Supports basic scientific research on the spatial dimensions of human behaviors, activities, and dynamics and their interactions with environmental and social processes. Welcomes empirically grounded, theoretically engaged, and methodologically rigorous proposals that advance geographical and geospatial sciences. Projects must contribute to fundamental theory and methods and demonstrate broader societal impacts. Proposals must include detailed data collection and analysis plans and address biases and confounding variables.
Eligible applicants include U.S.-based for-profit organizations, non-profit non-academic organizations, state and local governments, accredited U.S. institutions of higher education, and federally recognized Tribal Nations. International branch campuses require justification.
