SBE Postdoctoral Research Fellowships (SPRF)

In plain English

U.S. National Science Foundation is accepting applications for this grant until Nov 4, 2026 (20 days left).

Individual awards range from $160,000 to $170,000, the agency expects to make 20 awards and estimated total program funding is $3,000,000.

Eligibility is described in the listing text (the "Others" category).

The listing says cost sharing or matching is not required.

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• Others (see the eligibility details in the listing)

Additional eligibility information (excerpt from the listing):

*Who May Submit Proposals: Proposals may only be submitted by the following: - Proposals must be submitted by the individual and not the host institution. NSF SBE Postdoctoral Research Fellowship proposals are submitted directly by the postdoctoral fellow to NSF and the award is made directly to the postdoctoral fellow. Awards are not made or transferred to the host institution under any circumstance. Each postdoctoral fellow must identify one sponsoring scientist and host institution (with whom the sponsoring scientist is affiliated) at the time of proposal submission. …

Excerpt from the official synopsis on Grants.gov (shortened; read the full text on the official listing):

The Directorate for Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences (SBE) offers Postdoctoral Research Fellowships to encourageindependence earlyin the fellow'scareerby supporting his or herresearch and training goals.The research and training plan of each fellowship must address important scientific questions within thescope of the SBE directorate and the specific guidelines in this solicitation. The SPRF program offers two tracks: (I) Fundamental Research in the SBE Sciences (SPRF-FR) and (II) Broadening Participation in the SBE Sciences (SPRF-BP). See the full text of the solicitation for a detailed description of these tracks.

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