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SBE Minority Postdoctoral Research Fellowships and Follow-up Research Starter Grants (MPRF)

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Archived funding opportunity

This document has been archived. See NSF 23-500 for the latest version.

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NSF Financial Assistance awards (grants and cooperative agreements) made on or after October 1, 2024, will be subject to the applicable set of award conditions, dated October 1, 2024, available on the NSF website. These terms and conditions are consistent with the revised guidance specified in the OMB Guidance for Federal Financial Assistance published in the Federal Register on April 22, 2024.

Important information for proposers

All proposals must be submitted in accordance with the requirements specified in this funding opportunity and in the NSF Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG) that is in effect for the relevant due date to which the proposal is being submitted. It is the responsibility of the proposer to ensure that the proposal meets these requirements. Submitting a proposal prior to a specified deadline does not negate this requirement.

Updates to NSF Research Security Policies

On July 10, 2025, NSF issued an Important Notice providing updates to the agency's research security policies, including a research security training requirement, Malign Foreign Talent Recruitment Program annual certification requirement, prohibition on Confucius institutes and an updated FFDR reporting and submission timeline.

Synopsis

The Directorate for Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences (SBE) offers Minority Postdoctoral Research Fellowships and Research Starter Grants in an effort to increase the diversity of researchers who participate in NSF programs in the social, behavioral and economic sciences and thereby increase the participation of scientists from underrepresented groups in selected areas of science in the United States.  These activities (postdoctoral fellowships and follow-up research starter grants) support training and research in the areas of social, behavioral  and economic sciences within the purview of NSF.

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Program contacts

Name Email Phone Organization
Fahmida Chowdhury-Program Officer
 fchowdhu@nsf.gov (703) 292-4672 CISE/IIS
Christina M. Jones-Science Assistant
 chjones@nsf.gov (703) 292-2960 SBE/SBE

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