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NOTE: This competition is an excellent funding opportunity for researchers in the Data and Information Management (IDM) area.

Human and Social Dynamics, Competition for FY 2004 (HDS)
NSF 04-537, www.nsf.gov/pubsys/ods/getpub.cfm?ods_key=nsf04537

Letter of Intent Due Date(s) (required): March 03, 2004
Full Proposal Deadline(s) (due by 5 p.m. proposer's local time): March 30, 2004

Synopsis of Program:

The Human and Social Dynamics (HSD) priority area aims to foster breakthroughs in knowledge about human action and development as well as organizational, cultural, and societal adaptation and change. Such a transformation in basic understanding would parallel the explosion of knowledge about the physical and biological worlds that characterized the twentieth century. HSD aims to increase our collective ability to anticipate the complex consequences of change; to better understand the dynamics of human and social behavior at all levels, including that of the human mind; to better understand the cognitive and social structures that create and define change; and to help people and organizations better manage profound or rapid change. Accomplishing these goals requires a comprehensive, multidisciplinary approach across the sciences, engineering, and education, including the development of infrastructure that can support such efforts.

The FY 2004 competition will include three topical emphasis areas (Agents of Change; Dynamics of Human Behavior; and Decision Making and Risk) and three resource-related emphasis areas (Spatial Social Science; Modeling Human and Social Dynamics; and Instrumentation and Data Resource Development). Support will be provided for research-focused, education-focused, infrastructure-focused, and exploratory projects.

HDS Contacts for Additional Information: see http://www.nsf.gov/sbe/hsd04/contacts.htm

NOTE: This competition is an excellent funding opportunity for researchers in the Data and Information Management (IDM) area. A collaboration with researchers in Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (SBE) is highly recommended, as the SBE Directorate is playing the major role in this activity. Since the Division of Information and Intelligent Systems (the home of the IDM Program) is contributing $3M to this competition, it would be good to have an excellent return on this investment.

Maria Zemankova, Ph.D.
Program Director, Information and Data Management (IDM)
Division of Information and Intelligent Systems (IIS)
National Science Foundation
4201 Wilson Blvd., Room 1115
Arlington, VA 22230

Phone: 703-292-8918 Fax: 703-292-9073
Email: mzemanko@nsf.gov
URL: http://www.cise.nsf.gov/iis/