Methodology, Measurement, and Statistics (MMS)
- Funder
- U.S. National Science Foundation
- Award amount
- Not specified
- Deadline
- January 28, 2027
- Eligible countries
- United States
Summary
The Methodology, Measurement, and Statistics (MMS) Program is an interdisciplinary program in the Directorate for 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, behavioral, and economic 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 production and use of official statistics. The MMS Program provides support through a number of different funding mechanisms. The following mechanisms are addressed in this solicitation:
Regular Research Awards Awards for conferences and community-development activities Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement (DDRI) Grants Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Supplements
MMS also supports Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) awards. Please see the CAREER Program Web Site for more information about this activity.
Summary as listed on Grants.gov (opportunity 314743). Always read the full announcement for eligibility, limits and how to apply.
Read the full announcement on Grants.gov →What U.S. National Science Foundation reviewers look for
- Intellectual Merit: the potential to advance knowledge.
- Broader Impacts: the potential to benefit society, with named partners, numbers and a way to assess them.
- For both, reviewers weigh the quality of the plan, the team's qualifications and resources, and how success will be measured.
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