Sociology
This grant supports basic research in sociology focusing on human social organization, processes of change, and fundamental social processes using qualitative and quantitative methods.
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Funder: U.S. National Science Foundation
Due Dates: October 15, 2026 (Dissertation Research) | January 15, 2027 (Regular Research) | February 15, 2027 (Dissertation Research) | August 15, 2027 (Regular Research) | September 30, 2076 (Current closing date; proposals accepted anytime)
Funding Amounts: Grant funding; no cost sharing or matching required
Summary: Supports theoretically grounded, empirical basic research on human social organization and individual and institutional change.
Key Information: Select PD 98-1331 on the proposal cover sheet for regular research submissions.
Description
The NSF Sociology Program supports basic research on human social organization—including societies, institutions, groups and demography—and processes of individual and institutional change. It encourages theoretically focused empirical investigations that improve explanations of fundamental social processes. Research areas include organizations and organizational behavior, population dynamics, social movements, social groups, labor force participation, stratification and mobility, family, social networks, socialization, and the sociology of science and technology.
The program supports original data collection and secondary data analysis using quantitative and qualitative methods. It also welcomes theoretically grounded projects offering methodological innovations and improvements in data collection and analysis. The program is administered within NSF’s Division of Social and Economic Sciences in the Directorate for Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences.
