The goal of the program is to support research on youth and adolescent development. Projects drawing on the center's data will be given priority, although the use of the center's resources is not a requirement. The program is funded by the W.T. Grant Foundation.
Any student currently enrolled in a doctoral program in a relevant field is eligible to apply.
Dissertation proposals must be approved by an advisor or committee before the grant application is submitted. Research concerned with the life experiences of racially or ethnically diverse populations within the United States is encouraged. Awards will be announced in late June. Students receiving an award are expected to give a final accounting of how the funds were spent, to give the Murray Center a copy of the completed dissertation and any other papers based on the project, and to acknowledge the Radcliffe Institute's support in the dissertation and resulting publications. If the proposed research will draw on Murray Center data, identify potential Murray Center data sets for use in your research by consulting The Guide to the Data Resources , which describes data sets housed at the Murray Center.