Application deadline: November 1, 2023 (11:59 p.m. ET). NO LONGER ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR 2024.
Awards announced: March 2024
Frequently Asked Questions and Resources
Past DDRIG Recipients

About the ASA DDRIG Program

The ASA Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants (ASA DDRIG) program supports theoretically grounded empirical investigations to advance understanding of fundamental social processes. Up to 25 awards of a maximum of $16,000 will be given each year.

Topics can include, but will not be limited to, organizations and organizational behavior, health and medicine, crime and deviance, inequality and stratification, population dynamics, social movements, social groups, labor force participation, stratification and mobility, family, social networks, socialization, gender, race, ethnicity, and the sociology of science and technology. Projects that explore new methodologies, including but not limited to computational sociology, big data, large scale modeling, and innovative use of emerging technologies, will also be welcomed.

Grant funds can be used for costs directly associated with conducting research, such as dataset acquisition, statistical or methodological training, equipment, payments to research subjects or research assistants, data transcription, and costs associated with conducting archival research or field work. Living expenses, including dependent care, are also allowed, as are travel expenses to attend professional meetings, including the ASA Annual Meeting. Indirect costs are not permitted.

ASA is grateful to the National Science Foundation for its support of this program. For more information about the relationship between the ASA DDRIG and NSF, see our FAQs.

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 ASA DDRI Grant Recipients:

2024
Shira ZIlberstein; Advisor: Michele Lamont: Project: 

2022
Matt Brooke; Advisor: Jocelyn Viterna; Project: The Deep Policy Roots of Modern Right-Wing Media?
Channing Spencer; Advisor: Frank Dobbin; Project: Changemakers or Troublemakers? Employment Discrimination against Activists