The Horowitz Foundation for Social Policy, founded by Irving Louis Horowitz and Mary E. Curtis in 1997, aims to advance research and understanding across the social sciences. It exists to support PhD candidates at the dissertation level through grants, promoting the completion of research that has the potential to inform and shape social policy.
The grant program from the Horowitz Foundation for Social Policy is designed to support emerging scholars by providing them with small grants. These grants are intended to assist PhD students in the completion of their dissertation research. The foundation emphasizes funding research with practical applications in social policy and encourages projects that address contemporary issues within the social sciences. Funding decisions are made based on the merit of the individual's research project, with awards granted directly to individuals, not institutions.