Title: Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants Sponsor: Directorate for Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences/NSF SYNOPSIS: Grants are awarded to doctoral candidates at U.S. institutions to improve the quality of dissertation research. Grants provide funds for items not normally available through the student's university. In general, grants are awarded for up to twenty four months. Deadline(s): 10/15/2009 01/15/2010 01/16/2010 01/18/2010 02/01/2010 02/09/2010 02/15/2010 07/15/2010 08/01/2010 08/15/2010 08/16/2010 08/18/2010 09/09/2010 Established Date: 12/17/1982 Follow-Up Date: 09/01/2010 Review Date: 09/15/2009 Address: Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences Division of Social and Economic Sciences 4201 Wilson Boulevard Arlington, VA 22230 U.S.A. E-mail: Web Site: http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=45608&mode=VIEW Program URL: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=13453&WT.mc_id=USNSF_39 Tel: Fax: Deadline Ind: Target Deadline Open: No *See Restrictions for further information. DEADLINE NOTE Full proposals are due by the following deadline dates: Geography and Spatial Sciences - October 15, 2009; Sociology - October 15, 2009; Political Science - January 15, 2010; Linguistics - January 15, 2010; Cultural Anthropology - January 15, 2010; Law and Social Science - January 15, 2010; Research on Science and Technology Surveys and Statistics - January 15, 2010; Methodology, Measurement, and Statistics - January 16, 2010; Economics - January 18, 2010; Decision, Risk & Management Sciences - January 18, 2010; Science, Technology, and Society - February 1, 2010; Physical Anthropology - February 9, 2010; Geography and Spatial Sciences - February 15, 2010; Sociology - February 15, 2010; Linguistics - July 15, 2010; Science, Technology, and Society - August 1, 2010; Cultural Anthropology - August 15, 2010; Law and Social Science - August 15, 2010; Physical Anthropology - August 16, 2010; Methodology, Measurement, and Statistics - August 16, 2010; Economics - August 18, 2010; Decision, Risk & Management Sciences - August 18, 2010; and Science of Science and Innovation Policy - September 9, 2010. Award Type(s): Equipment, Travel Abroad, Travel Domestic, Dissertation, Research Grants/R & D Citizenship/Country of Applying Institution: Any/No Restrictions Locations Tenable: U.S.A. Institution (including U.S. Territories) Appl Type(s): Graduate Student Target Group(s): NONE Funding Limit: $0 NOT PROV Duration: 24 MONTHS Indirect Costs: No Cost Sharing: No Sponsor Type: Federal Geo. Restricted: NO RESTRICTIONS CFDA#: 47.075 OBJECTIVES: The sponsor awards grants to doctoral students to improve the quality of dissertation research. These grants allow doctoral students to undertake significant data-gathering projects and to conduct field research in settings away from their campus that would not otherwise be possible. The following Programs are most active in support of dissertation research: Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences--Archaeology, Cultural Anthropology, Geography and Regional Science, Linguistics, Physical Anthropology. Social and Economic Sciences--Decision, Risk and Management Sciences; Economics; Law and Social Science; Methodology, Measurement and Statistics; Political Science; Science, Technology, and Society; Sociology. Science Resoruces Statistics: Research on Science and Technology Surveys and Statistics Program. ELIGIBILITY The proposal must be submitted by the dissertation advisor on behalf of the graduate student who is at the point of initiating or already conducting research. The student must be enrolled at a U.S. institution, although U.S. citizenship is not required. Proposals from women, minorities and persons with disabilities are strongly encouraged. FUNDING Approximately 200 to 300 grants will be awarded, with $2.5 million is available annually across all programs. Funds are to be used exclusively for necessary expenses incurred in the actual conduct of the dissertation research. Source: Grants.gov (01/10/08).