Methodology, Measurement, and Statistics  (MMS)

PROGRAM GUIDELINES

Solicitation  08-561

Please be advised that the NSF Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG) includes revised guidelines to implement the mentoring provisions of the America COMPETES Act (ACA) (Pub. L. No. 110-69, Aug. 9, 2007.) As specified in the ACA, each proposal that requests funding to support postdoctoral researchers must include a description of the mentoring activities that will be provided for such individuals. Proposals that do not comply with this requirement will be returned without review (see the PAPP Guide Part I: Grant Proposal Guide Chapter II for further information about the implementation of this new requirement).

DUE DATES

Full Proposal Target Date:  January 16, 2010

January 16, Annually Thereafter

Full Proposal Target Date:  August 16, 2010

August 16, Annually Thereafter

SYNOPSIS

The Methodology, Measurement, and Statistics (MMS) Program is an interdisciplinary program in the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences that supports the development of innovative analytical and statistical methods and models for those sciences. MMS seeks proposals that are methodologically innovative, grounded in theory, and have potential utility for multiple fields within the social and behavioral sciences.  As part of its larger portfolio, the MMS Program partners with a consortium of federal statistical agencies to support research proposals that further the development of new and innovative approaches to surveys and to the analysis of survey data.

The MMS Program supports a variety of different types of awards, including:

1) Regular Research Awards
2) Mid-Career Research Fellowships
3) Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants
4) Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Supplements

RELATED URLS

Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program

Research in Undergraduate Institutions (RUI)

Research Experiences for Undergraduates Program (REU)

ADVANCE: Increasing the Participation and Advancement of Women in Academic Science and Engineering Careers

SBE Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grants

MMS specific page for Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants

Mathematical Social and Behavioral Sciences (MSBS)

No Cost Extensions

Workshop Reports

Historical Methodology, Measurement, and Statistics Awards

Historical Research on Survey and Statistical Methodology Awards

Mid-Career Methodological Opportunities Awards

Research on Data Confidentiality (Dear Colleague Letter)

Encouraging Submission of Proposals involving Complexity and Interacting Systems to Programs in SBE (Dear Colleague Letter)

Abstracts of Recent Awards Made Through This Program

Discoveries