APSA 2026 Doctoral Dissertation Research
Improvement Grant (DDRIG): Q&A
Tuesday, April 7th, 2026
2:00 p.m. Eastern | Register Here
Join the APSA Committee on the Status of Graduate Students in the Profession for a virtual workshop featuring APSA’s DDRIG program manager and past recipients of the award. The 2026 cycle of APSA Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants opened April 1, 2026 and closes June 1, 2026.
The Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant (DDRIG) project provides support to enhance and improve the conduct of doctoral dissertation research in political science. The APSA DDRIG program intends to award twenty to twenty-five grants yearly, between $10,000 and $20,000, to support doctoral dissertation research that advances knowledge and understanding of citizenship, government, and politics.
Applicants and Eligibility
The APSA Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants are available to all US-based graduate students who are at the point of initiating or are already conducting dissertation research focused on advancing knowledge and understanding of citizenship, government, and politics.
About the APSA DDRIG Program
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has made two awards to APSA to administer the Political Science Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant (DDRIG) program. The NSF awarded APSA $1,410,000 to administer the DDRIG program from 2020 to 2023, and they renewed this award to continue its administration from 2023 to 2026.
The Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant project provides support to enhance and improve the conduct of doctoral dissertation research in political science. Awards will support basic research that is theoretically derived and empirically oriented. The APSA Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant program intends to award between twenty and twenty-five grants yearly of between $10,000 and $20,000 to support doctoral dissertation research that advances knowledge and understanding of citizenship, government, and politics. The 2026 cycle of APSA Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants opens April 1, 2026, and closes June 1, 2026.
For more information, contact dissertations@apsanet.org.
The APSA Committee on the Status of Graduate Students in the Profession’s virtual workshop series features accessible, high-quality professional development opportunities for political science graduate students. View all 2026 virtual workshop opportunities
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