Opportunity Listing - Law & Science

Law & Science

Agency: U.S. National Science Foundation

Assistance Listings: 47.075 -- Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences

Last Updated: July 9, 2025

Description

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.

Eligibility

Eligible applicants

Miscellaneous

Unrestricted

Additional information

Grantor contact information

Description

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Link to additional information

NSF Program Desccription PD-21-128Y

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Proposals accepted anytime

Application process

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Award

$5,500,000

Program Funding

Expected awards

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Award Minimum

$--

Award Maximum

Funding opportunity number:

PD-21-128Y

Cost sharing or matching requirement:

Funding instrument type:

Grant

Opportunity Category:

Discretionary

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Category of Funding Activity:

Science technology and other research and development

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History

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Posted date:

October 15, 2020

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