Graen Grant for Student Research on Leaders and/or Teams

The Graen Grant for Student Research on Leaders and/or Teams supports  a graduate student who is conducting a master’s thesis (or an equivalent project in cases where there is no formal thesis) or a doctoral dissertation focused on leaders and/or teams in relation to organizational innovation, learning, and/or performance. The research should have a strong connection to practical applications.

The maximum size of the grant is $3,000.

General Procedures and Policies

Applicants must submit a research grant proposal using the format guidelines noted below. The research project must be proposed by a graduate-level SIOP Student member (in any country) who has initiated but not yet completed a master’s thesis (or equivalent) or doctoral dissertation project. Postdoctoral students and faculty members are not eligible. The application package must include an eligibility verification letter from the student’s advisor or committee chair stating that the research project has been approved. Please note that this letter should not be an endorsement letter for the grant-seeker. The project should be ongoing at the time the grant is awarded. Postdoctoral students and faculty members are not eligible.

To encourage wide participation and a large variety of individuals and institutions involved in the program, an individual can only submit one proposal per review cycle per grant. In addition, individuals who received a Graen Grant within the last 2 years are ineligible.

When submitting application materials, applicants will also be asked if they are being investigated, or have been found responsible, for misconduct prohibited in SIOP’s Anti-Harassment Policy and to provide a brief explanation if this is the case.

Guidelines for Proposal Budgets

The explicit policy of the Graen Grant Program that grant funds may not be used for overhead or indirect costs. In the committee’s experience, most universities will waive overhead and indirect costs under two circumstances: (a) the grant is relatively modest in size, and/or (b) the awarding institution (i.e., SIOP Foundation) does not allow it. If the above statement disallowing funds to be used for overhead is insufficient,  a Chair of the Awards Committee will provide additional documentation and evidence explicitly recognizing this policy.

The Graen Grant can be used in conjunction with other funding for a larger scale project. If this is the case, the proposal should describe the scope of the entire project, the entire budget, and the portion of the budget for which grant award money will be spent.

In addition, grant funds should not be used to pay for ancillary costs related to the project (i.e., publication or presentations at conferences, such as open access and registration/travel costs).