 2021: Call for Applications June 23, 2021: Press Release, Horowitz Foundation Announces 2020 Awards 2020: Danielle Judith Zola Carr, 2017 Recipient, is published in History of the Human Sciences for research entitled "‘Ghastly marionettes’ and the political metaphysics of cognitive liberalism: Anti-behaviourism, language, and the origins of totalitarianism" July 1, 2020: Press Release, Horowitz Foundation Awards Grants to 25 Scholars for Social Policy Research February 2020: Alexis Walker, 2011 Grant Recipient, publishes a new book based on research partially funded by HFSP: https:/www.upenn.edu/pennpress/book/16036.html May, 2019: UC - Berkeley Events and Media, DCRP PH.D. CANDIDATE RECEIVES HOROWITZ FOUNDATION GRANT October 3, 2018: Inside Higher Ed Weekly Newsletter, Advertisement September 22, 2018: Philanthropy News Digest, Horowitz Foundation for Social Policy Accepting Applications for Research August 7th, 2018: ProFellow Call for Applications , PhD Candidates: Apply Now for 2018 Social Policy Research Grants July 11, 2018: Veronica Horowitz (2017 winner) & Christopher Uggen, "Consistency and Compensation in Mercy: Commutation in the Era of Mass Incarceration" , Social Forces

PRESS RELEASE Contact: Mary E. Curtis 732-445-2280 For immediate release ​ ​ HOROWITZ FOUNDATION AWARDS GRANTS TO 25 SCHOLARS FOR SOCIAL POLICY RESEARCH May 1, 2019, New Brunswick, NJ –The Horowitz Foundation for Social Policy has selected twenty-five scholars to receive grants for research in the social sciences for the 2018 award year. Those receiving awards, their research topics, and the institutions with which they are affiliated are listed at the end of this announcement. “Last year was a banner year for the foundation,” said Chairman, Mary E. Curtis. “We saw an 83% increase in the number of applications over the previous year and our applicants represented 84 nationalities and 54 countries. This expanded reach is allowing us to identify and financially support the next generation of intellectual leaders--those who are likely to fuel understanding and innovative policy directions.” About the Horowitz Foundation for Social Policy The Horowitz Foundation for Social Policy was established in 1997 by Irving Louis Horowitz and Mary E. Curtis as a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization. Its general purpose is to support the advancement of research and understanding in the major fields of the social sciences. Its specific purpose is to provide small grants to aspiring PhD students at the dissertation level to support the research they are undertaking for their project. Grants are awarded solely on the Trustees’ assessment of the merit of the project. All awards are to individuals, and not institutions. Applicants need not be US citizens or based in the United States. ​ Since inception, the foundation has awarded grants to 250 scholars from over 100 different universities around the world. An increasing number of applications cross traditional disciplinary boundaries, which speaks to the importance of policy studies in the academic world and beyond. ​ Applications for 2019 Awards Award applications for next year open July 1, 2019 and all application materials must be received by December 1, 2019. Applicants are encouraged to begin their application online as early as possible. Incomplete applications will not be considered. Award winners for 2019 will be announced on or before June 1, 2020. Additional information, including a list of previous recipients, is available on the Horowitz Foundation website . ​ 2018 Horowitz Foundation Award Winners (Alphabetical order) Marc Aidinoff, Massachusetts Institute of Technology John L. Stanley Award Access: A Social History of Internet Policy along the Mississippi, Charles, and Potomac Rivers, 1984 to 2004 Mir Ali, Indiana University Bloomington Citizen Oversight of Police: Impact on Racial Disparities in Policing Outcomes, the 'Ferguson Effect', and Reasons for Creation Joseph Avery, Princeton University When Your Own Team is against You: Racial Bias in Criminal Defense Neil Bennett, University of California, Irvine Establishment-Level ICE Raids: Causes and Consequences Bridget Brew , Cornell University Control During Confinement: Racial Disparities in Discipline and Resource Allocation in Penal Institutions Carmen Brick, University of California, Berkeley State Earned Income Tax Credits: Addressing Poverty and Inequality through State Tax Systems Elizabeth Cliff, University of Michigan The Impact of Patient Cost Sharing on Medical Service Use and Price Caislin Firth, University of Washington Unexpected Consequences of Marijuana Legalization on Youth Carrie Fry, Harvard University Donald R. Cressey Award Waging a Public Health War: The Criminal Justice System’s Impact on the Opioid Epidemic Carlos