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• National Science Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant (NSF DDRI)

National Science Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant (NSF DDRI) awards are now known as American Sociological Association Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants (ASA DDRI).

Previous NSF DDRI Grant Recipients :

2019 laura adler ; advisor: frank dobbin ; project: "pay-setting for new hires" kristina brant ; advisor: mario l. small ; project: "parental opioid addiction and kinship care" jared schachner ; advisor: robert j. sampson ; project: " skill-based sorting into neighborhoods and schools", 2018 blythe george ; advisor: william julius wilson ; project: " employment of native americans with criminal records" barbara kiviat ; advisor: frank dobbin ; project: " the moral foundations of the big data economy" amy tsang ; advisor: michele lamont ; project: " how people become urban" linda zhao ; advisor: jason beckfield ; project: " spatial inequality in birth outcomes - testing classes of proximate mechanisms", 2017 nathan wilmers ; advisor: bruce western ; project: "the role of employers in rising wage inequality" thomas wooten ; advisor:  mary c. waters ; project: "the transition to college experience of low-income students", 2015 carly knight ; advisor: frank dobbin ; project: "the development of corporate personhood law in comparative perspective, 1886-2014" jasmin sandelson ; advisor: matthew desmond ; project: "unaccompanied homeless youth" chi wang ; advisor: bart bonikowski ; project: "the process and consequences of the work of 911 dispatchers", 2013 christopher muller ; advisor: bruce western ; project: "racial disparity in american incarceration, 1868-1950" kimberly e. pernell ; advisor: frank dobbin ; project: "the causes of divergent banking regulation, 1988-2006" eva rosen ; advisor:  mary c. waters ; project: "post-public housing spatial concentration", 2012 jovonne bickerstaff ; advisor: orlando patterson ; project: "how attitudes and practices shape enduring relationships", 2010 nathan fosse ; advisor: michele lamont ; project: "low-income youth and perceptions of mortality" chana teeger ; advisor: mary c. waters ; project: "apartheid education and race relations", 2009 christopher bail ; advisor: michele lamont ; project: "a multi-level study of symbolic boundaries towards muslims, 2001-2007" jeffrey denis ; advisor: william julius wilson ; project: "native and non-native group interactions" jiwook jung ; advisor: frank dobbin ; project: "shareholder value and the new american workplace: investor-driven downsizing, 1980-2007" laura tach ; advisor: christopher jencks ; project: "the social consequences of neighborhood economic diversity", 2008 simone ispa-landa ; advisor: orlando patterson ; project: "urban-to-suburban racial desegregation: a natural experiment" mark pachucki ; advisor: nicholas christakis ; project: "health behaviors and social networks", 2007 lydia bean ; advisor: jason kaufman ; project: "a comparative study of political socialization in religious groups in the united states and canada" maria rendon ; advisor: mary c. waters ; project: "transition out of school and into young adulthood:the role of neighborhoods in education and work outcomes of mexican american youth" lauren rivera ; advisor: michele lamont ; project: "hiring and inequality in high prestige professions", 2006 elisabeth jacobs ; advisor: christopher jencks ; project: "the perception and management of family economic risk" zoua vang ; advisor:  mary c. waters ; project: "spatial assimilation or residential segregation a comparative study of racial and ethnic minority residential patterns in ireland and the u.s.", 2004 jal mehta ;  advisor: christopher jencks ; project: "the transformation of american educational policy, 1980-2001" natasha warikoo ; advisor: mary c. waters ; project: "bringing culture back in: cultural assimilation and the second generation in the global city", 2003 david j. harding ; advisor: katherine newman ; project: "linking culture and structure to adolescent outcomes in poor neighborhoods" dongxiao liu ; advisor: theda skocpol ; project: "how world conferences matter: transnational influences and organizational change in two national women's movements, 2002 tomas jimenez ; advisor: mary c. waters ; project: "the effects of mexican immigration on mexican american ethnicity", 2000 irene bloemraad ; advisor: theda skocpol ; project: "the political incorporation of immigrants: citizenship and participation in the united states and canada" ziad munson ;  advisor: theda skocpol ; project: "mobilization in the american pro-life movement".

