Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences

A federal assistance program listed on Grants.gov by U.S. National Science Foundation. The listing number stays the same from one funding round to the next, so this page is the one to watch between announcements.

Funding history

Open opportunities under this listing

• Historically Black Colleges and Universities - Excellence in Research (HBCU - EiR)
  Open 23-598 · closes October 20, 2026
• SBE Postdoctoral Research Fellowships
  Open 23-500 · closes November 4, 2026
• National Science Foundation Translation to Practice (NSF TTP)
  Open 25-540 · closes November 17, 2026
• Archaeology Program Senior Research Awards
  Open 23-566 · closes December 1, 2026
• Archaeometry (AMTRY)
  Open 23-573 · closes December 1, 2026
• Arctic Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants (Arctic DDRIG) Arctic Social Sciences, Arctic System Sciences, and Arctic Observing Network (DDRIG)
  Open 20-597 · closes December 15, 2026
• Human Networks and Data Science (HNDS)
  Open 23-568 · closes January 14, 2027
• Arctic Research Opportunities
  Open 23-572 · closes January 15, 2027
• Cultural Anthropology Program Senior Research Awards (CA-SR)
  Open 25-502 · closes January 15, 2027
• Human-Environment and Geographical Sciences Program (HEGS)
  Open 25-507 · closes January 15, 2027
• Antarctic Research Not Requiring U.S. Antarctic Program (USAP) Field Support
  Open 25-526 · closes January 15, 2027
• Social Psychology
  Open PD-22-1332 · closes January 15, 2027
• Linguistics
  Open PD-98-1311 · closes January 15, 2027
• Research on the Science and Technology Enterprise: Indicators, Statistics, and Methods (NCSES S&T)
  Open 24-587 · closes January 19, 2027
• Decision, Risk and Management Sciences (DRMS)
  Open PD-23-1321 · closes January 19, 2027
• Cybersecurity Innovation for Cyberinfrastructure (CICI)
  Open 25-531 · closes January 20, 2027
• Training-based Workforce Development for Advanced Cyberinfrastructure
  Open 23-520 · closes January 21, 2027
• Security, Privacy, and Trust in Cyberspace (NSF SaTC)
  Open 25-515 · closes January 25, 2027
• EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement Program: Focused EPSCoR Collaborations (FEC)
  Open 24-573 · closes January 26, 2027
• Methodology, Measurement, and Statistics (MMS)
  Open 19-575 · closes January 28, 2027
• Biological Anthropology Program Senior Research Awards (BA-SR)
  Open 23-503 · closes February 1, 2027
• Developmental Sciences (DS)
  Open 24-544 · closes February 1, 2027
• Cognitive Neuroscience (CogNeuro)
  Open PD-24-1699 · closes February 1, 2027
• Science and Technology Studies (STS)
  Open 22-629 · closes February 2, 2027
• Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE): Future Computing Research (Future CoRe)
  Open 25-543 · closes February 4, 2027
• GROWING CONVERGENCE RESEARCH (GCR)
  Open 24-527 · closes February 8, 2027
• Mid-scale Research Infrastructure-1
  Open 24-598 · closes February 8, 2027
• A Science of Science Approach to Analyzing and Innovating the Biomedical Research Enterprise (SoS:BIO)
  Open 23-569 · closes February 9, 2027
• Science of Learning and Augmented Intelligence (SL)
  Open PD-19-127Y · closes February 10, 2027
• NSF Dynamic Language Infrastructure - NEH Documenting Endangered Languages (DLI-DEL)
  Open 22-615 · closes February 16, 2027
• Mid-Career Advancement (MCA)
  Open 22-603 · closes March 1, 2027
• Pathways to Enable Secure Open-Source Ecosystems (PESOSE)
  Open 26-506 · closes March 2, 2027
• EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement (RII): EPSCoR Research Fellows
  Open 24-528 · closes April 13, 2027
• Findable Accessible Interoperable Reusable Open Science (FAIROS)
  Open 25-533 · closes April 14, 2027
• EPSCoR Graduate Fellowship Program (EGFP)
  Open 24-588 · closes June 1, 2027
• Antarctic Research Requiring U.S. Antarctic Program (USAP) Support for Fieldwork
  Open 25-525 · closes June 1, 2027
• EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement Program: EPSCoR Collaborations for Optimizing Research Ecosystems (E-CORE)
  Open 25-523 · closes July 20, 2027
• Integrated Data Systems & Services (IDSS)
  Open 26-509 · closes July 27, 2027
• Expeditions in Computing (Expeditions)
  Open 26-525 · closes July 27, 2027
• Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER)
  Open 22-586 · closes July 28, 2027
• EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement Program: EPSCoR Research Incubators for STEM Excellence (E-RISE)
  Open 25-522 · closes August 10, 2027
• Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU)
  Open 23-601 · closes August 18, 2027
• Community Infrastructure for Research in Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CIRC)
  Open 23-589 · closes September 10, 2027
• The Research on Research Security Program (RoRS)
  Open PD-25-275Y
• High-Risk Research in Biological Anthropology and Archaeology (HRRBAA)
  Open 19-570
• Growing Research Access for Nationally Transformative Economic Development (GRANTED)
  Open PD-23-221Y
• Collaboratory to Advance Mathematics Education and Learning (CAMEL) for K-12
  Open 26-501
• National Science Foundation National Innovation Corps Teams (NSF National I-CorpsTM Teams) Program
  Open 25-549
• Facilitating Research at Primarily Undergraduate Institutions: (RUI and ROA-PUI)
  Open 14-579
• Science of Organizations (SoO)
  Open PD-11-8031
• Security and Preparedness (SAP)
  Open PD-19-118Y
• Accountable Institutions and Behavior (AIB)
  Open PD-19-120Y
• Science of Science: Discovery, Communication and Impact (SoS:DCI)
  Open PD-19-126Y
• Law & Science (LS)
  Open PD-21-128Y
• Economics
  Open PD-23-1320
• Sociology
  Open PD-98-1331
• Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR): Workshop Opportunities
  Open 24-540
• Research Infrastructure in the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  Open PD-23-277Y
• Cyberinfrastructure for Public Access and Open Science
  Open PD-24-7414

Recently closed

• Major Research Instrumentation Program
  Closed 23-519 · closed before November 16, 2026
• NSF's Eddie Bernice Johnson Inclusion across the Nation of Communities of Learners of Underrepresented Discoverers in Engineering and Science (INCLUDES) Initiative
  Closed 22-622 · closed before October 27, 2026
• Mathematical Foundations of Artificial Intelligence (MFAI)
  Closed 24-569 · closed October 9, 2026
• U.S. National Science Foundation Research Traineeship (NRT) Program
  Closed 24-597 · closed September 8, 2026
• Decision, Risk and Management Sciences - Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants
  Closed 23-618 · closed August 18, 2026
• Perception, Action & Cognition
  Closed PD-09-7252 · closed August 3, 2026
• National Quantum and Nanotechnology Infrastructure (NQNI)
  Closed 26-505 · closed May 14, 2026
• Archaeology and Archaeometry
  Closed PD-98-1391
• Innovation and Organizational Sciences (IOS)
  Closed PD-07-5376
• Incorporating Human Behavior in Epidemiological Models (IHBEM)
  Closed 25-538
• Strengthening American Infrastructure (SAI)
  Closed 25-534
• Science and Technology Centers: Integrative Partnerships
  Closed 24-594
• Data Science Corps (DSC)
  Closed 24-560
• Science and Technology Centers: Integrative Partnerships
  Closed 22-521