Ignacio Gutierrez, Pardee RAND Graduate School Martinus Nijhoff Award The Governance of Artificial Intelligence Christal Hamilton, University of Missouri, Columbia Irving Louis Horowitz Award The Impact of the Affordable Care Act Medicaid Expansion on Low-Income Young Adults Katrina Hauschildt , University of Michigan Whose Good Death? Understanding Inequality and the End of Life Chris Herring, University of California, Berkeley Punishing the Poorest: How the Criminalization of Homelessness Perpetuates Poverty Emma Mishel, New York University Judging Lesbian Job Candidates: An Intersectional Analysis of Employer Behavior towards Lesbians in the US Labor Force Tareena Musaddiq, Georgia State University Women as Catalysts for Human Development: Evidence from Pakistan D. Adam Nicholson, Indiana University Robert K. Merton Award Causes and Consequences of Poverty in US States: Examining Prevalence and Penalties, 1993-2015 Emily Parker , Cornell University Health without Wealth: The Social Role and Spatial Context of the Community Health Center Program Ankit Rastogi, University of Wisconsin, Madison The Multiethnic Suburb: New Ground for Racial Residential Integration in the United States Rebecca Sachs, Harvard University Eli Ginzberg Award Safety Net Cutbacks and Private Hospital Service Provision: Evidence from Psychiatric Care Rocio Sanchez-Moyano, University of California, Berkeley Tenure and Location Choice among Hispanic Households Paul Shafer, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Effect of the Affordable Care Act on Utilization of Emergency and Primary Care David Showalter, University of California, Berkeley Getting Well: Using, Selling, and Quitting Opioids in California Hillary Smith , Duke University Is Policy Implementation Lost In Translation? Taking the Global Small-Scale Fisheries Policy to Scale In Tanzania Meicen Sun, Massachusetts Institute of Technology A Double-Edged Bytesaber: The Heterogeneous Effect of Internet control on National Competitiveness Sanne Verschuren, Brown University Harold D. Lasswell Award Imagining the Unimaginable: War, Weapons, and Procurement Politics Mary E. Curtis, Chairman Irving Louis Horowitz, Chairman Emeritus Post Office Box 7 Rocky Hill, New Jersey, 08553-0007 www.horowitz-foundation.org

PRESS RELEASE Contact: Mary Curtis Horowitz 732-445-2280 For immediate release ​ ​ HOROWITZ FOUNDATION AWARDS GRANTS TO 25 SCHOLARS FOR SOCIAL POLICY RESEARCH July 1, 2020, New Brunswick, NJ –The Horowitz Foundation for Social Policy has selected twenty-five scholars to receive grants for research in the social sciences for the 2019 award year. Those receiving awards, their research topics, and the institutions with which they are affiliated are listed at the end of this announcement. “This year we received 965 applications, the largest number in our history,” said Mary E. Curtis. “The twenty-five applicants who are receiving awards this year represent less than 3 percent of those who applied. The Trustees consider their work on topics of social and political importance to be vibrant examples of how policy research can help us address the challenges of today’s complex society.” About the Horowitz Foundation for Social Policy Established in 1998, the Horowitz Foundation now approves approximately twenty-five grants each year. Awards are for $7,500; proposals in certain targeted areas receive additional amounts. In addition, the Irving Louis Horowitz Award is given to the overall most outstanding project proposal, and the Trustee’s Award is given to the project proposal that is deemed most innovative in theory and/or methodology. Awards are granted for policy-related research in all major areas of the social sciences. Only doctoral students whose dissertation proposals have been approved by their committees are eligible to apply. Awards are approved solely on merit, and are not allocated so as to ensure a representative base of disciplines. Research grants are open to researchers in all social science disciplines. Projects must deal with contemporary issues in the social sciences, particularly issues of policy relevance. Applicants need not be citizens of the United States, and grants are not restricted to U.S. residents. . Applications for 2020 Awards The Foundation will begin accepting applications for 2020 awards later this month. The deadline for receipt of all materials for proposals for the year 2020 is December 1, 2020. Incomplete applications will not be processed. Awards for 2020 will be announced in June, 2021. Additional information, including a list of previous recipients, is available on the Horowitz Foundation website . ​ 2019 Horowitz Foundation Award Winners (Alphabetical order) David J. Amaral, University of California, Santa Cruz Threatening Local Democracy: the political