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All proposals for APSA Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants must include the following:

Proposal Summary

No longer than 500 words The proposal summary should be a succinct overview of the project, including the central research question, a brief note on how the project fits with existing research on the issue, a short overview of the research plan, and an indication of how the grant is expected to improve the overall dissertation.

Project Description and Research Plan

• A general description of the research question and how it fits into the existing literature, and the theory, hypotheses and/or argument the dissertation will apply, and the method(s) or approach(es) used to answer the research question
• A full description of the research activities and the methodological approach(es) that would be supported by the grant, including their purpose in the context of the overall research project
• A discussion of any pilot programs, pre-analysis, or initial data collection that you have completed and how the grant supported activities are necessary to confirm or build on initial findings
• A well-developed research plan and timeline for the grant-supported activities
• An explicit explanation of the intellectual merit and broader impact of the proposed research. Intellectual merit will be evaluated based on the project’s potential to advance knowledge and understanding within political science or across fields (including the field of political science), while broader impact will be evaluated based on the project’s potential to benefit society more broadly. More information on the NSF framework for understanding broader impact and intellectual merit is available here.

Other Sources of Support

Professional development plan, budget and budget justification.

Proposals must include a proposed budget, which will detail the specific expenses for which the award funds will be used, including any costs associated with research materials or equipment, research assistance, or travel. Proposed budgets should also include an expected timeline for expenditures and indicate whether the research scholar expects the grant to be active for one year or two years. Proposed expenses should not exceed $15,000.

APSA Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grants will cover only direct costs for research activities. The grant is not intended to provide the full costs of a student’s doctoral dissertation research. Project budgets should be developed at scales appropriate for the work to be conducted and may only include costs directly associated with the conduct of dissertation research. For APSA grants, overhead or indirect costs are not considered allowable expenses.

The grant is intended to provide funding for research costs not normally covered by the grantee’s university. examples of the kinds of expenses that may be included in a proposal budget are the following:

• costs associated with travel and related expenses to conduct research at field sites, archives, specialized collections, and/or facilities away from the student's campus
• costs for data-collection activities, including the conduct of surveys, questionnaires, and/or focus groups or the purchase of extant data
• costs for equipment necessary for the conduct of the project that will be devoted to the project over the duration of the award
• costs for payments to research subjects and/or informants
• costs for non-routine materials and supplies required for the conduct of the project
• costs for data transcription
• analysis and research services not otherwise available
• costs for training in qualitative and quantitative methods required to complete the dissertation

Applicants should download the Excel budget template, enter the appropriate information, and then upload the Excel file to their application. The template can be found  here .

Along with the proposed budget itself, proposals must include a budget justification, explaining and justifying each budget line. The budget justification should be no longer than three pages single spaced.

Data Management Plan

No longer than 1000 words Proposals will require a data management plan that describes the data that will be generated by the research, how the data will be managed, secured, and shared, and other pertinent information about the content and handling of the data. The data management plan should include:

• The types of data, samples, software, curriculum materials, and other materials to be produced in the course of the project.
• The standards to be used for data and metadata format and content (where existing standards are absent or deemed inadequate, this should be documented along with any proposed solutions or remedies)
• Policies for access and sharing including provisions for appropriate protection of privacy, confidentiality, security, intellectual property, or other rights or requirements.
• Policies and provisions for re-use, re-distribution, and the production of derivatives.
• Plans for archiving data, samples, and other research products, and for preservation of access to them.

Adviser Support Form

Institutional support form, research and professional ethics requirements.

For more information and questions, please contact  [email protected] . Download a PDF version of the full application materials and format  here .

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This project has investigated long-term disaster recovery following Hurricane Katrina on the Mississippi Gulf Coast in order to better understand how survivors define the ultimate success of recovery efforts in their communities.  The study examined recovery in two ways: qualitatively and quantitatively.  Ninety-seven survivors diverse in their age, gender, race, ethnicity, occupation, and income level participated in interviews after the hurricane.  Thirty-four of these participants also documented recovery activities in their communities through photography and/or mapping.  These data were analyzed for similarities and differences among and between demographic groups.  A survivor’s view of success is of interest to local governments, urban planners, emergency managers, and disaster scholars who monitor the rebound of communities after a disaster and often use construction and population statistics as measures for defining success.  It is important to determine how effectively these statistics can approximate recovery progress and success as defined by affected residents themselves.  Hence, this study also compared spatial patterns in these metrics against survivors’ maps of community recovery.

