Accountable Institutions and Behavior

grants.gov listing Full announcement (NOFO)

Dealbreakers No cost share required Audit: not stated Reimbursement-only: not stated

Award range: Not specified
Expected awards: Not specified
Application deadline: No deadline listed
Posted: Aug 30, 2019
Last verified: 7 days ago

At a glance

AI summary

The AIB program supports basic scientific research on attitudes, behavior, and institutions related to public policy and public services. It focuses on topics such as decision-making, political institutions, attitude and preference formation, elections and voting, public administration, and public policy, and the work may study a single case or compare cases over time or across groups. The program is open to proposals submitted through NSF’s regular process and does not have upcoming due dates listed. It does not fund applied research, and it also supports undergraduate research experiences and infrastructure activities, including methodological innovations.

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What it funds

Science and Technology and other Research and Development
Infrastructure, Construction & Shared Facilities
Research & Discovery
Training, Fellowship & Career Development
Researchers & Scholars
Students & Learners (K-12 and Postsecondary)
Higher Education Access, Institutions & Humanities
Other / needs-review
Research Infrastructure, Instrumentation & Data

Official description from grants.gov

The Accountable Institutions and Behavior (AIB) Program supports basicscientific research that advances knowledge and understanding of issues broadly related to attitudes, behavior, and institutions connected to public policy and the provision of public services.Research proposals are expected to be theoretically motivated, conceptually precise, methodologically rigorous, and empirically oriented. Substantive areas include (but are not limited to) the study of individual and group decision-making, political institutions (appointed or elected), attitude and preference formation and expression, electoral processes and voting, public administration, and public policy. This work can focus on a single case or can be done in a comparative context, either over time or cross-sectionally.The Program does not fund applied research.The Program also supports research experiences for undergraduate students and infrastructural activities, including methodological innovations. In addition, we encourage you to examine the websites for the National Science Foundation’s Law and Science(LS), Security and Preparedness (SAP) and Research Infrastructure in the Social and Behavioral Sciences (RISBS) programs.

Who can apply

Unrestricted

Geographic restriction None found in the announcement — likely nationwide

Program history

USASpending.gov

Assistance listing 47.075 · Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences

Real awards this federal program has made — the whole assistance listing (47.075), not just this notice.

Fiscal year	Awards	Median award	Middle half
FY 2026 (so far)	89	$574,558	$210,470 – $772,299
FY 2025	559	$208,544	$38,032 – $400,000
FY 2024	838	$193,570	$86,318 – $399,791
FY 2023	869	—	—
FY 2022	895	—	—
FY 2021	958	—	—

Dollar figures are based on the 1,000 most recent awards we store, not all 4,208 — award counts are complete.

Who wins it Higher education (3,813), Business (195), Individuals (130) of 4,208 awards — categories can overlap.

Top states CA (104) · NY (88) · MA (74) · TX (73) · IL (32)

Largest recent awards

REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN $10,999,998 · FY 2024
NATIONAL OPINION RESEARCH CENTER $7,998,747 · FY 2025
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY RESEARCH FOUNDATION, THE $5,599,998 · FY 2024
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA $5,200,000 · FY 2024
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH INC $3,065,935 · FY 2024

Source: USASpending.gov · refreshed Aug 5, 2026

Change history

Since we first indexed it

Aug 1, 2026 Grant announcement document replaced
Jul 25, 2026 Grant announcement document replaced