GRANTS: CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH AWARDS 2011    
   
DEADLINE: All proposals must be received no later than March 1, 2011.    
   
The Dirksen Congressional Center invites applications for grants to fund    
research on congressional leadership and the U.S. Congress. A total of up to    
$35,000 will be available in 2011. Awards range from a few hundred dollars to    
$3,500. Stipends will be awarded to individuals (not organizations) on a    
competitive basis. Grants will normally extend for one year.  In some    
circumstances, the Center will make more than one award to a single individual    
in consecutive years, but not more than three awards to the same person in a    
five-year period.    
   
The competition is open to individuals with a serious interest in studying    
Congress. Political scientists, historians, biographers, scholars of public    
administration or American studies, and journalists are among those eligible.    
The Center encourages graduate students who have successfully defended their    
dissertation prospectus to apply and awards a significant portion of the funds    
for dissertation research. Applicants must be U.S. citizens who reside in the    
United States.    
   
The awards program does not fund undergraduate or pre-Ph.D. study.    
Organizations are not eligible. Research teams of two or more individuals are    
eligible. No institutional overhead or indirect costs may be claimed against a    
Congressional Research Award.    
   
We accept only proposals submitted via the online application form posted at    
http://www.dirksencenter.org/CRAForm/form.html. The form consists of the    
following elements and must not exceed nine pages when printed (excluding the    
Application Summary) --Application Summary, Reference Letter, Overhead Waiver    
Letter, Congressional Research Awards Project Description, Budget, and    
Curriculum Vita.    
   
Applications which exceed the page limit and incomplete applications will NOT    
be forwarded to the screening committee for consideration.    
   
All application materials must be received on or before March 1, 2011. Awards    
will be announced in April 2011.    
   
Complete information about what kind of research projects are eligible for    
consideration, what could a Congressional Research Award pay for, application    
procedures, and how recipients are selected may be found at The Center's Web    
site: http://www.dirksencenter.org/print_grants_CRAs.htm. PLEASE READ    
THOROUGHLY. Frank Mackaman is the program officer -    
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The Center, named for the late Senate Minority Leader Everett M. Dirksen, is a    
private, nonpartisan, nonprofit research and educational organization devoted    
to the study of Congress and its leaders. Since 1978, the Congressional    
Research Awards (formerly the Congressional Research Grants) program has paid    
out $813,071  to support 390 projects.    

   
Cindy Koeppel    
   
The Dirksen Congressional Center    
   
2815 Broadway    
   
Pekin, IL 61554    
   
309.347.7113    
   
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