The Henry A. Murray Research Center

Research Grants Available

The Henry A. Murray Research Center of Radcliffe College is pleased to announce the availability of grant funds for postdoctoral level research drawing on the Murray Center's data resources and for doctoral dissertations in the topic areas described in the following paragraphs. The Henry A. Murray Research Center is a national repository of social and behavioral sciences data for the study of lives over time, with a special focus on the lives of American women. The center makes available original subject records, including responses to interviews, questionnaires, and projective tests, as well as coded, computer-accessible data from approximately 200 studies in the social sciences. The archive includes studies of family life, careers, psychological development, political participation, mental health, and many other topics.

The Center's own research and other programs are currently focused around the theme "Character and Competence: Exploring Pathways of Development Across the Life Span." Researchers at the Center are studying aspects of the nature and meaning of successful human development. Proposals contributing to research in this area are especially welcome.

The Radcliffe Research Support Program offers small grants of up to $5,000 to postdoctoral investigators for research drawing on the center's data resources. Funds are provided for travel to the center, duplicating, computer time, assistance in coding data, and other research expenses. The application deadline is April 15.

The Jeanne Humphrey Block Dissertation Award Program offers a grant of $2,500 to a woman doctoral student. Proposals should focus on sex and gender differences or some developmental issue of particular concern to girls and women. Projects drawing on Center data will be given priority, although this is not a requirement. The application deadline is April 1.

The Henry A. Murray Dissertation Award Program offers grants of $2,500 to doctoral students. Projects should focus on some aspect of "the study of lives," concentrating on issues in human development or personality. Priority will be given to projects drawing on center data. The application deadline is April 1.

For complete program descriptions and application guidelines, please contact the Grants Administrator, Henry A. Murray Research Center, 10 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138; (617) 495-8140; Fax: (617) 496-3993.