Ritter has received study fellowships from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, the European Science Foundation's program on Learning in Humans and Machines, and the Fulbright Kommision (D). He has created several web sites, one of which, the Soar-FAQ, won an award for being frequently cited. He has created software, tutorials, and methodology for cognitive modeling. Ritter has published numerous refereed books, articles, and conference papers in cognitive modeling, HCI, AI, and psychology. He twice co-edited the proceedings of a conference on cognitive modeling and a special issues of Computational Mathematical Organizational Theory and the International Journal of Human-Computer Studies on cognitive models as users. He is an associate editor of Human Factors and Editor of the Oxford Series on Cognitive Models and Architectures. His research has been funded by the US Office of Navy Resarch, the US Air Force Office of Scientific Research, DSTL, DARPA, the Defense Evaluation and Research Agency (U.K.), and the U.K. Joint Council Initiative on Cognitive Science and Human Computer Interaction, as well as corporations in the U.S. and Europe.