February 14, 2006

Exploratory Research Proposals
HSD Research Community Development Proposals

February 21, 2006

Full Research Proposals

1. The Program Description section has been revised to emphasize our interest in development of tools and infrastructure as part of research projects. The Program Description now also includes information on the study of human and social dynamics in the wake of disasters.

2. The Award Information section has been revised to clarify that the maximum budget amount refers to total across all institutions and years, and includes both direct and indirect costs.

Human and Social Dynamics: Competition for FY 2006 (HSD)

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 2006 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 arrival of the twenty-first century has brought with it new hopes and possibilities for improving the quality of life. Revolutionary technologies, and social innovations and adaptations have created a more closely linked world, within which there is almost instantaneous transmission of information that feeds a global economy. But it is also a world of change, uncertainty, and disruption that leaves many unprepared to respond effectively. The Human and Social Dynamics (HSD) priority area seeks to encourage research by multidisciplinary teams in order to stimulate breakthroughs in knowledge about human action and development as well as organizational, cultural, and societal adaptation and change. Such a transformation in basic understandings of human and social behavior would parallel the explosion of knowledge about the physical and biological worlds that characterized the twentieth century.

The new knowledge that HSD seeks to build will increase our collective ability to anticipate the complex consequences of change; will allow a better understanding of the dynamics of human and social behavior at all levels, including that of the human mind; will provide new insights into the cognitive, social, and socio-technical structures that create, define and result from change; and will help people and organizations better manage profound or rapid change.

In this third year of competition, the FY2006 HSD priority area will support research and research community development within and across three emphasis areas. Together these areas bear on the dynamics of change, behavior at different scales, individual and collective decision making, perceptions of risk and uncertainty, and human responses to changing situations. Topics encompassed by these emphasis areas are ripe for interdisciplinary synergies that hold special promise for important breakthroughs. The three emphasis areas are:

• Agents of Change (AOC)
• Dynamics of Human Behavior (DHB)
• Decision Making, Risk and Uncertainty (DRU)

Human and Social Dynamics (HSD) is an NSF-wide priority area that includes all NSF disciplines and fields. The focus on dynamics – on how cognitive systems, individuals, formal and informal organizations, cultures, and societies evolve and change over space and time - distinguishes research in the HSD priority area. Projects will explore the dynamics of changes that range in time from nanoseconds to millennia and across scales ranging from the internal workings of the human mind to the interplay of global social and cultural systems.

Understanding the dynamics of individual behavior and social activity increasingly requires partnerships that span the different science and engineering research and education communities, and benefits from international involvement as well. Thus, the convergence of biology, engineering, the cognitive and social sciences, and computer and information sciences allows the development of basic knowledge about the evolution of individual, group, and organizational behavior with a rigor never before possible. At the same time, the convergence offers scientists, engineers, and educators more realistic models with which to test and transform organizational and classroom practice.

Examination of the dynamic interactions of science, engineering, and technology with persons and social institutions requires integrative research efforts with broad and deep theoretical and methodological sophistication. Geographic information systems and related technologies, together with advances in the multilevel modeling of complex systems and network analysis from engineering and the mathematical and physical sciences, open new frontiers for understanding such diverse subjects as crime, environmental management, epidemics, linguistic behaviors, societal innovation and adaptation, appropriations of new technologies, and the interplay of biological and social aspects of behavior within our species.

For this competition, proposed activities should contribute to building interdisciplinary communities of researchers and educators prepared to meet the challenges of HSD research. Moreover, research teams and other collaborative arrangements through which diverse individuals work together in synergistic ways are required. NSF also encourages HSD projects to include junior researchers as team members and, when appropriate, to develop international collaborative partnerships. NSF is also interested in efforts related to the International Polar Year 2007-2008, for which it is the lead U.S. planning agency.

HSD awards will enable researchers and educators to pursue different kinds of activities:

Full Research projects will support multidisciplinary teams of three or more investigators from at least two different fields in projects that use interdisciplinary approaches to advance fundamental understanding about human and social dynamics. Projects are expected to have significant educational or other broader impacts in addition to advancing fundamental knowledge. Pending availability of funds, NSF anticipates that Full Research projects typically will be proposed for three years duration and have total award sizes ranging up to $750,000, including indirect costs.

Exploratory Research and HSD Research Community Development projects will support multidisciplinary teams of three or more investigators from at least two different fields, typically for one to two years, with a total award size of up to $125,000 including indirect costs, pending availability of funds.

