Project Grant 2044007

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation provides $383,488 to Northwestern University from February 2021 through January 2024 to support research titled "TRIBAL CONSTITUTIONS: CONSTRUCTING POWER BY DEVELOPING STRUCTURES OF SELF-GOVERNANCE." The funding falls under the NSF's Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences program (CFDA 47.075), which aims to promote basic research and education in these fields as well as monitor science investments. Specifically, the award will allow Northwestern University researchers to examine how tribal nations develop constitutional structures of self-governance to construct and exercise sovereign power over their territories and citizens. The three-year grant period and funding level indicate a substantial social science research initiative exploring an important aspect of tribal sovereignty and self-determination.