Division of Social and Economic Sciences
Sociology
| Name | Phone | Room | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joseph Whitmeyer | jwhitmey@nsf.gov | (703) 292-7808 | |
| Melanie Hughes | mehughes@nsf.gov | (703) 292-7318 |
PROGRAM GUIDELINES
Apply to PD 98-1331 as follows:
Full proposals submitted via FastLane or Research.gov:
NSF Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide proposal preparation guidelines apply.
Full proposals submitted via Grants.gov:
NSF Grants.gov Application Guide: A Guide for the Preparation and Submission of NSF Applications via Grants.gov guidelines apply.
Important Information for Proposers
A revised version of the NSF Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG) (NSF 20-1), is effective for proposals submitted, or due, on or after June 1, 2020. Please be advised that, depending on the specified due date, the guidelines contained in NSF 20-1 may apply to proposals submitted in response to this funding opportunity.
DUE DATES
Full Proposal Target Date
August 16, 2021
August 15, Annually Thereafter
Regular Research
January 17, 2022
January 15, Annually Thereafter
Regular Research
SYNOPSIS
The Sociology Program supports basic research on all forms of human social organization -- societies, institutions, groups, and demography -- and processes of individual and institutional change. The Program encourages theoretically focused empirical investigations aimed at improving the explanation of fundamental social processes. Included is research on organizations and organizational behavior, population dynamics, social movements, social groups, labor force participation, stratification and mobility, family, social networks, socialization, gender, race, and the sociology of science and technology. The Program supports both original data collections and secondary data analysis that use the full range of quantitative and qualitative methodological tools. Theoretically grounded projects that offer methodological innovations and improvements for data collection and analysis are also welcomed.
Please Note: Principal Investigators should select PD 98-1331 in the program announcement/solicitation block on the proposal Cover Sheet for submission of regular research projects to the Sociology Program. Projects are evaluated using the two Foundation-wide criteria, intrinsic merit and broader impacts. In assessing the intrinsic merit of proposed research, four components are key to securing support from the Sociology Program: (1) the issues investigated must be theoretically grounded; (2) the research should be based on empirical observation or be subject to empirical validation or illustration; (3) the research design must be appropriate to the questions asked; and (4) the proposed research must advance our understanding of social processes, structures and methods.
The NSF also offers a number of specialized funding opportunities through its crosscutting and cross-directorate activities; some of the Sociology related opportunities are listed below.
Crosscutting Research & Training Opportunities:
- ADVANCE: Increasing the Participation and Advancement of Women in Academic Science and Engineering Careers
- Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program
- Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)
- Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) Program
- Mid-scale Research Infrastructure Programs
- SBE Postdoctoral Research Fellowships (SPRF)
- Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU)
- Research at Undergraduate Institutions (RUI)
- Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program
To get information about these programs and others, please visit the Cross-cutting and NSF-wide Active Funding Opportunities homepage.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
NSF's mission calls for the broadening of opportunities and expanding participation of groups, institutions, and geographic regions that are underrepresented in STEM disciplines, which is essential to the health and vitality of science and engineering. NSF is committed to this principle of diversity and deems it central to the programs, projects, and activities it considers and supports.
NSF also is committed to public access to publications and data, unless there are countervailing interests that prohibit or limit public access to data, including matters of personally identifiable information of research participants, privacy, other issues of vulnerability such as economic, social or other security interests, etc.). See generally Public Access to Results of NSF-Funded Research and Data Management for NSF SBE Directorate Proposals and Awards.
RELATED URLS
- American Sociological Association Dissertation Awards
- Future of Work at the Human-Technology Frontier
- NSF's Ten Big Ideas
- Research Experiences for Undergraduates Program
- Research in Undergraduate Institutions
- American Sociological Association
- General Social Survey
- Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
- Interdisciplinary Standards for Systematic Qualitative Research
- Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR)
- NAS Study of the Future of the "Big 3" Surveys
- Panel Study of Income Dynamics
- Russia Longitudinal Monitoring Survey
- Workshop on Scientific Foundations of Qualitative Research
What Has Been Funded (Recent Awards Made Through This Program, with Abstracts)