Closed · 14-538 · CFDA 47.075 · Discretionary

Human-Environment and Geographical Sciences Program - Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Awards

Federal grant opportunity posted by U.S. National Science Foundation, cataloged on Grants.gov.

$6K-$16K
Award range
Closed
Status
-
Close date
40
Expected awards

The verdict

Human-Environment and Geographical Sciences Program - Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Awards is a closed discretionary listing from U.S. National Science Foundation that offered $6,000 -- $16,000 across 40 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 1,338 other opportunities from U.S. National Science Foundation.

$6K-$16K
award range
Closed
application status
40
expected awards
47.075
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

Human-Environment and Geographical Sciences P… is closed. The parent program page for CFDA 47.075 is the reliable place to catch re-announcements. U.S. National Science Foundation still indexes 1,338 other opportunities here.

According to Grants.gov (extract vintage 2026-08-10), this record reflects the officially published listing. See methodology.

Deadline tracker

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Posted Jun 6 Closed

Est. Total Funding

$600,000

Expected Awards

40

Instrument

Grant

Description

As specified in the Geography and Spatial Sciences Program strategic plan, the goals of the NSF Geography and Spatial Sciences (GSS) Program are the following: To promote scientific research in geography and the spatial sciences that advances theory and basic understanding and that addresses the challenges facing society.To promote the integration of geographers and spatial scientists in interdisciplinary research.To promote education and training of geographers and spatial scientists in order to enhance the capabilities of current and future generations of researchers.To promote the development and use of scientific methods and tools for geographic research. The Geography and Spatial Sciences Program sponsors research on the geographic distributions and interactions of human, physical, and biotic systems on Earth. Investigators are encouraged to propose plans for research about the nature, causes, and consequences of human activity and natural environmental processes across a range of scales. Projects on a variety of topics qualify for support if they offer promise of contributing to scholarship by enhancing geographical knowledge, concepts, theories, methods, and their application to societal problems and concerns. As part of its effort to encourage and support projects that explicitly integrate education and basic research, GSS provides support to improve the conduct of doctoral dissertation projects undertaken by doctoral students enrolled in U.S. universities when the dissertation research is conducted in a scientifically sound manner and it offers strong potential for enhancing more general scientific knowledge. This solicitation addresses the preparation and evaluation of proposals for Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement (DDRI) awards. Instructions for submission of proposals for regular research awards; proposals for awards for conferences, workshops, group-travel support, and community-development or community-serving activities; proposals for research coordination network (RCN) awards; and proposals for rapid-response research (RAPID) awards appear in another GSS solicitation (http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf14537).

Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · 14-538

Grants.gov marks Human-Environment and Geographical Sciences P… with a catch-all / unrestricted eligibility code (Others (see official listing text)). Read the official announcement text for the real applicant filter — the code alone is not a door list. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Grant. Funding-activity code maps to Science and Technology / R&D (ST). This eligibility-code string dominates the U.S. National Science Foundation book (722 peers, 54% of 1,339).

Code 25
Others (see official listing text)

Codes are Grants.gov eligibility category values from the extract vintage 2026-08-10. Confirm the full eligibility statement on the official listing or the Grants.gov eligibility reference.

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What to do next

Human-Environment and Geographical Sciences P… is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.

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