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Decision, Risk and Management Sciences - Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants

Federal funding opportunity 23-618 from U.S. National Science Foundation.

Apply on Grants.gov →Application closes August 18, 2026

Posted
August 25, 2023
Closes
August 18, 2026
Program funding
$675,000
Expected awards
30
Cost sharing
No
Instrument
Grant
Assistance listing
47.075
Category
Science and Technology and other Research and Development
Archives
September 18, 2030

Program funding history

Awards made under Assistance Listing 47.075 across FY2024–FY2026, from public federal spending records.

FY2024 obligated
$221.5M
FY2025 obligated
$154M
FY2026 (to date) obligated
$18.4M
Awards in window
2,542

Top recipients: Regents of the University of Michigan, National Bureau of Economic Research Inc, University of Massachusetts, National Opinion Research Center, Regents of the University of California, the

Source: USAspending.gov · refreshed July 2026

Synopsis

The Decision, Risk and Management Sciences Program (DRMS) supports scientific research directed at increasing understanding and effectiveness of decision making by individuals, groups, organizations and society. DRMS supports research with solid foundations in theories and methods of the social and behavioral sciences. This social and behavioral science research should advance knowledge, address fundamental scientific and societal issues and have strong broader impacts. DRMS funds doctoral dissertation research improvement grants (DDRIGs) in the following areas:
  • Judgement and decision making.
  • Decision analysis and decision aids.
  • Risk analysis, perception and communication.
  • Societal and public-policy decision making.
  • Management science and organizational design.
All research must be grounded in theory and generalizable. Purely theoretical or algorithmic proposals are not appropriate for DRMS DDRIG proposals.

Who can apply

*Who May Submit Proposals: Proposals may only be submitted by the following: - Institutions of Higher Education (IHEs) - Ph.D. granting IHEs accredited in, and having a campus located in, the U.S. acting on behalf of their faculty members. *Who May Serve as PI: DRMS DDRIG proposals must be submitted through regular organizational channels by the dissertation advisor. The principal investigator (PI) must be the doctoral student's dissertation advisor and the co-principal investigator (co-PI) must be the doctoral student. If appropriate, and at the discretion of the submitting organization, an additional faculty advisor at the same or another institution may be listed as another co-PI. Doctoral students are expected to be at the appropriate stage of their academic careers to enable them to work with their dissertation advisors to prepare and to submit the DDRIG proposal.

How to apply

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Agency contact: U.S. National Science Foundation · grantsgovsupport@nsf.gov · 703-292-4203

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