Hurricane Katrina’s recovery presented a rare opportunity to derive new conceptual knowledge on long-term place recovery by observing the process underway eight to nine years after the large-scale catastrophe.  This study applied the geographic concept of place in three distinct ways to study disaster recovery: first, as a space that forms identity and shapes the community fabric, second, as a built environment that serves functional needs, and third, as an areal unit for statistical aggregation and comparison. In doing so, this research answered the National Research Council’s (2006) call to examine the complex recovery processes that occur across social groups and geographic scales following disaster, further advancing our scientific understanding of these processes.

The study found that recovery held six distinct meanings for affected residents: commemoration, betterment, sensory experience, materiality, adjustments to activity space, and changing functions of spaces.  These meanings varied in their importance and in their opposition with one other over the recovery period.  During the early stages of recovery, commemoration activities centered on replacing lost infrastructure exactly as it was pre-disaster, while in the long-term, the recovery of the pre-disaster sense of place became the primary focus.  Such long-term commemoration activities were found to oppose solutions aimed at sustainable development from the ground up.  Tensions between these two meanings tangibly altered the resilience of the rebuilt community infrastructure against future disasters.  They also influenced citizen satisfaction (or dissatisfaction) toward local governments’ recovery efforts.

Results showed more commonalities than differences between residents’ recovery meanings across socio-demographic groups (e.g., gender, race, and ethnicity).  Instead, differences emerged based on levels of place attachment, life stage, degree of mobility (both physical and social), and international immigration experience.  Recovery landmarks identified through mapping strongly mirrored each resident’s mobility patterns.  This link between residents’ perceptions of community recovery and mobility is absent from current recovery theory.  Spatial patterns of recovery identified in residents’ maps matched spatial patterns of home reconstruction, population return, and home repair, lending validity to the use of these metrics by local and state governments to assess recovery progress at a sub-county level.

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Archaeology Program - Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants (Arch-DDRIG)

The Archaeology Program supports anthropologically relevant archaeological research. This means that the value of the proposed research can be justified within an anthropological context. The program sets no priorities by either geographic region or time period. It also has no priorities in regard to theoretical orientation or question and it is the responsibility of the investigator to explain convincingly why the focus of their research  is significant and has the potential to contribute to anthropological knowledge. While the program, in order to encourage innovative research, neither limits nor defines specific categories of research, most applications either request funds for field research or the analysis of archaeological material through multiple approaches. The program also supports methodological projects which develop analytic techniques of potential archaeological value.

Proposals Accepted Anytime.

Proposals may only be submitted by the following:

Institutions of Higher Education (IHEs) – doctoral degree granting IHEs accredited in, and having a campus located in, the U.S., acting on behalf of their faculty members.

The proposal must be submitted through regular organizational channels by the dissertation advisor(s) on behalf of the graduate student. The advisor is the principal investigator (PI) and the student is the co-principal investigator (co-PI). The student must be the author of the proposal. The student must be enrolled at a U.S. institution but need not be a U.S. citizen. To be eligible to serve as the PI, the advisor must be available during the period of proposal submission and review and during the performance of the research in order to relay information and communications from NSF to the student.

There are no limitations on the number of DDRIGs that may be submitted by an organization on behalf of a single faculty member during a specific competition or over the course of their career.

Estimated Number of Awards:  30 to 40

During a fiscal year, the Archaeology Program expects to recommend (either on its own or jointly with one or more other NSF programs) a total of 30 to 40 doctoral dissertation research improvement grant (DDRIG) awards.

Anticipated Funding Amount:  $800,000

The anticipated funding amount is about $800,000, pending availability of funds. Project budgets should be developed at scales appropriate for the work to be conducted. The total direct costs for Arch DDRIG awards may not exceed $25,000; indirect costs are in addition to this direct cost amount and are subject to the awardee’s current federally negotiated indirect cost rate.

