Graduate Student Research Grants

CSDP invites CSDP-affiliated graduate students to apply for research funding to support projects relevant to democratic politics. Grant applications will be reviewed by the CSDP Executive Committee and awarded on the basis of scientific merit, feasibility, and likelihood of leading to published research and/or substantial improvement in the student’s  doctoral dissertation. There is no formal grant maximum, but the overall pool of grant money is limited and more economical proposals of similar quality will receive preference. In addition, any proposal requesting in excess of $5000 must include documentation of submission to outside agencies or foundations (such as NSF). Grants are available up to two times during the student’s graduate studies at Princeton. We anticipate that most of these CSDP grants will go to 3^rd and 4^th year graduate students.

Successful applicants will be required to submit to CSDP a brief (no more than one page) statement at the conclusion of the related work, confirming how the grant funds were spent, and summarizing the research methodology and key findings.


The application form will ask you to provide the name of your committee chair or primary adviser, so that CSDP can solicit a note from him/her that indicates his/her confidence in the scientific rigor and value of the proposed research project.

Applications must include:

 I.        Research proposal (maximum of six double-spaced pages)
 

a.        Statement of the research problem, specific aims, expectations, propositions or  hypotheses

b.        Short description or link to the most significant literature

c.         Preliminary studies by the student, if any (which can show feasibility of research and/or preliminary findings)

d.        Research Plan, including

          · Research Design, with an explicit rationale defending choices in the design

          · Source of data

          · Data analysis plans

e.         Brief statement indicating the connection of the project to the dissertation work
 

II.        Proposed budget . Explain how much funding is needed and for what purpose. Identify the source(s) of any other funding that may already be secured or in process.
 

III.        Current CV

IV.         Plan for IRB approval. For proposals involving human subjects, approval by the university’s Institutional Review Board (IRB) is required before CSDP will transfer monies or reimburse costs.

 

V.         Appendices (optional). You may include any additional documentation that would support your application, such as a survey instrument.

 

ONLY CSDP-AFFILIATED GRADUATE STUDENTS ARE ELIGIBLE TO APPLY. CSDP-affiliated graduate students, please apply online using this application. https://csdp.princeton.edu/research-grants-application