Federal Statistical Research Data Centers (FSRDC) project access
U.S. Census Bureau and partner federal statistical agencies
Secure physical and remote enclaves where approved researchers analyse restricted-access federal microdata, including censuses, surveys, linked employer-employee data and federal and state administrative records.
- Indicative award
- Not a cash award (not a cash award)No award amount. The benefit is in-kind access to confidential microdata in a secure environment; the fetched page does not state fees, and directs applicants to partner-agency guidance for costs.
- Timing
- Rolling / openNo specific published date recorded. This funder publishes a cycle rather than a date, and this database does not invent one.Applications are made through the Standard Application Process rather than on a published deadline calendar; the fetched page gives no review timeline.
- Who can apply
- Doctoral candidate, Postdoctoral, Early-career faculty, Mid-career & senior, Any faculty rank
- Eligibility
- Access is by approved project only, through the federal Standard Application Process; researchers must meet project and researcher eligibility requirements set by the data-owning agency and normally work from one of the 30+ centres hosted at partner research institutions. The page directs applicants to partner-agency pages for citizenship and fee specifics.
- SSWR clusters
- Topics
- restricted microdata · secure data enclave · administrative records linkage
- Apply at
- https://www.census.gov/about/adrm/fsrdc.html
- This entry
- Curated by the working group. Written 2026-08-07. The funder link has not yet been machine-checked.
Amounts and dates on this page are indicative and are maintained by people rather than scraped. Funders change ceilings, windows and eligibility without notice; confirm all details at the source above before applying.
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