The proposer may concurrently submit a doctoral dissertation proposal to other funding organizations. Please indicate this in the "Current and Pending Support" section of the NSF proposal, so that NSF may coordinate funding with the other organizations. The "Current and Pending Support" section of the NSF proposal should also list the proposal itself. The proposer may submit a DDRIG proposal to only one NSF program although they may request that the proposal be co-reviewed with one or more other NSF programs; actual co-review will be at the discretion of the relevant program officers

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Deadline: Mon, 15 Jun 2020

Contact: [email protected]

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has made an award to APSA to administer the Political Science Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant (DDRIG) program. The total award of the grant is $1,410,000 for a three year period, starting with the 2020 Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grants competition.

The Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant project provides support to enhance and improve the conduct of doctoral dissertation research in political science. Awards will support basic research which is theoretically derived and empirically oriented. The APSA Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant program will award up to twenty grants yearly of between $10,000 and $15,000 to support doctoral dissertation research that advances knowledge and understanding of citizenship, government, and politics. The deadline to apply for APSA Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants will be June 15, 2020.

The program will also connect awardees to APSA’s extensive professional development and public engagement networks and resources, to amplify the effect of the award on the awardee’s career and on the impact of their work as they explore solutions to a wide range of institutional, political, and social challenges. In addition, it will support the advancement of national health, prosperity, and welfare, by supporting projects that identify ways to use knowledge of citizenship, government, and politics to benefit society. The APSA Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants was funded under  NSF award number 2000500 .

Advancing diversity and inclusion in the profession is a key priority of the association and the  APSA Strategic Plan. As such, APSA is committed to identifying and supporting especially promising doctoral dissertation research, particularly research by scholars from groups, institutions, and geographic areas that are underrepresented in political science. The APSA Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants Program is dedicated to recruiting diverse applicant and reviewer pools to fund doctoral students from diverse groups and institutions, and ultimately support increased participation of women and underrepresented minorities in political science research.

For more information, contact  [email protected] .

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Nursing Research News: April 2024

Each month, the Center for Research and Scholarship at the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing sends an internal research newsletter to faculty, staff, students and researchers. A recap is posted here.

Message from the Associate Dean for Research

The National Institutes of Health (NIH), through Deputy Director of Extramural Research, Dr. Mike Lauer, and Director of the NIH Center for Scientific Review, Dr. Noni Byrnes, has announced significant changes to the peer review process and application forms for fellowship applications (e.g., F30, F31, F32, F33, and F99/K00), effective January 25, 2025. 

These changes aim to address concerns raised by the extramural community regarding potential biases in the current fellowship review process. The revisions to the NIH fellowship application and review process are designed to increase the likelihood of identifying the most promising fellowship candidates consistently. 

Key changes include reorganizing and refining the current five scored criteria into three: 

• Candidate’s Goals, Preparedness, and Potential
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• Commitment to Candidate.

The Center for Research and Scholarship will provide more information about the changes in the fellowship application forms and the review process as it becomes available.

-Ronald Hickman, PhD, RN, ACNP-BC, FNAP, FAAN

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Derry Ann Moritz Scholarship

Colleen Carroll, PhD candidate, is the inaugural recipient of the Derry Ann Moritz Scholarship , which supports PhD candidates at the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing whose dissertations focus on topics regarding palliative and end-of-life care.

An oncology palliative care nurse practitioner at University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center since 2022, Carroll was looking for opportunities to elevate her experience in the field. Last year, she had the opportunity to be the primary author of a medical manuscript. Toward the end of the writing process, she connected with Susan Mazanec, a nurse scientist at University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center and associate professor at the School of Nursing. Carroll and Mazanec stayed in touch, and Dr. Mazanec ended up recommending Carroll for the Moritz Scholarship. Congratulations, Colleen!

Sigma Spring 2024 Call for Research Grants

The Alpha Mu Chapter of Sigma Global Nursing (STTI) is funding two grants, each up to $1,000: one for student applicants with at least a master's degree in nursing or are enrolled in a nursing doctoral program, and have Sigma membership, and the other grant is open to all STTI members. Allocation of funds is based on the quality of the proposed research, the future promise of the applicant, and the applicant's research budget. Applications from novice researchers who have received no other national research funds are encouraged. Funds for these grants do not cover expenses incurred prior to the funding date, travel, conference registrations, and computer software or hardware. Submission deadline is May 1, 2024. See this "call for grants" document for more details .

