Security and Preparedness
The Security and Preparedness Program funds basic scientific research on global and national security, emphasizing theoretical, methodological, and empirical rigor.
Funder: U.S. National Science Foundation
Due Dates: Rolling (proposals accepted anytime) | September 30, 2076 (application deadline)
Funding Amounts: No cost sharing or matching required
Summary: Supports basic scientific research advancing understanding of global and national security, undergraduate research experiences, and research infrastructure.
Key Information: Applied research is not funded.
Description
The National Science Foundation’s Security and Preparedness (SAP) program supports basic scientific research that advances knowledge and understanding of global and national security. Its scope includes conflict and dispute resolution, international and comparative political economy, domestic political instability and conflict processes, and the security implications of natural hazards and stressors. The program is administered within NSF’s Directorate for Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences, Division of Social and Economic Sciences.
SAP expects research to be theoretically motivated, conceptually precise, methodologically rigorous, and empirically oriented. Alongside basic research projects, the program supports research experiences for undergraduate students and infrastructural activities, including methodological innovations. Proposals are evaluated for intellectual merit and broader impacts.
