August and September 2019 NSF Grant Submission Deadlines

Psychological scientists looking to apply for funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) may be interested in the following August and September grant deadlines:

PAC funds basic behavioral research focusing on perceptual, motor, and cognitive processes and interactions. Topics of interest include vision, audition, haptics, attention, memory, written and spoken language, spatial cognition, motor control, categorization, reasoning, and concept formation.

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LSS funds studies that address social science studies of the law and law-like systems of rules, describing research that advances scientific theory and understanding of the connections between human behavior and law.

STS supports research that uses behavioral and social science methods, plus historical and philosophical approaches, to investigate the intellectual, material, and social facets of the STEM disciplines.

The CogNeuro program seeks grant proposals aimed at advancing understanding of the neural mechanisms of human cognition. Central research topics for consideration include attention, learning, memory, decision making, language, social cognition, and emotions.

DRMS seeks proposals directed at increasing the understanding and effectiveness of decision making by individuals, groups, organizations, and society. Funded research must be grounded in theory and generalizable.

MMS supports the development of innovative analytical and statistical methods and models for the social, behavioral, and economic sciences. MMS seeks proposals that are methodologically innovative, grounded in theory, and have potential utility for multiple fields.

SoO funds proposals aimed at advancing our understanding of how organizations develop, form and operate. Topics for consideration include structures, routines, effectiveness, competitiveness, innovation, dynamics, change, and evolution.

Looking for other NSF opportunities? Click here to view a list of all upcoming NSF funding opportunities involving the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences Directorate, of most interest to psychological scientists.


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