Stielau Award for Early-Stage PhD Research

The Joyce M. Stielau Award is available to current PhD candidates at the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing. This funding is intended for early-career investigators currently conducting early-stage research. Applicants can request up to $2,000 for funding of their current IRB-approved research. All fields and areas of study will be considered.

The late Joyce M. Stielau was a nurse anesthesiologist, devoted hospital volunteer, philanthropist, and former president of the Greater Cleveland chapter of Mended Hearts, a support group for cardiac patients. A veteran of the United States Air Force, Mrs. Stielau earned her nursing degree from the University of Cincinnati. The foundation named for her and her late husband Herbert supports scholarships and research in the field of nursing, among other important causes. Details about the Stielau Award and how to apply can be found on the School of Nursing website .

Algase Dissertation Award for Eldercare Research

Research funding is available through the Donna Algase Dissertation Award to current PhD candidates at the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing. Provided by the generous support of the Donna Algase Dissertation Award Endowed Fund, this award will grant two early career investigators up to $1,350 each for their early-stage research in the field of eldercare.

CWRU alumna Donna L. (Muszynski) Algase (GRS '88, nursing), began her nursing career in pediatric and pediatric intensive care, but found her passion for gerontological nursing and research while completing her bachelor's degree at the University of Toledo.

Widely published on nursing theory, gerontological nursing, and dementia research, Dr. Algase developed her nursing knowledge into an entrepreneurial opportunity and, along with a colleague, began an educational consulting business to deliver in-service and continuing education programs for long-term care facilities. An established authority on end-of-life care and research, she received the Distinguished Alumni Award in 2004.

Details about the Donna Algase Dissertation Award and how to apply can be found on this page of the School of Nursing website.

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Faculty Co-Edit Interprofessional Leadership Textbook 

FPB School of Nursing faculty members Carol Savrin, associate professor, and Jesse Honsky, assistant professor, collaborated to edit Interprofessional Leadership for Nurses: Mastering Knowledge, Skills, and Attitudes for Success, 1st Edition , recently published by Cognella Academic Publishing.

Savrin and Honsky developed this book as a supplementary text for entry-level and advanced nursing courses and programs to help entry-level and advanced nursing students recognize and build on their leadership and teamwork skills. The text integrates knowledge, skills, and attitudes from multiple disciplines, and links students to the American Association of Colleges of Nursing Essentials for nursing education.

The book provides students with salient advice from the field to help them develop into competent and effective healthcare professionals with leadership skills.

Other News and Information

New Name for VA Medical Center

The Louis Stokes Cleveland Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center has asked CWRU to now identify the hospital as "VA Northeast Ohio Healthcare System" going forward.

Guidance for working with the VA is on the RADAR Canvas site. The Form 2 for memorandums of understanding between the VA and CWRU has been updated to reflect the new name. Additionally, VA Guidelines have been updated, including information regarding rules for the utilization of an independent physician association (IPA). The current indirect cost (IDC) rate agreement has been extended through June 30, 2025, and is also on the Canvas site.

CWRU Human Research Protection Program Renewed 

CWRU's Human Research Protection Program (CWRU HRPP) recently received a 5-year renewal of its Association for the Accreditation of Human Research Protection Programs (AAHRPP) full accreditation status.

It was originally accredited in 2016, with a renewal in 2019. The CWRU HRPP is responsible for monitoring the rights and welfare of CWRU research participants while ensuring the university’s commitment to high-quality research. AAHRPP, seen as the gold standard of HRPP accreditation, serves to ensure “ethically sound and scientifically valuable research through the accreditation of high-quality human research protection programs.” CWRU’s accreditation is critically important to our researchers’ ability to receive federal and nonfederal funding, as well as to collaborate with other AAHRPP-accredited national and international organizations.

