National Institutes of Health Basic Behavioral and Social Science Opportunity Network

OppNet The NIH Basic Behavioral and Social Science Opportunity Network, known as “OppNet,” was a 2010-2022 collaborative initiative that included the NIH Office of the Director and the 24 Institutes and Centers (ICs) that support and administer research projects. OppNet identified cross-cutting basic social and behavioral research areas and published funding opportunities to stimulate basic behavioral and social sciences research (bBSSR) applications that complemented the interests and missions of the ICs. OBSSR provided management, operational, and financial support for this NIH-wide initiative. OppNet’s Steering Committee provided scientific and strategic guidance to concept teams that consisted of program directors across the NIH. The OBSSR Director and the Director of the National Institute on Aging co-chaired the OppNet Steering Committee. This webpage provides active NOFOs and archival information related to the OppNet initiative, including NOFOs and funded projects by fiscal year, and an executive summary of an evaluation October 2017 report (269KB).