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Fellowships & Prizes Application Research (SC): Policy (Truman)

Research resources and advice for Swarthmore students applying for these competitive fellowships and prizes: Watson, Truman, Rhodes, Marshall, Fulbright

Find Policy and Grey Literature

To research a policy issue, try the following databases. These resources contain research reports from think tanks and other policy research organizations.

Find Policy
Search resources from curated collections of think tanks. Particularly useful for finding research from different regions of the world.

Public Affairs Information Service (PAIS) Index
This database lets you find articles published in public policy journals. (Click the S to connect from Swarthmore.)

Aid Data: Research on aid effectiveness
AidData provides a searchable database of nearly one million past and present aid activities around the world. The information in AidData is project-level, enabling you to get information about particular activities and their funding.

Useful Research Guides