Exploratory Research projects enable teams to perform preliminary activities that provide the basis for more elaborate work. HSD requires that these projects be new and innovative, for example, preliminary work on untested and novel ideas; ventures into emerging and potentially transformative research ideas; and application of new expertise or new approaches to "established" research topics. HSD Research Community Development projects will support interdisciplinary educational activities and other broad-ranging efforts, including research workshops and training activities that aim to increase awareness, capabilities, and networks within and across scholarly communities, with an eye to enabling interdisciplinary collaborations and increasing the quality of HSD research.

A. AREAS OF EMPHASIS

During Fiscal Year 2006, all proposals submitted to the Human and Social Dynamics priority area competition must identify one of the three emphasis areas described below (Agents of Change; Dynamics of Human Behavior; and Decision Making, Risk, and Uncertainty). Research projects that involve more than one of these emphasis areas are encouraged, but a primary area of emphasis must be identified. NSF encourages the development of models and tools as a part of any proposed research in any of the emphasis areas described below. There is particular interest in path-breaking ideas with relevance to the natural and physical sciences and engineering, as well as the social and behavioral sciences.

Agents of Change (AOC)

Research in the AOC Emphasis Area involves multidisciplinary teams whose contributions are necessary to address an important HSD/AOC question that promises results of broad scientific and societal interest. AOC research focuses on the dynamics that underlie, are part of, or result from large-scale transformational changes. Examples include globalization, population migration, infectious diseases, democratization, economic transformations, scientific and technological advances, and the development of human societies over time. AOC projects may also focus on processes and outcomes associated with such phenomena as human evolution and the evolution of culture; the interaction of culture with climate, geography, and environment in settings ranging from high-density cities to sparsely populated polar regions; the implications of human and social differences for conflict, cooperation, and assimilation; the implications of large-scale transformational changes for diversity and equality; and adaptation and resistance to technological change and new knowledge.

Research in the AOC priority area might also explore the dynamics and consequences of more focused systemic, organizational, or policy changes. These may involve political, economic, environmental and educational systems or subsystems, in relationship to phenomena such as technological innovation, economic growth, environmental sustainability, learning, or social equity. Research might examine the reciprocal relationships between organizational and social action or between technological developments and institutional change. It can look at how social systems and their constituent parts react to a wide variety of drivers, ranging from catastrophes, such as war and other disasters, to ideology and terrorism and corruption, to the Internet and home computers. And it can focus on ethical and related issues that are raised by breakthroughs in scientific and engineering knowledge and technological development.

Dynamics of Human Behavior (DHB)

Research in this area focuses on multidisciplinary examinations of dynamics -- change in human behavior over time. Examples include the dynamics through which individuals and organizations (including families and other informal organizations) create, grow, learn, change, and act under the impetus of internal and external stimuli; the influence organizational, community, and environmental structures and processes have on these dynamics; the interplay of evolutionary forces and human behavioral change; and individual cognitive, computational, linguistic, developmental, social, biological, and other processes as dynamic evolving systems. These processes include systems of coordination and control in the behavior of individuals, the dynamics of coordination between individuals, and the dynamics of change across the lifespan of individuals and organizations.

DHB research may draw upon formal concepts about dynamics from biology and mathematics, the physical sciences, or information science and engineering to characterize dynamic behavior, such as work that calls upon complexity theory, agent-based or animal models, cognitive models, stochastic models, dynamical systems theory and bifurcation analysis. The interdisciplinary nature of the work may link the behavior of individuals and/or organizations and their social, cognitive or biological underpinnings, as they evolve over varying time scales, to influences including natural and built environments, geographical contexts, and social networks. Any tools and models for understanding human behavior that are developed as part of this competition should have applications across a broad array of HSD challenges.

Decision Making, Risk, and Uncertainty (DRU)

This emphasis area is concerned with the dynamics of human and societal attempts to identify, characterize, evaluate, and manage situations that call for choices and decisions, and involve changing perceptions of uncertainty and risk. Risks and uncertainties may be strategic – that is, dependent upon a judgment about what others will do – or may result from incomplete information about a situation, either unknown or unknowable. Risks and uncertainties can also arise from the objectives, priorities, desires and needs of individuals, groups, organizations, and institutions. Decision arenas of HSD interest include not just individual judgment but also governmental, industrial or corporate decisions, and multiple levels of group collective decisions.

