Student Funding Source
Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grants in the Directorate for Biological Sciences (DDIG)
The NSF awards Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grants in selected areas of the biological sciences. These grants provide partial support of doctoral dissertation research in order to improve the overall quality of the research, to allow doctoral candidates to conduct research in specialized facilities or field settings away from the home campus, and to provide opportunities for greater diversity in collecting and creativity in analyzing data than would otherwise be possible using only locally available resources.
Proposals whose focus falls within the scope of any program in the Division of Environmental Biology, or the Animal Behavior or Ecological and Evolutionary Physiology programs in the Division of Integrative Biology and Neuroscience are eligible.
Applicant must have advanced to the candidate level, and usually must be in their final year of writing.
IOS (Beh Sys Cluster) - Program Officer, 703/292-8423, ddig-ios@nsf.gov
* Student must have advanced to candidacy for PhD before the submission deadline
* All students at U.S. institutions are eligible to apply, regardless of citizenship
Research (general),Other
These awards are intended to provide supplemental funds for items not normally available from the student's university of other sources. Funds may not be used for stipends, tuition, textbooks, journals, allowances for dependents, publication costs, dissertation preparation or reproduction, or indirect costs. The budget justification must explain why and how the requested funds are supplemental to funding from the university of other sources.
Submitted online via FastLane:
* Information about all Principal Investigators/Project Directors including the student and other co-PIs.
* Cover Page (NSF Form 1207)
* The Project Summary should be no more than 200 words.
* Project Description
* Budget Justification
* Supplementary information, including a Context for Improvement statement and a signed statement by department chairperson, graduate dean or similar administrative official testifying that student has advanced to candidacy for a Ph.D.
* BIO Proposal Classification Form
Detailed instructions for proposal preparation and submission via FastLane are available at: http://www.fastlane.nsf.gov/a1/newstan.htm.
