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Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases (EEID)

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NSF 24-592

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All proposals must be submitted in accordance with the requirements specified in this funding opportunity and in the NSF Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG) that is in effect for the relevant due date to which the proposal is being submitted. It is the responsibility of the proposer to ensure that the proposal meets these requirements. Submitting a proposal prior to a specified deadline does not negate this requirement.

Supports research on the ecological, evolutionary, organismal and social drivers that influence infectious diseases and increase quantitative and/or computational understanding of pathogen transmission dynamics.

Supports research on the ecological, evolutionary, organismal and social drivers that influence infectious diseases and increase quantitative and/or computational understanding of pathogen transmission dynamics.

Synopsis

The multi-agency Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases program supports research on the ecological, evolutionary, organismal, and social drivers that influence the transmission dynamics of infectious diseases. The central theme of submitted projects must be the quantitative, mathematical, or computational understanding of pathogen transmission dynamics. The intent is discovery of principles of infectious disease (re)emergence and transmission and testing mathematical or computational models that elucidate infectious disease systems. Projects should be broad, interdisciplinary efforts that go beyond the scope of typical studies. They should focus on the determinants and interactions of (re)emergence and transmission among any host species, including but not limited to humans, non-human animals, and/or plants. This includes, for example, the spread of pathogens; the influence of environmental factors such as climate; the population dynamics and genetics of vectors and reservoir species or hosts; how the physiology or behavior of the pathogen, vector, or host species biology affects transmission dynamics; the feedback between ecological transmission and evolutionary dynamics; and the cultural, social, behavioral, and economic dimensions of pathogen transmission and disease. Research may be on zoonotic, environmentally-borne, vector-borne, enteric, or respiratory pathogens of either terrestrial, aquatic, or marine systems and organisms, including diseases of animals and plants, at any scale from specific pathogens to inclusive environmental systems. Proposals for research on disease systems of public health concern to Low- or Middle-Income Countries (LMICs) are strongly encouraged, as are disease systems of concern in agricultural systems. Investigators are encouraged to develop the appropriate multidisciplinary team, including for example, anthropologists, modelers, ecologists, bioinformaticians, genomics researchers, social scientists, economists, oceanographers, mathematical scientists, behaviorists, epidemiologists, evolutionary biologists, entomologists, immunologists, parasitologists, microbiologists, bacteriologists, virologists, pathologists or veterinarians, with the goal of integrating knowledge across disciplines to enhance our ability to predict and control infectious diseases.

Program contacts

Andrea Porras-Alfaro
Program Director
eeid@nsf.gov (703) 292-2944 BIO/DEB
Samuel M. Scheiner
Program Director
eeid@nsf.gov (703) 292-7175 BIO/DEB
Jeremy Wojdak
Program Director
eeid@nsf.gov (703) 292-8781 BIO/DEB
Colette M. St. Mary
Program Director
eeid@nsf.gov (703) 292-4332 BIO/IOS
May Yuan
Program Director
eeid@nsf.gov (703) 292-2206 SBE/BCS
Daniel Thornhill
Program Director
eeid@nsf.gov (703) 292-8143 GEO/OCE
Christine Jessup
Program Director
christine.jessup@nih.gov (301) 496-1653 NIH/FIC
Thomas Erritt
Animal Health Science Coordinator
thomas.erritt@defra.gov.uk +44 7714 2349 Defra
Ronald Adkins
Program Director
ronald.adkins@nih.gov (301) 451-3825 NIH/NIGMS
Stephanie Coomes
Health Scientist Administrator
stephanie.coomes@nih.gov (301) 761-6855 NIH/NIAID
Timothy Sullivan
National Program Leader
timothy.sullivan@usda.gov (816) 527-5434 USDA/NIFA
Rachel (Heni) Haring
Deputy Executive Director
heni@bsf.org.il 972 2 5828239 BSF
Jing Chen
Deputy Director
chenjing@nsfc.gov.cn 86 10-62326877 NSFC
Sadhana Sharma
Head of Bioscience for an Integrated Understanding of Health
eeid@bbsrc.ukri.org 44 1793-413200 UKRI/BBSRC
Jingyu Luo
Program Officer
luojy@nsfc.gov.cn 86 10 62326479 NSFC

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