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) | October 15, 2076 (Listed closing date)
Funding Amounts: Grant funding; 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. Areas of interest include 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 also supports research experiences for undergraduate students and infrastructural activities, including methodological innovations. It seeks theoretically motivated, conceptually precise, methodologically rigorous, and empirically oriented projects. Proposals are evaluated for intellectual merit and broader impacts. SAP is part of NSF’s Directorate for Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences.
