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Grants #ResearchForChange

Sustainability Month

October 2023

Black History Month

February 2024

Women Empowerment

April 2024

Healthcare and Public Health

May 2025

#ResearchForChange Grants: May 2025 Edition

This grant edition will feature research in Healthcare and Public Health, with a focus on how health is shaped by power structures, access, and lived experience. From questions of justice and inequality to concepts of care and community, we invite works that examine health as a deeply social and political field. The projects submitted may include the following topics, among others:

  • Social Inequalities in Healthcare
  • Racism and Discrimination in Healthcare
  • Public Health Systems and Access to Care for Marginalized Groups
  • Migration, Social Integration, and Health
  • Gender and Health
  • Mental Health and Social Inequalities
  • Environmental Justice and Health
  • Participation and Empowerment in Healthcare
  • Activism and Social Movements in Healthcare
  • Commercialization of Healthcare

The grant includes

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Research Scholarship

A one-time $500 cash scholarship (in the currency of your home banking institution)

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Free License

A free one-year license for MAXQDA Analytics Pro with AI Assist Premium (min. $350.00 value) for you or a friend

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MAXQDA Training Voucher

Valid for all official MAXQDA trainings of certified trainers

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VIP Customer Service

VIP customer service from the MAXQDA technical support

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Online self-paced course

Access to our online self-paced course “Proficient MAXQDA User”

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Exposure & Publicity

Your research will be featured on the MAXQDA website and social media

How to apply

  • I am conducting research, but I am not focusing on a related topic. Do I still qualify?

    No, not this time. Applicants must be conducting, or intending to conduct, qualitative or mixed-methods research in the field of Healthcare or Public Health, with a particular focus on human rights, health policy, social inequalities and access to healthcare, racism and discrimination, healthcare systems, gender and sexuality, disability and inclusion, migration and health, concepts of health and medicine, or other related areas. Click here to subscribe to our newsletter and be the first to hear about our latest projects, including grants.

  • I am not registered as a student this semester. Am I still eligible to apply?

    Yes. The Grants #ResearchForChange is open to all those who conduct qualitative or mixed methods research in the respective area with MAXQDA.

  • I am collecting my data in a language different from English and will be writing my project in a different language as well. Am I still eligible?

    Yes. We welcome applicants working in any language. MAXQDA is available in 13 languages and is used by thousands of researchers in more than 150 countries. It is also a fully unicode-compliant software meaning that you can import, code and analyze your data in any language you choose. 

    We require that the application form is filled out in English and that any material submitted to us is in English. This does not exclude non-native speakers. However, you should feel confident enough in your language abilities to write texts and present your research in English.

  • We are conducting research in a team. Can we apply together?

    No. The Grants #ResearchForChange are to be applied for and received as an individual researcher. If the research is done in conjunction with a team and the grant recipient wishes to pass on their scholarship, then that it is up to their discretion. However, the MAXQDA license and training sessions will only be issued to the grant recipient and are non-transferable.

  • I am applying for/receiving other scholarships/grants. Am I still eligible to apply?

    Yes. The Grants #ResearchForChange can be in combination with another scholarship or grant, if you wish so. The grant will be awarded based on the following criteria: The relevance and applicability of the theme which should be described in the letter of motivation; originality and creativity of the research proposal; a well-defined research question; description of the research methods in the field and analysis methodology using MAXQDA.

  • When will the grant be awarded?

    The application deadline for the grant is stated above. We will select the three grant recipients and three honorable mentions shortly thereafter. We will try to do so in a 14-day-period but cannot guarantee a quick feedback since there might be a big number of submissions. The researchers will receive their cash scholarship shortly after their are officially announced asrecipients.

    VERBI Software will wire 500$ (converted into the researcher’s preferred/home currency) via bank transfer. The MAXQDA Analytics Pro licenses with AI Assist Premium (for you or a friend) will be awarded via e-mail and the voucher for the MAXQDA Training Session will be provided separately.

  • How can I participate?

    If you are working on a relevant topic in the fields of Healthcare and/or Public Health and have worked with MAXQDA in your project, we invite you to submit the following documents:

    • an abstract of your finished (or nearly finished) research project
    • a hypothesis
    • a detailed description of how MAXQDA was used in the project
    • a short biography of you as a researcher

    Please limit yourself to 3-5 pages.

