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U.S. National Science Foundation

Accountable Institutions and Behavior (AIB)

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Deadline
Due Sep 30, 2076 · 18256 days left
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Anyone (unrestricted)
Where
Anywhere in the U.S., including Tennessee
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  • Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
  • No match required
  • Past Tennessee awards on file: 63

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Official notice: https://simpler.grants.gov/opportunity/36a9de0e-a05d-44da-a80d-521616235ffa · Printed from grantme.click/grants/d2222181-d069-4828-8b1d-7549eb1ef8ee

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About this grant

The Accountable Institutions and Behavior (AIB) Program supports basic scientific research that advances knowledge and understanding of issues broadly related to attitudes, behavior, and institutions connected to public policy and the provision of public services. Research proposals are expected to be theoretically motivated, conceptually precise, methodologically rigorous, and empirically oriented. Substantive areas include (but are not limited to) the study of individual and group decision-making, political institutions (appointed or elected), attitude and preference formation and expression, electoral processes and voting, public administration, and public policy. This work can focus on a single case or can be done in a comparative context, either over time or cross-sectionally. The Program does not fund applied research. The Program also supports research experiences for undergraduate students and infrastructural activities, including methodological innovations. In addition, we encourage you to examine the websites for the National Science Foundation’s Law and Science (LS), Security and Preparedness (SAP) and Research Infrastructure in the Social and Behavioral Sciences (RISBS) programs.

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  1. Oct7
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  2. Sep9
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  3. Sep23
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  4. Sep28
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  5. Sep30
    Deadline
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Who in Tennessee has won this program

29 awards to Tennessee groups in 3 counties since 2019. Largest shown:

Past winnerWhereAmountFiscal year
University of TennesseeKnoxville, Knox County$2.8M2022
University of TennesseeKnoxville, Knox County$2M2024
State of TennesseeNashville$1.9M spent that year2025
Vanderbilt UniversityNashville$1.9M spent that year2025
Vanderbilt UniversityNashville, Davidson County$925K2024
Vanderbilt UniversityNashville, Davidson County$673K2021
Vanderbilt UniversityNashville, Davidson County$627K2024
Vanderbilt UniversityNashville, Davidson County$557K2019
University of TennesseeKnoxville, Knox County$508K2021
Vanderbilt UniversityNashville, Davidson County$475K2024
Vanderbilt UniversityNashville, Davidson County$450K2022
University of MemphisMemphis, Shelby County$450K2021

Source: USAspending.gov, Federal Audit Clearinghouse. 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 organization

This federal money also reaches local groups as pass-through grants. 34 pass-through grants on file. Largest shown:

Past winnerWhereThroughAmountFiscal year
University of TennesseeKnoxville, Knox CountyArizona State University$638K2026
Vanderbilt UniversityNashville, Davidson CountyUniversity of Florida$396K2026
Vanderbilt UniversityNashville, Davidson CountyRegents of the University of Michigan$274K2025
University of MemphisMemphis, Shelby CountyArizona State University$238K2024
Vanderbilt UniversityNashville, Davidson CountyTrustees of Dartmouth College$155K2024
University of MemphisMemphis, Shelby CountyThe Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York$77K2025
State of TennesseeNashvilleArizona State University$71K spent that year2025
University of TennesseeKnoxville, Knox CountyIowa State University of Science and Technology$55K2023
East Tennessee State UniversityJohnson City, Washington CountyUniversity of Tennessee$50K2023
University of MemphisMemphis, Shelby CountyThe Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York$47K2024
State of TennesseeNashvilleUniversity of Texas at Dallas$44K spent that year2023
University of MemphisMemphis, Shelby CountyUniversity of North Carolina at Wilmington$44K2023

Source: USAspending.gov pass-through reports (the first recipient reports each one of $30,000 or more).

About the federal program

Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences, also called “(SBE)”
Program number 47.075 (the federal Assistance Listing number) · National Science Foundation · Project grant

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Source: Federal grants from Grants.gov · the official federal record. Last checked by GrantMe Oct 7, 2026.

Reference numbers: official notice number PD-19-120Y · program number 47.075