Grants: Congressional Research Grants

DEADLINE: All proposals must be received no later than March 1, 2015.

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. Since 1978, the Congressional Research Grants program has
invested more than $944,208 to support over 436 projects. Applications are
accepted at any time, but the deadline is March 1 for the annual selections,
which are announced in April.

The Center has allocated $50,000 in 2015 for grants (an increase of $15,000 over
2014) with individual awards capped at $3,500. Stay tuned for news on the
application and selection process.

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 grants 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 Grant.

Download the Word document -- Congressional Research Grant Application
<http://dirksencenter.org/crg_app2015.doc> -- and complete the required entries.
You may send the application as a Word or pdf attachment to an e-mail directed
to Frank Mackaman
<[log in to unmask]> at [log in to unmask] . Please insert the
following in the Subject Line: "CRG Application [insert your surname]." Thank
you.

The Congressional Research Award Application contains the following elements:
Applicant Information, Congressional Research Award Project Description, Budget,
Curriculum Vita, Reference Letter, and Overhead Waiver Letter.

The entire application when printed must NOT exceed ten pages. Applications may
be single-spaced. Please use fonts no smaller than 10-point. This total does NOT
include the reference letter (one additional page) or the Overhead Waiver Letter
(one additional page).

All application materials must be received on or before March 1, 2015. Awards
will be announced in April 2015.

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_CRGs.htm .

PLEASE READ THOROUGHLY. Frank Mackaman
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Cindy Koeppel
The Dirksen Congressional Center
2815 Broadway Rd.
Pekin, IL 61554
Phone: 309.347.7113
Fax: 309.347.6432
http://www.dirksencongressionalcenter.org


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