A Science of Science Approach to Analyzing and Innovating the Biomedical Research Enterprise
The NSF and NIH seek proposals to enhance understanding of the biomedical research system by integrating science of science policy research expertise.
Funder: U.S. National Science Foundation
Due Dates: February 9, 2027 (Full proposal target) | September 9, 2027 (Full proposal target)
Funding Amounts: $100,000–$250,000 in total costs per year for up to 4 years; $2 million estimated program funding
Summary: Supports science-of-science research developing models, analytical tools, data, and metrics to understand and improve the biomedical research enterprise.
Key Information: Unaffiliated individuals are not eligible to apply.
Description
SoS:BIO is a joint program of the National Science Foundation’s Science of Science: Discovery, Communication and Impact program and the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS). It supports research advancing the scientific basis of science and innovation policy, with a focus on the biomedical sciences.
The program funds models, analytical tools, data, and metrics that can inform science policy and the development of the scientific enterprise. It welcomes individual and collaborative research projects, prioritizing interdisciplinary research and broadening participation. Its goals include scientific analysis of the biomedical research enterprise and fostering a diverse, innovative, productive, and efficient scientific workforce from which future scientific leaders can emerge.
