This program supports early-career graduate students in NSF-supported STEM fields. Fellows benefit from a three-year annual stipend of $34,000 along with a $12,000 cost of education allowance.
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Astronomy and Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellowships
Applications are submitted directly by the applicant to NSF. Each candidate must identify one or more sponsoring scientist(s) and host institution(s) at the time of proposal submission. Candidates may propose to hold the fellowship at U.S. institutions of higher education, NSF-funded national centers, facilities or institutes such as the national observatories or the Kavli Institute […]
Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant – Political Science
Through its competitive grants competitions, the Political Science Program of the U.S. National Science Foundation seeks to advance basic understanding and methods in Political Science and related fields to enhance fundamental knowledge and practice.
Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant – Economics
The NSF DDRIG allows doctoral students to improve the quality of dissertation research by providing funds for items not normally available through the student’s university and supporting data-gathering projects and field research that would not otherwise be possible.
Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant – Science, Technology & Society
This DDRIG funds research on dissertation topics related to Science, Technology, and Society. Funds may be used for field research, equipment, travel, and data collection. This award is intended to improve some component of the dissertation. Students must be ABD prior to receiving the award.
Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant – Decision, Risk and Management Sciences
The Decision, Risk and Management Sciences program supports scientific research directed at increasing the understanding and effectiveness of decision making by individuals, groups, organizations, and society. DDRIGs cover expenses such as travel, special equipment, and participation fees.
Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant – Arctic Social Sciences
Fellowships for up to two years are available to graduate students enrolled in a US university or institution. Applicants in the social sciences and humanities should be working on dissertations related to the study of the Arctic and northern regions. Applicants must be nominated by an academic advisor. No deadline for submissions.
Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant – Sociology
The Sociology DDRI supports both original data collections and secondary data analysis for basic research on all forms of human social organization–societies, institutions, groups and demography–and processes of individual and institutional change. Awards may not exceed $12,000.
Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant – Biological Anthropology
The NSF-DDRIG in Biological Anthropology Program supports multifaceted research to advance scientific knowledge of human biology and ecology, including understanding of our evolutionary history and mechanisms that have shaped human and nonhuman primate biological diversity.
Postdoctoral Research Fellowship – Mathematical Sciences
The purpose of this research fellowship is to support future leaders in the mathematical sciences by enabling them to participate in research environments that will have maximal impact on their future scientific development. There will be two options for awardees: Research Fellowship and Research Instructorship. Awards will be made for appropriate research in areas of […]