Standard Application Process (SAP) for access to federal confidential data assets
National Science Foundation (SAP portal, on behalf of the federal statistical agencies)
Single federal portal for applying to use confidential data held by federal statistical agencies. It carries a searchable catalogue of restricted datasets and the application system used to request access for an approved research project.
- Indicative award
- Not a cash award (not a cash award)No money is awarded and no fee is published on the fetched page; the benefit is approved access to confidential federal microdata across 16 statistical agencies and roughly 1,498 catalogued datasets.
- 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 accepted through the portal on a continuing basis; individual agencies open and close their own intake, and the page flags at least one agency currently closed to new proposals.
- Who can apply
- Doctoral candidate, Postdoctoral, Early-career faculty, Mid-career & senior, Any faculty rank
- Eligibility
- Access is granted per approved project by the data-owning agency, so eligibility gates are set agency by agency; the portal notes current agency-level restrictions (IRS applications to reopen for 2026, NCES not accepting or reviewing new proposals). The fetched page does not state general citizenship or institution rules.
- SSWR clusters
- Topics
- restricted federal data · data catalogue · evidence-based policymaking
- Apply at
- https://sap.nsf.gov/?rdg-redirect=1
- 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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