Decision Making, Risk, and Uncertainty proposals may focus on comparing the dynamics of and variations in the mental and organizational processes that underlie risk evaluation or decision making in the face of uncertainty. They may focus on the challenges posed to risk assessment or decision making by the need to evaluate and adapt to changing social and environmental circumstances, especially rapid or unanticipated changes and system shocks. They may, for example, develop interdisciplinary models or tools that improve decision making under uncertainty, identify new indicators to capture the influence of spatial and temporal variability, or use stochastic methods or combined qualitative and quantitative representations of information to characterize uncertainty and to improve risk assessment and decision making practices. Priority will be given to projects that bring together researchers from fields and disciplines that do not ordinarily team up in the study of uncertainty, risk and decision making.

B. GENERAL INFORMATION REGARDING ALL EMPHASIS AREAS

NSF has special interest in proposals that develop and employ innovative approaches in the study of human and social dynamics and include research personnel from all ranks, who are representative of the diversity in US society. When appropriate, international collaborative partnerships are encouraged. HSD encourages research-intensive and extensive universities to partner with other types of colleges and universities, especially ones serving underrepresented minority populations.

All HSD proposals will be evaluated with respect to their intellectual merit, their broader impacts, and their responsiveness to the goals of the HSD competition. To that end, HSD-specific review criteria have been established and reviewers will be directed to comment on these criteria. Multidisciplinary advisory panels will evaluate all proposals.

Proposals submitted to the Human and Social Dynamics priority area may be of interest to other federal agencies. If so, NSF will ask investigators whether they are willing to have their proposals co-reviewed, prior to initiating any contact.

In addition to conducting the work outlined in their proposals, principal investigators are expected to attend annual HSD grantees meetings in the Washington, DC area. These meetings will enable awardees to develop into a community of Human and Social Dynamics researchers, establish connections and networks, share project results, discuss issues of common interest, and participate in activities designed to facilitate the integration of research and education and integrate diversity into project activities. Proposers are expected to include in their proposals the costs for one to two team members to participate in these annual meetings.

There are limits on the types of organizations that can apply to this competition, and on the number of proposals with which an investigator can affiliate.

US universities and colleges, including two- and four-year colleges and community colleges, acting on behalf of their faculty members, may submit proposals. In addition, nonprofit organizations in the US may submit proposals.

An individual may appear as Principal Investigator (PI), co-PI, other senior personnel or investigator on only one HSD proposal submitted in Fiscal Year 2006 in response to this Program Solicitation. This limitation includes proposals submitted by a lead organization, any sub-award submitted as part of a proposal, or any collaborative proposal, and this includes all types of projects: i.e., an individual may participate in only one Full Research proposal, or one Exploratory Research proposal, or one HSD Research Community Development proposal. These restrictions apply to this HSD solicitation only and are not meant to inhibit submissions of proposals by investigators to other NSF activities or programs.

Proposals that do not meet all of the requirements listed above will be returned without review.

Pending availability of funds, NSF anticipates making approximately a total of 20-30 awards for Exploratory Research projects and for HSD Research Community Development projects. These awards will typically be for one to two years, with total award sizes (including indirect costs) not to exceed $125,000. Proposals that exceed this maximum amount of $125,000 will be returned without review.

Pending availability of funds, NSF anticipates making approximately 80-90 awards for Full Research projects. These awards will typically be for three years, with total award sizes (including indirect costs) not to exceed $750,000. This maximum is the total for the project. It is not a yearly maximum. Projects that exceed this maximum amount of $750,000 will be returned without review.

Anticipated Funding Amount: $50,000,000 (At least $2,500,000 expected for Exploratory Research awards and HSD Research Community Development awards; the remainder for Full Research awards). These estimates are subject to the availability of funds.

Instructions for HSD proposal preparation are detailed below. The first section contains instructions for all proposals. The second section has information specific to Full Research proposals; the third section has information specific to Exploratory Research and HSD Research Community Development proposals. Note that in each case the HSD guidelines below specify that HSD proposals must include special information in addition to that identified in the Grant Proposal Guide (GPG) proposal preparation guidelines. NSF will direct reviewers’ attention to these special requirements in the proposal evaluation process.

1. INSTRUCTIONS FOR ALL HSD PROPOSALS (see other sections below for additional information about Project Description preparation for Exploratory Research, HSD Research Community Development proposals, and for Full Research proposals):

The information below supplements the standard Grant Proposal Guide (GPG) proposal preparation guidelines. It pertains to all HSD submissions.

Proposal Cover Sheet. Indicate the solicitation number in the PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENT/SOLICITATION NO./CLOSING DATE block and select “Human and Social Dynamics” as the Program in the Unit Selection List. Begin your title with the one acronym corresponding to the primary area of emphasis (AOC, DHB, or DRU) chosen for your proposal. Failure to submit this information may delay or prevent processing. If your project includes international activities, you must check the box for “International Cooperative Activities Country Name” that appears under Other Information when the "remainder of cover sheet" is clicked, then select the countries involved.

