Spring Centennial Center Research Grants (APSA Small Research Grant Program)

About this program

The American Political Science Association’s Centennial Center for Political Science and Public Affairs offers a portfolio of grants, fellowships, and professional-development awards — including $2,500 small research grants, collaborative grants up to $10,000, over $100,000 annually in Centennial Center research funding, the four-day ICER fellowship for up to 20 scholars, the Fund for Latino Scholarship, and a remote Public Scholarship Fellowship. Awards support research-related costs (travel, interviews, dataset and archive access, and disability accommodations), training in civically engaged research, and development of public-facing scholarship. Eligibility varies by program: the Small Research Grant is targeted to political scientists not employed at PhD-granting departments or in non‑tenure-track/contingent positions, Centennial Center research grants require APSA membership (applications due May 15), and Small Research Grant applications are due March 15; the Fund for Latino Scholarship prioritizes students and junior tenure‑track faculty studying Latina/o politics, while the Public Scholarship Fellowship is aimed at graduate students. For program-specific questions and application details, contact centennial@apsanet.org.