Social Science Field Research Scholarship Nomination Form

Supporting emerging social science researchers is essential to advancing our understanding of human behavior, culture, and social systems. This Social Science Field Research Scholarship Nomination Form is designed for universities, research institutes, foundations, and academic departments that fund ethnographic and qualitative field research projects.

Built with Paperform, this template streamlines the nomination process by capturing all the critical components of a field research proposal—from study design and methodology to ethical approvals and community partnerships. Nominators can detail their research questions, theoretical frameworks, and planned ethnographic methods, while also providing evidence of IRB approval status and letters of support from community partners.

The form includes dedicated sections for ethnographic study design, allowing researchers to articulate their fieldwork plans, participant observation strategies, and data collection timelines. It captures IRB approval status to ensure ethical compliance, and provides space for uploading community partnership letters that demonstrate established relationships with research sites and populations. The qualitative research mentor assessment section allows advisors to evaluate the nominee's research capacity, methodological skills, and readiness for independent fieldwork.

This template is ideal for anthropology departments, sociology programs, human geography faculties, education research centers, and any institution supporting ethnographic or qualitative social science research. With conditional logic, the form adapts based on research methodology and IRB status, ensuring relevant information is collected efficiently.

Paperform's document-style editor makes it easy to customize questions, add institutional branding, and modify sections to match your specific scholarship criteria. Integration with tools like Google Drive, Dropbox, or your institutional repository ensures all supporting documents are securely stored and easily accessible to review committees.

For organizations managing multiple scholarship programs, Stepper can automate review workflows, route nominations to appropriate committee members, send status updates to nominators, and trigger final approval processes—all without manual intervention.

Whether you're funding dissertation research, supporting post-doctoral fieldwork, or enabling community-based participatory research, this form template provides a professional, comprehensive foundation for identifying and supporting the next generation of social science researchers.