Harry Frank Guggenheim Distinguished Scholar Awards

The Harry Frank Guggenheim Distinguished Scholar Awards provide project-based research grants to individual researchers investigating the causes, manifestations, and control of violence and aggression. Awards typically fund specific projects for one or two years and are intended for proposals across natural and social sciences and allied disciplines with policy relevance. Grant amounts most often range from $15,000 to $75,000 per year, with larger requests considered if strongly justified. Awards are made to individuals (sometimes jointly) rather than to institutions and are not intended to support research done as part of graduate degree requirements.

Project research grant funding (typically $15,000–$75,000 per year); awards made to individual investigators for specified projects.

Applicants may be citizens of any country. While most recipients hold a PhD, MD, JD, or equivalent, there are no formal degree requirements; the award may not be used to support research undertaken as part of the requirements for a graduate degree. Applicants need not be affiliated with an institution, though most are college or university professors.

Create an online account and submit a Letter of Interest (LOI) via the Foundation's online system by July 31, 2026. Approved LOIs are invited to submit a full proposal and Letters of Reference by September 11, 2026.