consequences of urban violence Michele Cadigan, University of Washington Cannabis-Infused Dreams: A Market at the Crossroads between Criminal and Conventional Christina Nefeli Caramanis, The University of Texas at Austin Income, Policy, and Stable Center-Based Childcare: Towards Reducing the Achievement Gap Andreas de Barros, Harvard University Martinus Nijhoff Award Establishment-Level ICE Raids: Causes and Consequences Daniel Driscoll, University of California San Diego A Comparative Analysis of Carbon Price Enactment Benjamin Elbers, Columbia University John L. Stanley Award Understanding changing racial school segregation in the U.S. Natalia Emanuel, Harvard University Smudges: Criminal Records and Employment in the US Michael Evangelist, University of Michigan Crime and Punishment in the Welfare State: How Political, Economic, and Social Factors Condition the Administration of Penalties for Program Violations Shannon Malone Gonzalez, The University of Texas at Austin In Her Place: Black Women Redefining and Resisting Police Violence Hunter Johnson, Claremont Graduate University Does the Presence of Female and Minority Police Reduce the Use of Force? Navin Kumar, Yale University Social interactions and treatment outcomes from medication assisted treatment in opioid addiction Joe LaBriola, University of California, Berkeley Local Housing Policy and Wealth Inequality Sadé Lindsay, The Ohio State University Effects of Contradictory Signals on Post-Prison Labor Market Outcomes Tim McDonald, Pardee RAND Graduate School Developing and Testing a Consumer-Driven Approach to Changing Incentives in American Healthcare Molly Merrill-Francis, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health The Impact of State Minimum Wage Laws on Fatal Occupational Injury Brittany Paige Mihalec-Adkins, Purdue University Explaining Variation in Legal Outcomes and Well-Being Trajectories for Child Welfare-Involved Families in the Era of the Adoption and Safe Families Act Stephanie Casey Pierce, The Ohio State University Locked Out and Locked Up? Investigating the Relationship Between Eviction and Incarceration Daniel Prinz, Harvard University Robert K. Merton Award The Multiethnic Suburb: New Ground for Racial Residential Integration in the United States Owen Schochet, Georgetown University Unpacking the causal effects of two-generation early intervention services on the outcomes of low-income children and their families Jessica C. Smith, Virginia Commonwealth University Assessing School Safety in the Age of Threat Assessment: A Policy Study Noémie Sportiche, Harvard University Eli Ginzberg Award Does Economic Growth Benefit All? The Health Consequences of Being Poor in a Booming City Economy Arielle W. Tolman, Northwestern University Donald R. Cressey Award Criminal Prosecution of Prisoners with Mental Illness Matthew Unrath, University of California, Berkeley Trustees’ Award Can Nudges Increase Take-up of the Earned Income Tax Credit?: Evidence from Multiple Field Experiments Fabricio Vasselai, University of Michigan Irving Louis Howard Award and Joshua Feigenbaum Award Elections in the AI era: using Machine Learning and Multi-Agent Systems to detect and study menaces to election integrity Chagai M. Weiss, University of Wisconsin – Madison Reducing Prejudice through State Institutions Mary Curtis Horowitz, Chairman Irving Louis Horowitz, Chairman Emeritus Post Office Box 7 Rocky Hill, New Jersey, 08553-0007 www.horowitz-foundation.org

All Previous Recipients 2009 GRANT RECIPIENTS For Applications Received in 2008 Holy Warlords: The Rise of Islamist Movements in Afghanistan and Somalia Special Recognition: Harold D. Lasswell Award Aisha S. Ahmad McGill University Political Science The Power of Politics vs. the Politics of Power: Exploring the Political Activism of Armed Groups and its Regulation Special Recognition: John L. Stanley Award Benedetta Berti Alberti Tufts University Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy Declining City, Born Again Citadel: Evangelical Reconstitution of Urban Life in Postindustrial America Michael James Boyle City University of New York Graduate Center Anthropology Eviction and the Reproduction of Inner-City Poverty Special Recognition: Eli Ginzberg Award Matthew Stephen Desmond University of Wisconsin Sociology Child Care Subsidies: Policy Tools for Enhancing the Lives of Low Income Children Anna Duncan Johnson Columbia University Psychology Organized Interests and the Process of Government in the Early American Republic: 1783-1800 Special Recognition: Joshua Feigenbaum Award David Keenan Northwestern University History Keeping Up or Keeping Afloat?: How and Why American Households Overspend Jeffrey D. Lundy University of California – San Diego Sociology Private Litigation, Public Policy Enforcement: The