Methodology, Measurement, and Statistics
NSF’s MMS Program funds interdisciplinary social, behavioral, and economic sciences research on innovative methodology, measurement, and statistics, plus related conferences, community-building, dissertation support, REU supplements, and CAREER awards.
⚑ DDRI proposals require a PI who is the doctoral student’s advisor or another faculty member at the U.S. institution and a co-PI who is the doctoral student. · Supports multiple mechanisms: regular research, conferences/community-development activities, DDRI, REU supplements, and CAREER awards. · Program is in NSF SBE and is explicitly interdisciplinary, with utility across multiple social/behavioral/economic fields.
Unit fits — one characterization, each unit's own rules
| Physical Sciences & Engineering (demo) | 80 strong | technical depth: substantial; funds basic research |
| IPPRA | 70 strong | outside portfolio topics; social/behavioral work is central; funds basic research |
| Tom Love Innovation Hub | 10 none | deep-tech content; no commercialization signal |
Description
The Methodology, Measurement, and Statistics (MMS) Program is an interdisciplinary program in the Directorate for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences that supports the development of innovative analytical and statistical methods and models for those sciences. MMS seeks proposals that are methodologically innovative, grounded in theory, and have potential utility for multiple fields within the social, behavioral, and economicsciences. As part of its larger portfolio, the MMS Program partners with a consortium of federal statistical agencies to support research proposals that further the production and use of official statistics.
The MMS Program provides support through a number of different funding mechanisms. The following mechanisms are addressed in this solicitation:
Regular Research Awards
Awards for conferences and community-development activities
Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement (DDRI) Grants
Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Supplements
MMS also supports Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) awards. Please see the CAREER Program Web Site for more informationabout this activity.
Eligibility
*Who May Serve as PI:
Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Awards: DDRI proposals must be submitted with a principal investigator (PI) and a co-principal investigator (co-PI). The PI must be the advisor of the doctoral student or another faculty member at the U.S. institution where the doctoral student is enrolled. The co-PI must be the doctoral student whose dissertation research will be supported.
For all other types of awards, there are no restrictions or limits.
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