Project Summary. Provide a summary description of the HSD project, including its research or development theme and key innovative features, in a manner that will be informative to a general technical audience. If the project includes international activities, they should be included in the project summary also. Project Summaries must be written carefully to explicitly point to and detail the two NSF evaluation criteria -- intellectual merit and broader impacts -- in separate paragraphs. If the project summary does not explicitly address both the intellectual merit and the broader impacts of the proposed activity, the proposal will be returned without review. At the top of this page include the title of the HSD project, the name of the principal investigator, and the lead organization. Also list any other participating institutions/organizations, including international collaborators.

Table of Contents: The Table of Contents is generated by FastLane and cannot be edited.

Biographical Sketches. Each proposal must include biographical sketches for all senior investigators, and also include biographical sketches for principal foreign collaborators. All sketches must adhere to the format given in the Grant Proposal Guide (Chapter II.C.2.f, https://www.nsf.gov/pubsys/ods/getpub.cfm?gpg).

Project Budget. The budget justification (up to 3 pages) should explain and justify major cost items. For undergraduate and graduate student participants and postdoctoral associates, include a breakdown of costs by types of participants. The budget should include costs for one or two team members to participate in annual HSD grantees meetings in the Washington, DC area. The total maximum (including indirect costs) budget for Full Research proposals is $750,000; for Exploratory Research and HSD Research Community Development proposals it is $125,000; proposals exceeding these limits will be returned without review.

Supplementary Documentation. Each proposal must include a Supplementary Documentation section with the following information:

(1) A document that lists the names, organizational affiliations, and primary academic fields of all senior personnel and paid consultants associated with the project. This information helps to insure that prospective reviewers do not have conflicts-of-interest. NSF defines senior personnel as the principal and co-principal investigators responsible for the scientific or technical direction of the project and other faculty members involved in the project. (A complete definition can be found in NSF’s Grant Proposal Guide, Appendix F). This list should also include all individuals on subawards who fall into the category of senior personnel. In the case of collaborative proposals, this document needs only to be included with the lead proposal.

(2) Because an individual may participate on just one HSD proposal submitted in FY 2006 as a PI, co-PI, other senior personnel or investigator – and violation of this PI Eligibility Limit will result in the proposal(s) being returned without review – each proposal must include a signed written statement from each senior personnel confirming participation in the project. This should be uploaded as a "Supplemental Document" in FastLane. This statement is also required of all individuals on subawards who fall into the category of senior personnel. The following text may be used as a template: “I am a member of the research team that is submitting a proposal to the FY 2006 HSD competition. The lead PI is [name of PI], at [name of institution]. I am not a PI, co-PI, senior personnel or investigator on any other proposal for this competition.”

For the FY2006 HSD competition, all proposals must include three or more senior personnel (Principal Investigator (PI), co-PI, or other researchers or investigators) from at least two different fields. Proposals involving fewer than three senior personnel will be returned without review.

(3) All senior personnel must also list primary thesis and post-doctorate advisors and advisees and collaborators within the last 48 months. This information helps to insure that prospective reviewers do not have conflicts-of-interest. This information must be uploaded into the Supplementary Documents section of the lead proposal.

This section may also include: letters of support from collaborating foreign researchers and/or institutions, and letters indicating access to sites for research or other associated project activities, as needed; and certifications associated with the use of human or animal subjects.

Unless authorized here or in the NSF Grant Proposal Guide, no other materials should be included in this section. Investigators sometimes put survey protocols into this section; this is specifically not allowed.

Proposals Involving Multiple Organizations

Proposals involving multiple organizations may be submitted in one of two ways: (1) as a single proposal with one organization serving as the lead organization and with support to other organizations provided through subawards, or (2) collaborative proposals may be submitted by eligible organizations. Organizations eligible to submit proposals include US universities and colleges, including two- and four-year colleges and community colleges, acting on behalf of their faculty members. In addition, non-profit organizations in the US may submit proposals. See GPG Section II.D.3 for instructions regarding the preparation of collaborative proposals and carefully follow on-line instructions regarding their preparation in FastLane.

