NSF Funding Announcement - Human and Social Dynamics: Competition for FY 2005

Date

5 January 2005

NSF Funding Announcement
Human and Social Dynamics: Competition for FY 2005 (HSD)
NSF 05-520

For the full program announcement, see the NSF web site at:
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2005/nsf05520/nsf05520.htm

The deadlines for submission are:
Exploratory Research Proposals - Wednesday, 9 February 2005
Research Community Development Proposals - Wednesday, 9 February 2005
Full Research Proposals - Wednesday, 23 February 2005

For more information, contact:
Anna M. Kerttula
E-mail: akerttul [at] nsf.gov

The National Science Foundation recently announced the second year
funding opportunity for Human and Social Dynamics (HSD), an NSF-wide
priority area that includes all NSF disciplines and fields. NSF expects
to be able to support more HSD awards this year than it did in 2004, and
to have a higher ratio of successful to unsuccessful proposals.

The Human and Social Dynamics (HSD) priority area fosters breakthroughs
in understanding the dynamics of human action and development, as well
as knowledge about organizational, cultural, and societal adaptation and
change. HSD aims to increase our collective ability to (1) anticipate
the complex consequences of change; (2) understand the dynamics of human
and social behavior at all levels, including that of the human mind; (3)
understand the cognitive and social structures that create, define, and
result from change; and (4) manage profound or rapid change, and make
decisions in the face of changing risks and uncertainty. Accomplishing
these goals requires multidisciplinary research teams and comprehensive,
interdisciplinary approaches across the sciences, engineering,
education, and humanities, as appropriate.

The FY 2005 competition will include three emphasis areas (Agents of
Change; Dynamics of Human Behavior; and Decision Making, Risk and
Uncertainty). Support will be provided for Full Research projects and
for shorter-term Exploratory Research and HSD Research Community
Development projects.

The FY 2005 HSD Program Announcement is now available at:
http://www.nsf.gov/pubsys/ods/getpub.cfm?nsf05520

Additional information about the HSD Priority Area (including a list of
the FY 2004 awards) is available at:
http://www.nsf.gov/home/crssprgm/hsd/start.htm

For more information, contact
Anna M. Kerttula
Office of Polar Programs
National Science Foundation
4201 Wilson Blvd. Rm 755
Arlington, VA 22230

Phone: 703-292- 7432
E-mail: akerttul [at] nsf.gov