CAWP Research Grants CAWP provides both small and large research grants to faculty, post-docs, and advanced doctoral students to investigate and illuminate barriers and opportunities to increasing women’s political power in the United States. Ruth B. Mandel Dissertation Research Awards Recipients of the Ruth B. Mandel Dissertation Research Awards are chosen based on applications submitted annually. The most recent call for applications was issued in February 2024 with a May 2024 deadline.