Opportunity Information: Apply for 18 577
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Sociology Program Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Awards (DDRI) opportunity is designed to strengthen and improve the execution of doctoral dissertation research in sociology. Its core purpose is to support basic research on human social organization and social change, spanning societies, institutions, organizations, groups, and demographic processes, while emphasizing work that is theoretically grounded and empirically oriented. The program is broadly inclusive in terms of the sociological topics it covers, with examples including organizations and organizational behavior, population dynamics, social movements, labor force participation, stratification and mobility, family processes, social networks, socialization, and research on gender, race, and the sociology of science and technology. Across these areas, the program preference is for research that advances explanation of fundamental social processes rather than narrowly descriptive studies.
A key feature of this opportunity is that it targets dissertation projects led by doctoral students enrolled at U.S. institutions of higher education, with funding intended to enhance the quality and feasibility of scientifically sound dissertation research that can contribute to generalizable sociological knowledge. The award is framed as an improvement grant, meaning it is meant to cover direct research-related expenses that materially improve the project, rather than serving as a general stipend or broad program support. Examples of allowable support described in the announcement include acquiring datasets, obtaining additional statistical or methodological training, traveling to consult with scholars linked to original datasets, and supporting fieldwork conducted away from the student’s home campus. The program supports both original data collection and secondary data analysis and explicitly welcomes the full range of quantitative and qualitative methods. It also encourages proposals that offer methodological innovations or improvements in how data are collected or analyzed, as long as those methods are tied to theoretically motivated sociological questions.
Proposals are evaluated using NSF’s two agency-wide review criteria: intellectual merit and broader impacts. For intellectual merit specifically, the Sociology Program highlights four elements that are especially important for competitiveness: the research questions must be clearly grounded in theory; the project must rely on empirical observation or be able to be empirically validated or illustrated; the research design must fit the questions being asked; and the expected results must advance understanding of social processes, social structures, or sociological methods. In other words, successful proposals are expected to show a strong link between theory, evidence, and a research design that can credibly answer the central questions, while also demonstrating how the work will push sociological knowledge forward.
Administratively, this opportunity is a discretionary NSF grant in the science and technology research and development category (CFDA 47.075) offered by the National Science Foundation. The source record lists an opportunity number of 18-577, an original closing date of October 29, 2018, and an expectation of around 35 awards. The listing also notes an award ceiling of 0, which typically indicates that the ceiling was not specified in that particular record extract rather than implying that awards have no funding. Eligibility is summarized as “Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification),” but the program description makes clear the intent to support doctoral dissertation research conducted by doctoral students at U.S. institutions, generally submitted in coordination with a principal investigator at the institution in line with NSF dissertation award practices.Apply for 18 577
- The National Science Foundation in the science and technology and other research and development sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "SOCIOLOGY PROGRAM - Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Awards" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 47.075.
- This funding opportunity was created on Aug 01, 2018.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Oct 29, 2018 DDRI Full Proposal Invited Resubmission. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 35 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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