Linguistics Program - NSF Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Awards (Ling-DDRI) due 7/15/24

March 25, 2024

The Linguistics Program of the U.S. National Science Foundation seeks to advance basic understanding and methods in the study of language. The Linguistics Program expects that the research it supports will draw upon and enhance fundamental theory in linguistics, and it will encourage and support potentially transformative research that has potential larger-scale, longer-term significance for both basic understanding and for societal benefit. Doctoral dissertation research improvement (DDRI) awards provide support to enhance and improve the dissertation projects conducted by doctoral students enrolled in the U.S. 

Funding: Proposal budgets cannot exceed $12,000 in direct costs for the entire duration of the award; indirect costs are in addition to this maximum direct cost limitation and are subject to the awardee's current Federally negotiated indirect cost rate.

Deadline: July 15, 2024 

Citizenship: Unrestricted; the applicant is the university