Opportunity Information: Apply for 19 611
The Science of Science - Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants (DDRIG) opportunity is a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant program housed within the Science of Science Discovery, Communication, and Impact (SOSDCI) program. Its overall purpose is to strengthen understanding of how the scientific research enterprise works and how it can deliver greater public value. SOSDCI supports basic research that builds theoretical and empirical insight into three core questions: how to increase the rate of socially beneficial discovery, how to improve science communication outcomes, and how to expand the societal benefits that flow from scientific activity. The program builds on the earlier SciSIP effort, but emphasizes forward-looking work that can generate meaningful advances in the “science of science” rather than small, incremental improvements.
A key feature of the solicitation is its emphasis on developing or substantially improving the foundations that science-of-science researchers use to study the research ecosystem. Competitive proposals are expected to create or advance data resources, models, indicators, and analytical tools in ways that enable transformative progress. Alongside the technical contribution, proposals are expected to engage seriously with ethics and potential harms, including risks to people and institutions that might be affected by measurement, evaluation, surveillance-like data collection, or policy recommendations. The solicitation also highlights the importance of credible metrics and rigorous plans for assessing the impact of the proposed research itself, not just describing why the topic is important. Strong submissions are also expected to include robust data management plans and, where appropriate, preregistration or related transparency commitments that improve the usability, validity, and reliability of the resulting datasets, code, and other research products.
Within SOSDCI, the DDRIG mechanism is specifically meant to improve the quality of doctoral dissertation research. The intent is to give PhD students targeted resources that universities often cannot or do not provide, such as support for significant data-gathering efforts, access to specialized datasets, and field research conducted away from the student’s home campus. The program is not designed to function as general student support: DDRIG funds do not cover cost-of-living expenses, stipends, or tuition. The strongest DDRIG proposals make a clear case that the dissertation will generate knowledge that advances the science of science, while also explaining why DDRIG funding is necessary to complete the work at a high standard (for example, to enable travel for fieldwork, purchase access to restricted data, or support intensive data collection).
From the opportunity metadata provided, this is a discretionary NSF grant (CFDA 47.075) in the science and technology research and development category. The opportunity number is 19-611, it was created on September 22, 2019, and the original closing date listed is February 10, 2020. The expected number of awards is five, and the award ceiling is listed as zero, which typically indicates that applicants must rely on the solicitation text and NSF guidance for budgeting expectations rather than a hard maximum shown in the summary record. Eligibility is listed as “Others” with clarification referenced in an additional eligibility section, meaning applicants need to consult the detailed NSF eligibility rules for DDRIG submissions (often involving submission through an eligible institution and specific constraints on student status and advisor roles).Apply for 19 611
- The National Science Foundation in the science and technology and other research and development sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Science of Science - Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants" 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 Sep 22, 2019.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Feb 10, 2020. (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 5 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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