(NEW YORK) – The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation is pleased to announce the selection of its 2023-2024 HFG African Fellows. The ten fellows were chosen through a rigorous peer-review process.  All are doctoral candidates at African universities exploring important problems of violence related to the African continent. Fellows are investigating topics, including inter-ethnic conflict, democratization, […]

(NEW YORK) – The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation is pleased to announce the selection of its 2023 HFG Distinguished Scholars. The ten leading researchers, chosen through a rigorous peer-review competition, are exploring the causes, manifestations, and control of violence around the world. In selecting the awardees, highest priority was given to research that addresses urgent, […]

August 10, 2022 (NEW YORK) — The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation is pleased to announce the selection of its 2021 HFG Emerging Scholars. The eight doctoral candidates—chosen through a rigorous, peer-review competition—are working to advance knowledge of the causes, manifestations, and control of violence around the world.  In selecting the awardees, highest priority was given […]

(NEW YORK) – The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation is pleased to announce the selection of its 2022 HFG Distinguished Scholars. The twelve leading researchers, chosen through a rigorous peer-review competition, are exploring important problems of violence in the world. The Distinguished Scholars are investigating a myriad of issues, including violence against women, policing and crime, […]

(NEW YORK) — The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation is pleased to announce the selection of its 2021 HFG Emerging Scholars. The eight doctoral candidates—chosen through a rigorous, peer-review competition—are working to advance knowledge of the causes, manifestations, and control of violence around the world.  Their dissertations explore a range of urgent global topics from policing […]

Meet the Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation 2020 Dissertation Fellows. These emerging scholars, rigorously chosen through a global peer-review competition, are studying topics addressing violence between intimate partners, neighbors, and governments and citizens. 2020 Fellows and Research Topics Maayan Armelin (History, Clark University). Leadership Styles and Social Relations in the SS-Einsatzgruppen Philip Johnson (Political Science, The Graduate Center, The […]

(NEW YORK) — The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation is pleased to announce the selection of its 2020 HFG Distinguished Scholars. These fifteen leading researchers are undertaking projects poised to make significant contributions to understanding the causes, manifestations, and control of violence across the globe.  The international cohort of scholars, chosen through a rigorous peer-review competition, are […]

The Harry Frank Guggenheim African Fellow Awards (formerly the Harry Frank Guggenheim Young African Scholars) recognize emerging African scholars studying aspects of violence on or directly related to the African continent. Applications for the 2023-2024 fellowships have closed. Applications for 2025-2026 will open in December 2024. Every two years, the Foundation selects a cohort of […]

The Harry Frank Guggenheim Emerging Scholar Awards (formerly the Harry Frank Guggenheim Dissertation Fellowships) recognize promising graduate-student researchers in their final year of writing a doctoral dissertation examining a salient aspect of violence. The Foundation welcomes proposals from any of the natural and social sciences or allied disciplines that promise to increase understanding of the […]

The Harry Frank Guggenheim Distinguished Scholar Awards (formerly the Harry Frank Guggenheim Research Grants) recognize leading researchers proposing to make a significant contribution to illuminating an issue of violence. The Foundation welcomes proposals from any of the natural and social sciences and aligned disciplines that promise to increase understanding of the causes, manifestations, and control […]