U.S. National Science Foundation
Sociology
Key facts
- Deadline
- Due Sep 30, 2076 · 18256 days left
- Award size
- Not specified — see notice
- Cost share / match ?
- Not required · Work out your budget and match
- Who can apply
- Anyone (unrestricted)
- Where
- Anywhere in the U.S., including Tennessee
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How this fits you
- Available in Weakley County (nationwide program)
- No cost share required
- Past Tennessee awards on file: 41
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About this grant
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. This includes research on organizations and organizational behavior, population dynamics, social movements, social groups, labor force participation, stratification and mobility, family, social networks, socialization, and the sociology of science and technology. The program supports both original data collection 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.
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, intellectual merit and broader impacts. In assessing the intellectual 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.
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)...
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- Oct7
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Who in Tennessee has won this program
24 awards to Tennessee recipients in 3 counties since 2019 · 0 in Weakley County. Largest shown:
| Recipient | Where | Amount | FY |
|---|---|---|---|
| University Of Tennessee | Knoxville, Knox County | $2.8M | 2022 |
| University Of Tennessee | Knoxville, Knox County | $2M | 2024 |
| Vanderbilt University | Nashville, Davidson County | $925K | 2024 |
| Vanderbilt University | Nashville, Davidson County | $673K | 2021 |
| Vanderbilt University | Nashville, Davidson County | $627K | 2024 |
| Vanderbilt University | Nashville, Davidson County | $557K | 2019 |
| University Of Tennessee | Knoxville, Knox County | $508K | 2021 |
| Vanderbilt University | Nashville, Davidson County | $475K | 2024 |
| Vanderbilt University | Nashville, Davidson County | $450K | 2022 |
| University Of Memphis | Memphis, Shelby County | $450K | 2021 |
| Vanderbilt University | Nashville, Davidson County | $446K | 2025 |
| Vanderbilt University | Nashville, Davidson County | $415K | 2023 |
Source: USAspending.gov. Past awards show who this program funds; they don't guarantee future awards.
Tennessee groups that got this money through a state agency or another grantee
This federal money also reaches local groups as subawards. 17 subawards on file · 0 in Weakley County. Largest shown:
| Recipient | Where | Through | Amount | FY |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| University Of Tennessee | Knoxville, Knox County | Arizona State University | $638K | 2026 |
| Vanderbilt University | Nashville, Davidson County | University of Florida | $396K | 2026 |
| Vanderbilt University | Nashville, Davidson County | Regents of the University of Michigan | $274K | 2025 |
| University Of Memphis | Memphis, Shelby County | Arizona State University | $238K | 2024 |
| Vanderbilt University | Nashville, Davidson County | Trustees of Dartmouth College | $155K | 2024 |
| University Of Memphis | Memphis, Shelby County | The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York | $77K | 2025 |
| University Of Tennessee | Knoxville, Knox County | Iowa State University of Science and Technology | $55K | 2023 |
| East Tennessee State University | Johnson City, Washington County | University of Tennessee | $50K | 2023 |
| University Of Memphis | Memphis, Shelby County | The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York | $47K | 2024 |
| University Of Memphis | Memphis, Shelby County | University of North Carolina At Wilmington | $44K | 2023 |
| Vanderbilt University | Nashville, Davidson County | University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc. | $39K | 2023 |
| University Of Tennessee | Knoxville, Knox County | University of Alabama | $38K | 2024 |
Source: USAspending.gov subaward reports (prime recipients report subawards of $30,000 or more).
About the program (47.075)
Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences — (SBE)
How applications are judged
Not Applicable.
Matching requirements
This program has no statutory formula.
Matching requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing.
MOE requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing.
Examples of funded projects
Not Applicable.