American Political Science Association Dissertation Improvement Grants

APSA学位论文改进补助金通过确定和支持具有促进公民、政府和政治知识的潜力的博士论文研究项目来促进科学进步，这些知识将促进国家健康、繁荣和福利。它通过利用APSA的网络和规划，在招募、遴选和支持获奖者的整个过程中促进多样性和代表性，扩大了当前NSF计划的成功。该计划每年将为多达20个研究项目提供研究支持，以及专业发展和公众参与资源，以扩大该奖项对获奖者职业生涯和他们工作的影响。除了对支持研究促进知识的潜力产生直接影响外，该项目还将通过招募不同的申请者和评审员来支持来自不同群体和机构的博士生，从而支持妇女和代表性不足的少数群体更多地参与政治学研究。此外，该项目将通过持续关注培训和支持公众参与来支持公众更多地参与政治学，以加强和加强公众与政治学家之间的交流。APSA学位论文改进补助金项目将支持政治学博士论文研究，以加强和改进博士论文项目的开展。该计划将由APSA工作人员执行，并由APSA执行主任监督。APSA学位论文改进助学金计划每年将提供多达20笔赠款，金额在10,000美元至15,000美元之间，用于支持博士论文研究，以增进对公民身份、政府和政治的知识和理解。奖励将支持基础研究(应用研究将不会得到资助)，这些研究是理论派生的，以经验为导向。成功的提案将侧重于通常不由学生所在的大学支付的研究费用，并将根据其智力优势和更广泛的影响进行评估。该计划还将把获奖者与APSA广泛的职业发展和公共参与网络和资源联系起来，以放大该奖项对获奖者职业生涯和他们工作的影响。这个项目将通过支持政治学中非常有前途的博士论文研究来促进知识的发展。重要的是，它将通过使申请者群体多样化来最大限度地发挥影响，从而确定和支持将探索解决广泛的制度、政治和社会挑战的论文研究。通过招募不同的申请者和评审员来支持来自不同群体和机构的博士生，该项目还将通过支持女性和代表性不足的少数群体更多地参与政治学研究，以及发展一支多元化的、具有全球竞争力的政治学工作队伍，从而为社会带来更广泛的好处。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

The APSA Dissertation Improvement Grant promotes the progress of science by identifying and supporting doctoral dissertation research projects that have the potential to advance knowledge of citizenship, government, and politics, knowledge that will advance the national health, prosperity, and welfare. It expands on the success of the current NSF program by drawing on APSA’s networks and programming to promote diversity and representation throughout the recruitment, selection, and support of awardees. Each year the program will provide research support for up to twenty research projects, as well as professional development and public engagement resources, to amplify the effect of the award on the awardee’s career and on the impact of their work. Along with its direct effects on the potential for supported research to advance knowledge, this project will also support increased participation of women and underrepresented minorities in political science research by recruiting diverse applicant and reviewer pools to support doctoral students from diverse groups and institutions. In addition, the project will support increased public engagement with political science through ongoing attention to training and support for public engagement to strengthen and enhance the exchange between the public and political scientists.The APSA Dissertation Improvement Grant project will support doctoral dissertation research in political science to enhance and improve the conduct of doctoral dissertation projects. The program will be executed by APSA staff and supervised by the APSA Executive Director. The APSA Dissertation Improvement Grant program will award up to twenty grants yearly of between $10,000 and $15,000 to support doctoral dissertation research that advances knowledge and understanding of citizenship, government, and politics. Awards will support basic research (applied research will not be funded) which is theoretically derived and empirically oriented. Successful proposals will focus on research costs not normally covered by the student’s university and will be evaluated based on their intellectual merit and broader impact. The program will also connect awardees to APSA’s extensive professional development and public engagement networks and resources, to amplify the effect of the award on the awardee’s career and on the impact of their work. This project will advance knowledge through support of highly promising doctoral dissertation research in political science. Importantly, it will maximize impact through diversifying the applicant pool, thus identifying and supporting dissertation research that will explore solutions to a wide range of institutional, political, and social challenges. Through recruiting diverse applicant and reviewer pools to support doctoral students from diverse groups and institutions, this program will also have a broader benefit to society by supporting increased participation of women and underrepresented minorities in political science research and the development of a diverse, globally competitive political science workforce.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.