NSF DDRIGDoctoral Dissertation Research Improvement

Grants

Is a DDRIG for you?• Aimed at Ph.D. students• To improve the quality of their own doctoral dissertation

research• Judged on the basis of scientific merit• Funding for one/two years (differs by program)• $10-$20K (differs by program); not for stipend, or things

that your institution normally provides• Open to international students, provided they are enrolled

at U.S. institutions• You do not need to have passed the comps/or be ABD

(but you need to be close)

NSF Programs that support DDRIGs

• Archaeology; Cultural Anthropology; Geography and Spatial Sciences; Linguistics; Physical Anthropology

• Decision, Risk & Management Sciences; Economics; Law & Social Science; Methodology, Measurement, & Statistics; Political Science; Science, Technology, & Society; Sociology

• Research on Science and Technology Surveys and Statistics Program

• Science of Science and Innovation Policy

National Science Foundation (NSF)

• Directorates:• Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences (SBE)• Mathematical and Physical Sciences

• Divisions (e.g. within SBE):• Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences (BCS)• Social and Economic Sciences (SES)

• Programs, e.g. within BCS:• Linguistics, Anthropology

Where do you start?• Read the DDRIG guidelines!• Read the General Grant Proposal Guide• Find the guidelines specific to the NSF program you are applying for (duration, page limits, supporting letter from Chair, etc.)

• Look for examples of successful proposals• NSF award search: www.nsf.gov/awardssearch/• Ask awardee for a copy

What you’ll need ….Duke Sponsored Research System (SPS)

• Contact your department grant manager

An account on NSF Fastlane:• Contact ORS for access• Give ORS the info below:

First name

Last name

Email

Department

Highest Degree

Year

Accessing NSF Fastlane• You will receive an email from Fastlane that an account

has been established in your name• You will receive an email from ORS notifying you of the

username and password for your Fastlane account

• Go to:

https://www.fastlane.nsf.gov/fastlane.jsp

https://www.fastlane.nsf.gov/fastlane.jsp

Login with username/password

https://www.fastlane.nsf.gov/fastlane.jsp

Create Blank Proposal

This is the Fastlane dashboard…

This is where you prepare your proposal

Cover page: organizational info

https://ors.duke.edu

ORS contact

Judith Andersson

Tel: 919-681-8925

Email: judith.andersson@duke.edu