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Opportunity Summary:

This National Science Foundation (NSF) grant opportunity, titled "Political Science" (Funding Opportunity Number PD 98 1371; CFDA 47.075), supports scientific research aimed at advancing knowledge about citizenship, government, and politics. The program is housed within NSF's Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences portfolio and is designed to fund research and related activities that contribute to the core goals of political science as an empirical, theory-driven discipline. Projects funded through this program are expected to be grounded in clear theoretical arguments, use conceptually precise frameworks, apply rigorous and appropriate methods, and be empirically oriented, meaning proposals should generally connect claims to observable evidence through well-justified research designs.

The scope of topics is broad and covers major subfields across the discipline. This includes American government and politics, comparative politics, international relations, political behavior, political economy, and political institutions. In practical terms, the program is interested in research that explains how political systems work, how people and groups behave politically, how institutions shape outcomes, and how political processes evolve over time and across different settings. The solicitation emphasizes quality and rigor rather than narrowing applicants to a small set of favored themes, so long as the work advances understanding in political science and is carried out with strong theoretical and methodological foundations.

Examples of areas that have been supported in recent years illustrate the range of work the program will consider. These include research on bargaining processes; campaigns and elections; electoral choice and electoral systems; citizen support in both emerging and established democracies; democratization and broader patterns of political change, including regime transitions; domestic and international conflict; international political economy; party activism; and topics in political psychology such as political tolerance. These examples signal that the program funds both micro-level studies (for instance, individual attitudes and behavior) and macro-level work (such as regime change, institutions, and international dynamics), as well as research that connects levels of analysis where appropriate.

Beyond standard research awards, the program also supports capacity-building within the field. That includes research experiences for undergraduate students and "infrastructural" activities that help strengthen political science as a discipline. Infrastructure in this context can involve methodological innovations, tools, approaches, datasets, or other resources that improve how political science research is conducted and shared. The announcement also points applicants toward NSF's SBE Office of Multidisciplinary Activities (SMA), signaling an interest in projects that may benefit from or connect to cross-cutting, interdisciplinary efforts within NSF.

From an administrative standpoint, this is a discretionary grant program with no cost sharing or matching requirement. Eligibility is listed as unrestricted, meaning it is broadly open to many entity types, though applicants are advised to confirm any specific eligibility clarifications in the full announcement materials. The program historically operated with recurring target dates for full proposals of August 15 and January 15 each year, and it specifies that the deadline for doctoral dissertation proposals is January 15. While the original posting dates reflect an earlier cycle (initially posted March 6, 2009, with later updates), the key takeaway is that the program followed an annual recurring schedule during the period described, with proposals submitted around those target dates.

For practical help, the listing provides standard NSF support points: applicants who have trouble accessing the announcement electronically are directed to NSF's Grants.gov support (grantsgovsupport@nsf.gov). The opportunity is administered by the National Science Foundation, and additional details are referenced through an NSF program description link for PD 98 1371, which would be the main place to confirm current submission instructions, requirements, and any updates to topic emphasis, deadlines, or proposal types.

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