Doctoral Dissertation Research Grants
candidates in completing their research and dissertations on housing and urban development issues.
The Department of Housing and Urban Development's mission is to increase homeownership, support community development and increase access to affordable housing free from discrimination. HUD fulfills this mission through high ethical standards, management and accountability, and by forming partnerships with community organizations.
Program Accomplishments
Program helps approximately 12 Ph.D. candidates a year complete their dissertations on HUD-related research topics.
Uses and Use Restrictions
Costs incurred in the timely completion of a dissertation including stipends, computer software, the purchase of data, travel expenses to collect data, transcription services, and compensation for interviews.
Grants cannot be used for tuition, computer hardware, or meals.
Indirect cost and honorariums cannot be charged under this program.
Eligibility Requirements
Applicant Eligibility
Applicants must be accredited institutions of higher education recognized by the Department of Education that sponsor doctoral students who are currently enrolled and matriculating and have been accepted into candidacy in an accredited doctoral program.
However, the sponsored doctoral student is responsible for the completion of the application (with the assistance of the institution).
Beneficiary Eligibility
Beneficiaries are doctoral students.
Credentials/Documentation
Doctoral students must meet the following requirements: (1) Be a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident (recipient of an Alien Registration Recipient Card-Form I-551,commonly referred to as a Green Card) currently enrolled in an accredited doctoral program; (2) Have an approved dissertation proposal; (3) Provide documentation from the dissertation committee chairs that states the feasibility of the following: (a) By the application due date, the student's dissertation will be accepted by the full dissertation committee (b)The student will have an assigned dissertation advisor; (c) by September of the application year, the student will have satisfactorily completed all other written and oral Ph.D. requirements, including all examinations and defense of the proposal, except the dissertation; and(d) The proposed dissertation can be completed within the 2-year grant period.
Aplication and Award Process
Preapplication Coordination
This program is excluded from coverage under E.O.
12372 and OMB Circular No.
A-102.
Application Procedures
Application requirements will appear in a Federal Register Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA). This program is excluded from coverage under OMB Circular No. A-110.
Award Procedures
Applicants will respond to competitive requirements contained in a NOFA published in the Federal Register each year.
Deadlines
Deadlines will be announced in each NOFA publication.
Authorization
Continuing Appropriations Resolution Act, 2008 (Public Law 110-161).
Range of Approval/Disapproval Time
Announcement of awards are anticipated on or before September 30th.
Appeals
None.
Renewals
None.
Assistance Considerations
Formula and Matching Requirements
Applicant's institution is required to provide support to the applicant during the grant period.
Length and Time Phasing of Assistance
This grant is for a 2-year period.
Post Assistance Requirements
Reports
Applicants must submit a report on progress halfway through the grant period and a Program Logic Model.
At the end of the grant performance period the doctoral student must submit to HUD two copies and a CD-Rom of the approved manuscript in its final version and a final complete Program Outcome Logic Model.
Audits
None.
Records
The institution must maintain information on grant disbursement.
Financial Information
Account Identification
86-0108-0-1-451.
Obigations
(Grants) FY 07 $295,783; FY 08 est $300,000; and FY 09 est not available.
Range and Average of Financial Assistance
Maximum grant size is $25,000.
Regulations, Guidelines, and Literature
This information is provided in the yearly NOFA. More information about previously awarded grants is provided at www.oup.org.
Information Contacts
Regional or Local Office
None.
Headquarters Office
Susan Brunson, Office of University Partnerships, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Room 8106, 451 7th Street, S.W., Washington, DC 20410. Telephone: (202) 402-3852. E-mail: Susan.S.Brunson@hud.gov.
Criteria for Selecting Proposals
A competitive process is used in selecting grants. Criteria will be published in the annual NOFA.
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