Regulatory Power of Private Litigation and American Bureaucracy Quinn W. Mulroy Columbia University Political Science One Man’s Terrorist is Another Man’s Freedom Fighter: Framing Dynamics in the Construction of Terrorist Populations Elena E. Pokalova Kent State University Political Science An Economic Analysis of Trade Secrets: Evidence from the Economic Espionage Act of 1996 Special Recognition: Martinus Nijhoff Award Nicola Charlotte Searle University of St. Andrews Economics The Organizational Problems of Organized Crime: How to Combat Thieves, Thugs, Terrorists and Traffickers Special Recognition: Robert K. Merton Award David Benjamin Skarbek George Mason University Economics Why Inequality Persists: Race, Class and Assimilation in Multi-Ethnic America Van C. Tran Harvard University Sociology and Social Policy

PRESS RELEASE Contact: Jennifer Nippins 732-445-2280 For immediate release ​ ​ HOROWITZ FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES THREE NEW BOARD MEMBERS September 12, 2017, New Brunswick, NJ –The Horowitz Foundation announces the appointment of three new members of its Board of Trustees. Joining the Board of Trustees are Wanda J. Blanchett, Francine Conway, and Richard L. Edwards. “All three are leaders in their fields and have distinguished academic careers. Their work is oriented toward real-world policy applications and international awareness, which dovetails nicely with the mission of the foundation,” said Chairman, Mary E. Curtis. “The new trustees are all affiliated with Rutgers University, where the foundation is now located. As we celebrate our twentieth year, we hope that this connection will reinforce our long-standing relationship with the university.” Wanda J. Blanchett is Dean and Distinguished Professor in the Graduate School of Education at Rutgers University. Professor Blanchett’s research focuses on educational inequity, including urban teacher preparation; issues of race, class, culture, and gender; students of color in special education; severe disabilities; transition planning; and sexuality in students with disabilities. Francine Conway is Dean and Distinguished Professor in the Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology at Rutgers University. Professor Conway is a licensed clinical psychologist who has been practicing and teaching for seventeen years. Her scholarly focus is on aging and child psychopathology. Professor Conway’s acclaimed TEDx talk on her research and clinical work with children diagnosed with ADHD has gained a national audience. Richard L. Edwards is Chancellor Emeritus of Rutgers University (2014 to 2017). Prior to his appointment as Chancellor, Dr. Edwards served as Executive Vice President of Academic Affairs from 2011 to 2014. He is past president of the National Association of Social Workers and has written extensively on issues related to social work education and nonprofit and public management. ​ About the Horowitz Foundation for Social Policy The Horowitz Foundation for Social Policy was established in 1997 by Irving Louis Horowitz and Mary E. Curtis as a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization. Its general purpose is to support the advancement of research and understanding in the major fields of the social sciences. Its specific purpose is to provide small grants to aspiring PhD students at the dissertation level to support the research they are undertaking for their project. Grants are awarded solely on the trustees’ assessment of the merit of the project. All awards are to individuals, and not institutions. ​ Applications for 2017 Awards Award applications are open and all materials are due on December 1, 2017. Applicants are encouraged to apply online as early as possible. Award winners for 2017 will be announced in May 2018. Additional information is available on the Horowitz Foundation website www.horowitz-foundation.org . ​ The full list of board members is below: Irving L. Horowitz (1929–2012), Founding Chairman Rutgers University ​ Mary E. Curtis, Chairman President, Transaction Publishers (1997-2017) ​ Ray C. Rist, Vice Chairman The World Bank ​ David J. Armor George Mason University James T. Bennett George Mason University Wanda J. Blanchett Rutgers University ​ Jonathan D. Breul Georgetown University ​ Francine Conway Rutgers University ​ Richard L. Edwards Rutgers University ​ Pearl Eliadis Law Office of Pearl Eliadis ​ David Listokin Rutgers University J. Christopher Mihm United States Government Accountability Office ​ Rosemary A. Stevens Weill Cornell Medical College ​ James Wright University of Central Florida Mary E. Curtis, Chairman Irving Louis Horowitz, Chairman Emeritus Post Office Box 7 Rocky Hill, New Jersey, 08553-0007 www.horowitz-foundation.org

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