Decision, Risk and Management Sciences - Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants

The Decision, Risk and Management Sciences Program supports scientific research directed at increasing understanding and effectiveness of decision making by individuals, groups, organizations, and society. This program funds doctoral dissertation research improvement grants in areas such as judgement and decision making, decision analysis and decision aids, risk analysis, perception and communication, societal and public-policy decision making, and management science and organizational design. All research must be grounded in theory and generalizable, and purely theoretical or algorithmic proposals are not appropriate. Some key points to consider include: * The program supports research with solid foundations in theories and methods of the social and behavioral sciences. * Proposals may only be submitted by Ph.D. granting institutions of higher education accredited in and having a campus located in the U.S. * The principal investigator must be the doctoral student's dissertation advisor, and the co-principal investigator must be the doctoral student. * The program expects to make 30 awards with an estimated total funding of $675,000.