Human Networks and Data Science
The Human Networks and Data Science program funds research using data and network science to better understand human behavior across various topics, with a focus on improving health, prosperity, and security, through two tracks: Infrastructure and Core Research.
Funder: U.S. National Science Foundation
Due Dates: July 13, 2023 | August 3, 2023 | January 11, 2024 | February 1, 2024 | January 10, 2025 | March 4, 2026 | July 8, 2026 | August 5, 2026 | August 6, 2026 | January 14, 2027 | February 4, 2027
Funding Amounts: Typical awards: HNDS-I $750,000–$800,000; HNDS-R $350,000–$400,000; Award ceiling: $1,200,000; Total program funding: $8,000,000/year; 1–5 years duration.
Summary: Supports research and infrastructure to advance understanding of human behavior through data and network science, with two tracks for infrastructure and core research.
Key Information: HNDS-R direct submissions require prior permission; HNDS-I and HNDS-R have separate deadlines.
Description
The Human Networks and Data Science (HNDS) program from the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) funds research that enhances understanding of human behavior using data and network science. The program aims to identify how dynamic, distributed, or heterogeneous data can answer fundamental questions about individual or group behavior, with a focus on insights that support improved health, prosperity, and security.
HNDS offers two distinct tracks:
- Human Networks and Data Science – Infrastructure (HNDS-I): Supports the development of large-scale data resources and analytic techniques that enable new types of data-intensive research in social, behavioral, and economic (SBE) sciences.
- Human Networks and Data Science – Core Research (HNDS-R): Advances theory in core SBE disciplines through the application of data and network science methods, leveraging large or complex datasets to generate new understandings of human behavior.
HNDS-R proposals submitted directly to this program require prior permission from a program officer; otherwise, proposals should be submitted to a relevant core SBE program with HNDS-R as a secondary unit of consideration.
