Law & Science

National Science Foundation (NSF)

Next deadline: Jan 15, 2024

Later deadlines: Aug 1, 2024, Jan 15, 2025, Aug 1, 2025, Jan 15, 2026, Aug 1, 2026, Jan 15, 2027, Aug 1, 2027, Jan 15, 2028, Aug 1, 2028, Jan 15, 2029, Aug 1, 2029, Jan 15, 2030, Aug 1, 2030

Grant amount: Unspecified amount

Funding uses: Research

Location of project: Anywhere in the world

Location of residency: United States

Overview:

NOTE: Applications are due on the following dates:

• Standard and Collaborative Research and Conference Proposals:
• January 15, 2021; January 15, 2022; January 15, 2023; January 15, 2024;  and January 15, 2025.
• Standard and Collaborative Research and Conference Proposals:
• August 2, 2021; August 1, 2022; August 1, 2023; August 1, 2024; and August 1, 2025.

The Law & Science Program considers proposals that address social scientific studies of law and law-like systems of rules, as wellas studies of how science and technology are applied in legal contexts. The Program is inherently interdisciplinary and multi-methodological.Successful proposals describe research that advances scientific theory and understanding of the connections between human behavior and law, legal institutions, or legal processes; or the interactions of law and basic sciences, including biology, computer and information sciences, STEM education, engineering, geosciences, and math and physical sciences.Scientific studies of law often approach law as dynamic, interacting with multiple arenas, and with the participation of multiple actors.

Fields of study include many disciplines, and often address problems including, though not limited, to:

• Crime, Violence, and Policing
• Cyberspace
• Economic Issues
• Environmental Science
• Evidentiary Issues
• Forensic Science
• Governance and Courts
• Human Rights and Comparative Law
• Information Technology
• Legal and Ethical Issues related to Science
• Legal Decision Making
• Legal Mobilization and Conceptions of Justice
• Litigation and the Legal Profession
• Punishment and Corrections
• Regulation and Facilitation of Biotechnology (e.g., Gene Editing, Gene Testing, Synthetic Biology) and Other Emerging Sciences and Technologies
• Use of Science in the Legal Processes

LS supports the following types of proposals:

• Standard Research Grants and Grants for Collaborative Research
• Conference Awards

LS also participates in a number of specialized funding opportunities through NSF’s cross-cutting and cross-directorate activities, including, for example:

• Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program
• Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU)
• Research at Undergraduate Institutions (RUI)
• Grants for Rapid Response Research (RAPID)
• Early-concept Grants for Exploratory Research (EAGER)

For information about these and other programs, please visit the Cross-cutting and NSF-wide Active Funding Opportunities homepage.

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