The Hebl Grant for Reducing Gender Inequities in the Workplace supports a graduate student who is conducting a gender-related research project for a master’s thesis (or an equivalent project in cases where there is no formal thesis) or a doctoral dissertation.
The maximum grant amount for the Hebl Grant is $3,000.
General Procedures and Policies
Applicants must submit a research grant proposal using the format guidelines noted below. The research must focus on extending and broadening theoretical and empirical knowledge of gender-related issues. Preference will be given to projects that focus on reducing the inequities that women face within or in attempting to enter the workforce in the U.S. or in any other country globally.
The research project must be proposed by a graduate-level SIOP Student member to support a master’s thesis (or equivalent) or dissertation. 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 be involved in one proposal per review cycle per grant. In addition, individuals who received a Hebl 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
It is the explicit policy of the Hebl Grant Program that grant funds may not be used for overhead or indirect costs. In the committees’ 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) 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 Hebl 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).
Criteria for Eligibility
At least three members of the Hebl Grant Subcommittee will evaluate each grant proposal on the following criteria:
- Theoretical foundation: Extends and broadens theoretical knowledge of gender-related issues.
- Empirical foundation: Extends and broadens empirical knowledge of gender-related issues.
- Scope and purpose: Focus on reducing inequities faced by women.
- Applied significance: Solid connection between research and practice. Clear practical implications for organizations.
- Technical adequacy: Methods appropriate for the research questions(s) under investigation. Careful consideration of internal and external validity.
Call for Nominations
Format of the Proposal
The proposal should adhere to APA formatting guidelines and should include the following sections:
- Title Page
- Abstract
- Literature review and rationale for the project
- Method—including information about the sample, measures, data collection strategies, and analytical strategies
- Implications for both academicians and practitioners
- References, Tables/Figures and Appendices
- Project plan, defined deliverables, and budget
Deliverables
All grant recipients will be required to deliver a final report to the SIOP office within 2 years of the date of the award.
Grant recipients should be aware that a synopsis of their research will be placed on the SIOP Web site. This synopsis will be of such a nature so as not to preclude subsequent publication of the research.
Recipients are encouraged to submit the results of their research for presentation at SIOP’s annual conference.
Recipients should acknowledge funding from the SIOP Foundation in any presentations or publications resulting from the grant-funded research.
Current Award Recipients
Award Type
Grants & Programs, Research Grants