BRIDGS Emergent Scholar Fellowship
Bringing research and innovation into the debate on guns in society
The Bringing Research and Innovation into the Debate on Guns in Society (BRIDGS) initiative is pleased to announce the BRIDGS Emergent Scholar Fellowship.
Housed in the Sanford School of Social and Family Dynamics, BRIDGS focuses on empirically driven approaches to the multifaceted significance of guns in society. The BRIDGS Emergent Scholar Fellowship recognizes graduate students engaged in topics including, but not limited to:
- the culture and politics of armed self-defense
- gun violence and gun trauma
- guns, identity, and inequality
- gun markets and the gun industry
- social movements surrounding gun rights and/or gun control
- comparative/transnational approaches to guns in society
- the intersection of guns, conservation, and environmental justice
- related topics grounded in qualitative or quantitative social science approaches
Eligibility
Graduate students as well as early career researchers (who received their PhD within the last two years) from disciplines within and related to the social sciences and/or humanities are encouraged to apply. While there are no restrictions with respect to stage of graduate studies or post-PhD affiliation, fellows should be prepared to share a work-in-progress during the Spring virtual workshop.
Benefits
- Workshop: Monthly virtual meetings and on-going mentorship during Spring 2027
- Symposium: BRIDGS Fellows will be invited to the upcoming Guns in Society Annual Symposium
- Support: BRIDGS Fellows will receive a $1,000 Fellows honorarium
Apply by November 15, 2026
Email [email protected] with:
- CV
- Cover Letter describing your discipline, your background/interest in gun studies, and how the proposed paper fits into your overall scholarly agenda.
- Abstract (500 words) describing the paper you will be workshopping during the fellowship. Please be sure to describe your research question, empirical approach, and analytical contribution. You should be the first author on the paper. If you have co-authors, please designate whether they are fellow graduate students/early career researchers; note that we will prioritize applications involving solo-authored and graduate student/early career co-authored work.
