Law & Science (LS)
U.S. National Science Foundation, Directorate for Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences
Supports social scientific study of law and law-like systems of rules, of law and human behavior, and of how science and technology are used in legal settings.
- Indicative award
- Amount not published (varies by call)No award size is published on the program page.
- Timing
- Varies by programmeNo specific published date recorded. This funder publishes a cycle rather than a date, and this database does not invent one.Page shows "No upcoming due dates. Program PD 21-128Y is currently waiting for a new publication."
- Who can apply
- Early-career faculty, Mid-career & senior, Any faculty rank
- Eligibility
- Submitted by an eligible organization under the NSF PAPPG; the program page states no additional eligibility restrictions. Proposals go in under program code PD 21-128Y via Research.gov or Grants.gov.
- SSWR clusters
- Topics
- law and behavior · legal institutions · courts · regulation
- Apply at
- https://www.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/ls-law-science
- This entry
- Curated by the working group. Written 2026-08-07. Funder link last confirmed to resolve on 2026-09-25.
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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