How much funding is available in total?

$16,000,000 across the whole programme. This is the total the funder has allocated, not an amount any single applicant can receive.

Is matching funding required?

No. The source states that no matching funds are required. Cost sharing is false.

OtherOpenU.S. National Science Foundation

Research Infrastructure in the Social and Behavioral Sciences

Awards $400,000 – $2,000,000 per recipient for business, individual, nonprofit, other legal entity, public agency, tribal government, unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled additional information on eligibility, closing Not stated.

Official page

Business Individual Nonprofit Other Legal Entity Public Agency Tribal Government Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility Science and Technology and other Research and Development

In one sentence

Research Infrastructure in the Social and Behavioral Sciences awards $400,000 – $2,000,000 per recipient, open to business, individual, nonprofit, other legal entity, public agency, tribal government, unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field…

Record fields

Program pool (total): $16,000,000
Total across all awards in this programme. Not an amount any single applicant can receive.
Award ceiling (per project): $2,000,000
Award floor is $400,000 and award ceiling is $2,000,000. Total estimated funding is $16,000,000 with an expected number of 5 awards.
Award floor: $400,000
Typical award: Not confirmed
Deadline: Not stated
Deadline type: unknown
Opens: Oct 5, 2023
Status: Open
Eligible entities: Business · Individual · Nonprofit · Other Legal Entity · Public Agency · Tribal Government · Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility
Geography: Not stated
Matching funds: No
Disbursement: Not confirmed
Application effort: Not confirmed
Currency: USD

How much money is available?

Two different figures govern a programme and they are not interchangeable. The programme pool is what the funder has allocated across every award it will make this cycle. The award ceiling is the most one applicant can be granted.

Program pool (total)Across all awards this cycle

$16,000,000

Award ceiling (per project)The most one applicant can receive

$2,000,000

Source wording: “Award floor is $400,000 and award ceiling is $2,000,000. Total estimated funding is $16,000,000 with an expected number of 5 awards.”

Who can apply?

entity

Business, Individual, Nonprofit, Other Legal Entity, Public Agency, Tribal Government, Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility

Source field: entity types

industry

Science and Technology and other Research and Development

Source field: industries

use

computational tools, data, data collection or assembly efforts, software platforms

Source field: use of funds

size limit

Not stated

Source field: applicant size limit

clause text

Applicant types are unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity), subject to any clarification in text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility".

We store the structured fields above. Clause-by-clause text from the guidelines is not connected for this record.

When does it close?

Not statedunknown deadline

The RISBS program administers separate solicitations for ANES, GSS, and PSID with specific submission deadlines. Other infrastructure proposals may be submitted at any time or transferred from other SBE programs.

What can the money be used for?

computational toolsdatadata collection or assembly effortssoftware platforms

These categories come from the source's own classification. A line-item cost table, where the programme publishes one, lives in the guidelines and is not parsed for this record.

How hard is the application?

Application effort: Not confirmed
Disbursement: Not confirmed
Matching funds: No
Cost sharing is false.

Who has received this funding?

No award records yet

We hold no prior awards for this programme. That is a gap in what we have connected, not a finding that the programme has never funded anyone — check the official page, which may list past recipients.

Common questions

Every answer below is a stored field from this record. Questions the source did not answer are not asked.

How much can one applicant receive?: $400,000 – $2,000,000 per recipient. The source states: “Award floor is $400,000 and award ceiling is $2,000,000. Total estimated funding is $16,000,000 with an expected number of 5 awards.”.
How much funding is available in total?: $16,000,000 across the whole programme. This is the total the funder has allocated, not an amount any single applicant can receive.
Who is eligible to apply?: Business, Individual, Nonprofit, Other Legal Entity, Public Agency, Tribal Government, Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility.
What can the funding be used for?: computational tools, data, data collection or assembly efforts, software platforms, as classified by the source.
Is matching funding required?: No. The source states that no matching funds are required. Cost sharing is false.

Provenance

Source pagegrants.gov

Retrieved2026-09-01

MethodAutomated check

First seen2026-09-01

The official page governs. If the source and this record disagree, the source is correct — programmes change their terms between our checks, so confirm every figure above before you apply.