Sharon Abramson Research Grant
The Holocaust Educational Foundation of Northwestern University (HEFNU) awards Sharon Abramson Research Grants to support research related to the Holocaust. Doctoral candidates nearing completion of their dissertations and scholars from all disciplines and career stages (including independent scholars) are eligible for this grant, which supports activities conducted during the academic year (September to September) following the award of the grant. Funding does not cover indirect costs (IC) or a facilities and administration (F&A) percentage.
Visit the application page for more information and to apply. The deadline is in mid-February each year.
2025 Recipients
Erica Lehrer
Concordia University
"Material Legacies of Aid to Jews in Nazi-Occupied Poland"
Madeline Vadkerty
Gratz College
"Religion and the Holocaust in Slovakia (1939-1945)"
Steven Brooke and Noor Hamwy
University of Wisconsin-Madison
"Victimization and Protection in the 1941 Baghdad Pogrom(Farhud)"
Lauren Ashley Bradford
Strassler Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Clark University
"'With Blood on Their Stockings': Women's Public Participation in Racial Terror in Nazi Germany and Jim Crow America"
Alexios Ntetorakis Exarchou
Charles University
"Refugees from Bulgarian-occupied Greece in Thessaloniki and the Holocaust"
Emilien Tortel
Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)
"'We Are Going to Palestine': The Transit Life of Moroccan Jews Across French Colonial and Metropolitan Territories (1947–1967)"