Law & Science
The Law & Science Program funds interdisciplinary studies exploring connections between human behavior, laws, science, and technology in diverse fields.
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Funder: U.S. National Science Foundation
Due Dates: Rolling (proposals accepted anytime) | September 30, 2076 (current closing date)
Funding Amounts: $5,500,000 estimated total program funding; no cost sharing or matching required
Summary: Supports social scientific research on law, human behavior, and legal systems, and the application of science and technology in legal contexts.
Key Information: Applicant eligibility is unrestricted; proposals must advance scientific understanding of connections between law and human behavior or basic sciences.
Description
The Law & Science (LS) Program at the U.S. National Science Foundation supports social scientific studies of law and law-like systems of rules, as well as research on how science and technology are applied in legal contexts. The program is inherently interdisciplinary and multi-methodological, treating law as dynamic and interacting with multiple arenas and actors.
Successful proposals advance scientific theory and understanding of connections between human behavior and law, legal institutions, or legal processes, or interactions between law and basic sciences. Relevant sciences include biology, computer and information sciences, STEM education, engineering, geosciences, mathematics, and physical sciences. LS supports standard and collaborative research grants and conference awards, and participates in several NSF-wide funding opportunities.
