Funding Opportunities Announcements (FOA)

Since opening its doors in 1995, The Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR) has worked to achieve the goals of its authorizing legislation by effectively highlighting and supporting the scientific opportunities that exist in basic and applied behavioral and social sciences research. Guided by its Strategic Plan. OBSSR has been working actively withit's IC partners to develop funding opportunities in the behavioral and social sciences. Although OBSSR does not have grant-making authority, it has been active in organizing and funding (through transfers to NIH Institutes and Centers) a variety of trans-NIH research programs.

Below is a list of current funding opportunity announcements in which OBSSR is involved. Please note that this is not an exhaustive list of all funding announcements related to behavioral and social sciences research, but rather only those in which OBSSR is involved. For information on other behavioral and social sciences funding announcements, please consult the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. Applicants who wish to submit “investigator-initiated” or “unsolicited” applications can do so by applying under a Parent Announcement. Information on Parent Announcements can be found at: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/parent_announcements.htm.

Comprehensive information about the grant application process is available on the office of Extramural Research web site.

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