Highest priority is given to research that can increase understanding and amelioration of urgent problems of violence, aggression, and dominance in the modern world. Particular questions that interest the foundation concern violence, aggression, and dominance in relation to social change, the socialization of children, intergroup conflict, drug trafficking and use, and family relationships, as well as the control of aggression and violence. Researchers must utilize at least one NSF or NCES data set in the project. The Arthur Andersen Foundation offers a number of fellowships each year to prospective faculty who are outstanding candidates for the Ph.D. to enable them to complete their dissertations without the necessity of teaching or doing outside work in order to finance themselves. Opportunities are available to those who are completing their dissertations in accounting, tax, the information sciences, or other areas directly related to the firm's practice.
Fellowships are ordinarily for one year only.