Research Infrastructure in the Social and Behavioral Sciences (RISBS)
U.S. National Science Foundation, Directorate for Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences
Funds computational tools and data resources that support basic social and behavioral research — data collection or assembly that yields a shared resource for a research community, or software platforms that let others collect data.
- 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" and "Program PD 23-277Y is currently waiting for a new publication."
- Who can apply
- Early-career faculty, Mid-career & senior, Any faculty rank
- Eligibility
- Organizational submission under NSF PAPPG rules via Research.gov or Grants.gov under program code PD 23-277Y. The project must produce a resource for a community of researchers, not a dataset for one team's own study.
- SSWR clusters
- Topics
- data infrastructure · research software · shared datasets
- Apply at
- https://www.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/risbs-research-infrastructure-social-behavioral-sciences
- 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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