Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research
Active
- Assistance listing
- 93.00S
- Agency
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National Institutes of Health
Department of Health and Human Services
- Grant awards
- Not on record
Program facts
- Treasury account
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- 75-2025-0-0-846
- More information
Program details come from SAM.gov Assistance Listings. Updated .
About this program
The National Institutes of Health Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR) funds behavioral and social sciences research projects designed to enhance health outcomes and prevent or reduce illness across populations through understanding how individuals and groups think, feel, behave, and interact (CFDA 93.00S).
The program supports fundamental knowledge discovery in behavioral and social sciences with direct application to human health intervention and public health strategy. OBSSR identifies projects that are disease-agnostic but advance the field through discoveries with potential to improve health, and coordinates their conduct or support across NIH's national research institutes. Projects funded under this program inform evidence-based interventions by applying behavioral and social sciences insights to real-world health challenges.
The source material does not provide a grant award portfolio block with recent award data, award cadence, assistance-type distribution, funding concentration by agency, or dollar obligated figures. No recent grant awards are documented. No recent grant opportunities are specified.
The program operates under standard NIH grant administration and peer-review processes. Applications undergo competitive scientific and technical merit review by a scientific review group and program relevance review by a national advisory council or board. Individual NOFOs establish their own renewal and extension allowances. Recipients must maintain financial and programmatic records for three years from the date the annual Federal Subaward Report is submitted, with audit subject to random determination at time of award and audit requirements specified in 2 CFR Subpart F.
This program summary is limited in scope. To evaluate pursuit, request current NOFO postings, recent award examples, and typical award magnitudes from NIH OBSSR directly or through the NIH grants portal.
Objective and description
- Objective
The Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR) funds projects to enhance the impact of health-related BSSR: identifies gaps and opportunities for BSSR; integrates BSSR within the larger NIH research enterprise; develops and coordinates
- Description
OBSSR's program funds projects and activities which seek fundamental knowledge about the nature and behavior of living systems and apply that knowledge to optimize health and prevent or reduce illness for all people. Because BSSR provides valuable insights into human behavior-including how individuals and groups think, feel, behave, and interact-findings from BSSR can inform interventions and public health strategies to directly affect health outcomes. These programs are unique because they are projects of behavioral and social sciences research that should be conducted or supported by the national research institutes, and develop such projects in cooperation with such institutes. They can often be disease agnostic, but seek to advance the field and discoveries which could improve human health.
How to apply
- Criteria for selecting proposals
OBSSR will identify proposals which are relevant to behavioral and social sciences research, and that should be conducted or supported by national research institutes.
- Award procedure
Competitive peer reviewed applications are reviewed for scientific and technical merit by a scientific review group; and for program relevance by a national advisory council/board. Applications are reviewed for merit and relevance by NIH scientific staff.
- Renewals
Individual NOFOs may have different renewal or extension allowances.
- Appeals
A principal investigator may question the substantive or procedural aspects of his/her application by communication with the NIH scientific/research contact as provided in the initiative.
Quick answers
What is Assistance Listing 93.00S?
Assistance Listing 93.00S is Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research, a federal grant program run by National Institutes of Health (Department of Health and Human Services).
What is the CFDA number for Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research?
Its CFDA number is 93.00S: Assistance Listing numbers were called CFDA numbers before 2018.
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