Small Grants Initiative

In 2008, the ISPP Governing Council decided to use a portion of the income from ISPP investment funds for small grants that further the goals of ISPP.

For 2026, we are pleased to be able to continue this Small Grants Initiative to support research projects and network projects that further the goals of ISPP: (1) to increase the diversity of ISPP membership and internationalize the Society; (2) to strengthen our organization; and (3) to promote excellence in political psychology.

The call for proposals will be issued through e-mail and the ISPP newsletter around October 1, 2025. The call describes what type of projects are eligible for funding (max. 5000 USD), the procedure and criteria through which proposals (max. 1500 words) are considered for funding, and the December 1, 2025, deadline for proposals. The proposal template can be found HERE. Please note that the PI or main applicant on a small grant proposal cannot be a PI or main applicant on other small grant proposals.

For any questions regarding this initiative, or if you have difficulty accessing the proposal template, please contact the chair of the committee, Martijn van Zomeren (m.van.zomeren@rug,nl).

OUTCOME OF THE 2026 SMALL GRANT INITIATIVE

The ISPP Initiatives committee is pleased to announce the outcomes of the 2026 Small Grant Initiative. Please find below brief information (i.e., PI name & proposal title) about the 10 small grant proposals that the ISPP Initiatives committee has awarded with a small grant (of max. 5000 USD). All 10 proposals received the positive evaluations required to be eligible for the lottery draw, through which the 10 proposals below (appearing in random order) were awarded. We wish all the grantees the best of luck with their research and would also like to thank all other applicants for participating in the Small Grant Initiative. 

Granted proposals:

  1. PI: Xiao Ding, University of Arizona, USA
    • Proposal title: Blaming the Outsider: Foreign intervention claims and regime legitimacy in Chinese protests
  2. PI: Nnaemeka Ohamadike, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
    • Proposal title: Which News Platforms Perpetuate Race Bias? Computational evidence from South African news
  3. PI: Sarah Zahreiddine, University of Geneva, Switzerland
    • Proposal title: Collective Resilience in Times of War: Identity, collective memory, and inter-sect solidarity in Lebanon
  4. PI: Timipanipre Uge, Iterative Learning for Development, Nigeria
    • Proposal title: A Study on the Impact of Gas Flaring on Voting Behaviour of the Niger Delta People of Nigeria.
  5. PI: Nur Givon-Benjio, Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Germany
    • Proposal title: Susceptibility to Wartime Misinformation: Examination across war and post-war contexts and among Israelis and Gazans
  6. PI: Indro Adinugroho, Atma Jaya Catholic University of Indonesia, Indonesia
    • Proposal title: Exploring the consequences of political conspiracy theories for authoritarian nostalgia and support for authoritarian leadership: Evidence from Indonesia
  7. PI: Raimundo Salas-Schweikart, Alberto Hurtado University, Chile
    • Proposal title: Perceptions of immigrants belonging from Chile
  8. PI: Larysa Zasiekina, University of Exeter, UK
    • Proposal title: Digital Exhibit of War Narratives in Political Psychology Education: Fostering empathy and promoting peacebuilding
  9. PI: Nevena Mijatović, University of Belgrade, Serbia 
    • Proposal title: Toward a Sociocultural and Dialogical Inquiry into Right-Wing Populism
  10. PI: Jessie Barton Hronešová, University College London, UK
    • Proposal title: The Triggering Potential of Victimization: Study of two protest waves in Serbia