Dirksen Congressional Center Research Awards

Web site: www.dirksencenter.org/print_grants_CRAs.htm
Application deadline: the deadline of February 1, 2008 has passed. Please consult the Website for the most current information.

The Dirksen Congressional Center invites applications for grants to fund research on congressional leadership and the U.S. Congress. A total of up to $30,000 will be available in 2008. Awards range from a few hundred dollars to $3,500.

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.

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.

There is no standard application form. Applicants are responsible for showing the relationship between their work and the awards program guidelines. Applications are accepted at any time. 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 February 1, 2008.
Awards will be announced in March 2008. For complete information about eligibility and application procedures, visit The Center's Web site or contact Frank Mackaman at fmackaman@dirksencenter.org.

The Dirksen Congressional 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 $680,000 to support 350 projects.

Contact information:
Frank H. Mackaman
The Dirksen Congressional Center
2815 Broadway
Pekin, IL 61554-4219
(309) 347-7113
fmackaman@dirksencenter.org