NIH News and Updates

Changes Coming to Applications and Peer Review 

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is implementing multiple changes that will impact the preparation and peer review of most grant applications submitted for due dates on or after Jan. 25, 2025. Although each of these initiatives have specific goals, they are all meant to simplify, clarify, or ensure greater fairness. NIH has released a guide notice ( NOT-OD-24-084 ) that provides an overview of each change to help the research community contextualize them as details are released over the next few months. 

Where’s the Public Access Policy?

There is a new location for NIH public access policy content and resources . As of March 12, 2024, NIH Public Access Policy content and resources have been consolidated into the NIH Sharing Site.

Recent School of Nursing Publications

Dolansky, M. A., Davey, C. H., & Moore, S. M. (2024). Research and Practice in Quality Improvement and Implementation Science: The Synergy for Change Model. Journal of Nursing Care Quality , 10-1097.

Ruksakulpiwat, S., Thorngthip, S., Niyomyart, A., Benjasirisan, C., Phianhasin, L., Aldossary, H., Ahmed, B. H., & Samai, T. (2024). A Systematic Review of the Application of Artificial Intelligence in Nursing Care: Where Are We, and What’s Next? Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare , 1604-1605. 

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Decision, Risk and Management Sciences (DRMS)

Important information for proposers.

All proposals must be submitted in accordance with the requirements specified in this funding opportunity and in the NSF Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG) that is in effect for the relevant due date to which the proposal is being submitted. It is the responsibility of the proposer to ensure that the proposal meets these requirements. Submitting a proposal prior to a specified deadline does not negate this requirement.

Supports research that increases understanding of how individuals, organizations and societies make decisions. Areas include judgment, decision analysis and aids, risk analysis and communication, public policy decision making and management science.

The Decision, Risk and Management Sciences Program (DRMS) supports scientific research directed at increasing understanding and effectiveness of decision making by individuals, groups, organizations and society. DRMS supports research with solid foundations in theories and methods of the social and behavioral sciences. This social and behavioral science research should advance knowledge, address fundamental scientific and societal issues and have strong broader impacts. DRMS funds disciplinary and interdisciplinary research, doctoral dissertation research improvement grants (DDRIGs) and conferences in the following areas: judgment and decision making; decision analysis and decision aids; risk analysis, perception and communication; societal and public-policy decision making; management science and organizational design. The program supports the use of the RAPID funding mechanism for research that involves ephemeral data, typically tied to disasters or other unanticipated events. Much less frequently, the program also supports highly unusual, proof-of-concept, high-risk projects that are potentially transformational (Early Concept Grants for Exploratory Research – EAGER). For detailed information concerning RAPID and EAGER grants, please review Chapter II.E of the  NSF PAPPG . All research must be grounded in theory and generalizable. Purely algorithmic management-science proposals should be submitted to the  Operations Engineering (OE)  Program rather than to DRMS.

Decision, Risk and Management Sciences offers Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants (DDRIGs) to improve the quality of dissertation research. For detailed guidelines on preparing a DDRIG proposal, consult the separate   DRMS-DDRIG solicitation .

Updates and announcements

Access materials from the human-centered data for disaster resilience research webinar, program contacts, program events.

• June 19, 2024 - Decision, Risk and Management Sciences Office Hour
• July 17, 2024 - Decision, Risk and Management Sciences Office Hour
• August 14, 2024 - Decision, Risk and Management Sciences Office Hour
• May 15, 2024 - Decision, Risk and Management Sciences Office Hour
• April 17, 2024 - Decision, Risk and Management Sciences Office Hour
• March 13, 2024 - Decision, Risk and Management Sciences Office Hour
• February 14, 2024 - Decision, Risk and Management Sciences Office Hour
• November 15, 2023 - Decision, Risk and Management Sciences Office Hour
• June 16, 2023 - Human-Centered Data for Disaster Resilience Research Webinar

Additional program resources

• Decision, Risk and Management Sciences - Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants (DRMS-DDRIG)
• Society for Judgment and Decision Making
• Dear Colleague Letter: High School Student Research Assistantships in the Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences (SBE-High)
• Society for Risk Analysis
• Decision Analysis Society
• Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences

Awards made through this program

Related programs, organization(s).

• Directorate for Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences (SBE)
• Division of Social and Economic Sciences (SBE/SES)