GRANTS: CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH AWARDS    
   
DEADLINE: All proposals must be received no later than March 1, 2013    
   
The Dirksen Congressional Center invites applications for grants to fund    
research on congressional leadership and the U.S. Congress.  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 invested more    
than $881,041 to support over 414 projects. Applications are accepted at any    
time, but the deadline is March 1 for the annual selections, which are    
announced in April. A total of up to $35,000 will be available in 2013.    
   
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.    
   
Download the Word document -- Congressional Research Award Application -- and    
complete the required entries. You may send the application as a Word or PDF    
attachment to an e-mail directed to Frank Mackaman at    
[log in to unmask] Please insert the following in the Subject Line:    
"CRA Application [insert your surname]." Thank you.    
   
The Congressional Research Award Application contains the following elements:    
Applicant Information, Congressional Research Award Project Description,    
Project Description, Budget, Curriculum Vita, Reference Letter, and Overhead    
Waiver Letter.    
   
The entire application when printed must NOT exceed ten pages. This total does    
NOT include the reference letter (one additional page) or the Overhead Waiver    
Letter (one additional page). 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, 2013. Awards    
will be announced in April 2013.    
   
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    
Website: http://www.dirksencenter.org/print_grants_CRAs.htm. PLEASE READ    
THOROUGHLY. Frank Mackaman is the program officer -    
http://www.dirksencenter.org/print_grants_CRAs.htm.    
   
Cindy Koeppel    
   
The Dirksen Congressional Center    
   
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Pekin, IL 61554    
   
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