Dissertation Grant Recipients
The National Institute launched its Dissertation Grant Program, originally called the Seed Grant Program, in 2011 to support outstanding graduate students in the social sciences. These grants supplement a university’s financial support and other funding that the student already has in place.
2020 – Gabriel Raeburn
Gabriel Raeburn is a doctoral candidate in Religious Studies and History at the University of Pennsylvania. He studies twentieth century U.S. religion and politics and the histories of race, inequality, and evangelicalism. [more]
2016 - hirokazu shirado
Hirokazu Shirado is a researcher in the fields of social networks and human-machine interactions, especially the experimental study of cooperative behaviors within social networks. [more]
2015 - zachary cooper
Zack Cooper is a research fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, where he studies US defense strategy in Asia, US alliances and partnerships in Asia, US-China strategic competition, and Chinese statecraft and coercion. [more]
2013 - rebecca diamond
Rebecca Diamond is an applied micro-economist studying local labor and housing markets. Her recent research focuses on the causes and consequences of diverging economic growth across U.S. cities and its effects on inequality. [more]
2011 - Thai Jones
Thai Jones won the first seed grant while a doctoral candidate in U.S. history at Columbia University. He studies radical social movements, New York City history, and environmental history in the United States. [more]