PROGRAM OBJECTIVES:
To promote the progress of the social, behavioral,
and economic sciences to promote the continued scientific strength and
welfare of the Nation; to facilitate cooperative research activities for
U.S. scientists and engineers with foreign scientists, engineers, and
institutions; and to support understanding of the resources invested in
science and engineering in the United States. The research supported is
basic in character. The program includes support of research project
grants in the following disciplines: Anthropological and geographic
sciences; cognitive, psychological and language sciences; economic,
decision and management sciences; social and political sciences;
infrastructure, methods and science studies; studies of scientists and
engineers, Federal R&D funding and expenditures, and educational
attainment in science, mathematics and engineering; and international
programs. Support is provided for science and technology centers and for
research workshops, symposia, and conferences. In addition, awards are
made to improve the quality of doctoral dissertations in the behavioral
and social sciences and for dissertations requiring research outside the
United States; for graduate traineeships; postdoctoral fellowships;
special opportunities for junior faculty for research support; and mid-
career professional development opportunities. Support is also provided
for undergraduate student research, and for research opportunities for
women, minorities, and disabled scientists and engineers.
ELIGIBLE FUNCTIONAL CATEGORIES:
1. EDUCATION;
- Resource Development and Support - Sciences;
2. SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;
- Research - Specialized;
WHO CAN BENEFIT FROM THIS PROGRAM:
- State;
- U.S. Territories;
- Specialized group (e.g. health professionals, students, veterans);
- Private non-profit institution/organization;
WHO CAN APPLY:
- State (includes District of Columbia, public institutions of higher education and hospitals);
- Public non-profit institution/organization (includes institutions of higher education and hospitals);
- U.S. Territories and possessions (includes institutions of higher education and hospitals);
- Specialized group (e.g. health professionals, students, veterans);
- Private non-profit institution/organization (includes institutions of higher education and hospitals);
- Quasi-public non-profit institution/organization;
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