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University of Michigan’s Institute for Social Research (ISR) offers the 2026 Garth Taylor Dissertation Fellowship in Public Opinion, a $10,000 award to support dissertation research and/or living expenses for a U‑M doctoral student. The fellowship prioritizes primarily quantitative studies of U.S. public opinion (as a dependent or independent variable) using national, subnational, or comparative international data and is not intended for projects that are primarily methodological. Applicants must be U‑M doctoral students with an ISR faculty member on their dissertation committee who have defended their dissertation prospectus by the internal deadline; required materials include a CV and a two‑page single‑spaced project narrative with the specified header and cover‑sheet responses (project description, budget, timeline, products/outcomes). Recipients must provide a two‑ to three‑page completion report and may apply for a second year with a progress statement and an additional letter from the dissertation chair; internal submission deadline is February 9, 2026 (administrator: Abby Bossio).