  • If I am awarded the grant, what deliverables do I need to submit?

    We will ask you to provide 2–3 high-resolution photos of yourself and your project. These will be used to present your research on our website and social media channels, including LinkedIn and Instagram. We would love to feature your work and help increase its visibility.

  • Do you have any further questions?

    Please do not hesitate to get in touch with us via grants@maxqda.com

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The period for submissions on the topic of healthcare will take place from May 6 to June 9, 2025. Stay up to date for new announcements of MAXQDA Grants #ResearchForChange on our Instagram and LinkedIn Channel.

Previous Topics and Grant Recipients

The #ResearchforChange grant is an initiative of VERBI Software that aims to support researchers, research projects, and networks. Starting in 2023, we have decided to launch the MAXQDA Grants under the banner of globally relevant theme months. The grant provides financial support and methodological training for researchers and those whose work aims to investigate, support and raise awareness of empowerment initiatives.

  • 2024: Women Empowerment

    Lia Antunes

    Women of the SAAL Process (1974-1976) in Portugal: Women architects and residents for the right to housing (FCT funding)

    Nontokozo Magangane

    Exploring Sign Language Data for Enhanced Interpretation and Translation

    Arielle Perrotta

    Indigenous Maternal-Child Wellness: Understanding Urban Indigenous Families’ Experiences of Pregnancy and Birth in Calgary, Alberta

  • 2024: Black History Month

    Neisha Terry Young

    ‘We Get to Tell Our Stories’: Exploring the Affordances of Multiliteracies in Supporting the Identity Navigation of Black Immigrant Youth

    Michael Gonzalez, Jr

    Exploring Sunscreen Use and Sun Safety Practices Among Black and Latinx Communities in Milwaukee, Wisconsin: A Reflexive Thematic Analysis

    Ozge Yenigun

    A Differential Approach to Labor Market Inclusion in Germany: Unraveling Government Policies and Local Responses

  • 2023: Sustainability Month

    Ulsía Urrea Mariño

    Building Urban Resilience to Climate Change with Nature-, Community- and Infrastructure-based Solutions: A Mixed-Methods Study in the Gulf of Mexico

    Melisa Escosteguy

    A poltical ecology of lithium mining in Argentina

    Natalia Uribe Castañeda

    Community Engagement in Coral Reef Restoration

  • 2023: Pride Month

    Dr. Alan Santinele Martino

    An Exploratory Study on the Sexual Health Knowledge and Needs of LGBT+ Adults labeled / with Developmental and Intellectual Disabilities in Alberta, Canada

    Krystal-Gayle O’Neill

    Assessing the criminalization of LBGTQ Sexuality in the Anglophone Carribbean: A Case Study of Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago

    Anonymous

    Evolution of Intersex Representation in Pakistani Cinema: A Comparative Study of Four Decades

  • 2022: Empowering Women and Girls

    Margarita Osipova

    Safety of women in the cities around the world: exploration of context space and requirements for Smart City solutions.

    Stanley Ojekere

    Capability Approach to Inclusive Mobility and Safety of Public School Girls with Disability.

    María de la Paz Chávez Vargas

    Political participation of indigenous women in different contexts of community autonomy: the cases of Mexico City, Michoacán and Chiapas

    Ally Zlatar

    The Meeting Point: A Visual Arts Investigation into Understanding Diaspora, Migration Embodiment

  • 2021: Climate Change and Climate Action

    Camila Gonçalves Castro

    Camila researched the environmental, economic and social rebound effects of implementing digital technologies.

    Lucien Wobembong

    Lucien analysed what the forces of change are behind pushing society’s desire to decarbonize.

    Tan Nguyen Quang

    Tan’s research looked at how small-scale tourism enterprises response to climate change in Vietnam’s coastal destinations.

  • 2020: Sustainability and Sustainable Development

    Sara Aly El-Sayed

    Sara researched regenerative practices that farmers in arid regions in Southwest and North Africa are creating.

    Brittany Jones

    Brittany investigated Land Banks to highlight the barriers they create through racial and capitalistic land transfer programs that slow progressive urban food governance.

    Andreas Holzinger

    Andreas investigated how people-centered external actors such as the African Union and European Union to construct their peace efforts.

    Bruno Miguel de Jesus Cardoso

    Bruno’s work focused on the questions of the barriers forestall energy efficiency in the water sector.