Proposals Involving Collaborators at Foreign Organizations

Proposers are reminded they must provide biographical sketches of all senior project personnel, including those at foreign organizations. In addition, as supplementary documentation, proposals involving foreign collaborators should provide documentation of a willingness to collaborate through letters of commitment from the international counterpart organizations. Please note that although eligibility for this competition is restricted to U.S. organizations, as described in section III of this solicitation, collaborations with foreign organizations may be considered.

Human Subjects

If the project involves human subjects, the Institutional Review Board (IRB) of the submitting organization must certify that the proposed project is in compliance with the Federal Government's "Common Rule" for the protection of human subjects. If IRB approval has been obtained and the date of approval is listed on the cover sheet, no other certification is required. If IRB approval is still pending, submit certification of IRB approval in electronic form as soon as approval is obtained to the cognizant program officer. (The name of this program officer will be listed in the Proposal Status module of FastLane.) Delays in obtaining IRB certification may result in NSF being unable to make an award. For more information regarding the protection of human subjects, consult https://www.nsf.gov/bfa/dias/policy/guidance.htm#human.

2. ADDITIONAL PROJECT DESCRIPTION INSTRUCTIONS FOR EXPLORATORY RESEARCH AND HSD RESEARCH COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS

The information below supplements the standard Grant Proposal Guide (GPG) proposal preparation guidelines with respect to the project description section.

Project Description. Project Descriptions are limited to 15 pages total. This page limit does not include pages devoted to references, the project budget or supplementary documentation. The project description must include:

Prior Results: Proposals must include relevant prior results from NSF support.

Description of Exploratory Research or Research Community Development Activities: The description should provide a clear statement of the exploratory or community development activities to be undertaken, including 1) objectives for the period of the proposed work and expected significance, and 2) the relation of the proposed activity to the present state of knowledge in the field, to work in progress by the PI under other support, and to work in progress elsewhere. These activities are expected to be novel and innovative by, for example, undertaking preliminary work on untested ideas or combinations of ideas, or applying new expertise or approaches to “established” research topics, or fostering cross-disciplinary education or discussion about an important HSD topic. A clear description of the grounds to expect positive results and plans to disseminate those results so as to achieve broad impacts should be provided.

Note: Specifically for workshop and similar community development activities:

a) See Special Guidelines for Conferences, Symposia and Workshops in the current Grant Proposal Guide (Chapter II.D.7, https://www.nsf.gov/pubsys/ods/getpub.cfm?gpg).

b) Include an event description, including agenda, scientific and community development justification and expected results and benefits. Include a discussion of mutual benefits for international activities.

c) Identify proposed U.S. and non-U.S. participants, their brief biographical sketches, and their roles in the workshop. Indicate all participants to be supported by NSF.

d) Describe the selection process for all participants who have and have not yet been selected, including intended efforts to include junior researchers and ensure diversity of the participants.

e) Plan for dissemination of conclusions/proceedings, which should include dissemination in electronic format on a workshop website.

f) Plan for anticipated new collaborative activities emerging from the workshop.

Management Plan (2 pages maximum as part of the 15 page project description): Each Exploratory Research or HSD Research Community Development proposal must contain a management plan, which includes 1) the specific roles of the PI, co-PIs, other senior personnel and paid consultants at all organizations involved, 2) how the project will be managed within and across organizations and disciplines, 3) identification of the specific coordination mechanisms that will enable cross-institution and/or cross-discipline scientific integration (e.g., regular meetings or teleconferencing, yearly workshops, graduate student exchange, project meetings at conferences, videoconferences, software repositories, etc.), and 4) pointers to the budget line items that support these coordination mechanisms.

Projects with international activities should include: a) details on the complementary expertise of the U.S. and foreign partners; b) a description of the proposed contributions and division of labor among participating researchers and institutions; c) plans for involving U.S. students and junior researchers.

Exploratory Research and HSD Research Community Development project descriptions should address the following special criteria. Reviewers will be asked to use these criteria to evaluate the proposals:

Fit to Human and Social Dynamics. HSD projects will enable novel and innovative activities not usually supported through other existing NSF programs. The project description should address the expected project significance: how its intellectual merits and broader impacts will add to the fundamental knowledge base across relevant fields related to human and social dynamics and how it will enhance the capabilities of people who engage in research and/or education in these areas.

Multidisciplinarity and lnterdisciplinarity. The HSD competition intends particularly to stimulate research that brings together seldom-linked fields in new partnerships. Multidisciplinary contributions from members of the research team to the interdisciplinary goals of the project and contributions to separate or interdisciplinary fields should be identified and explained in the project description.

3. ADDITIONAL PROJECT DESCRIPTION INSTRUCTIONS FOR FULL RESEARCH PROPOSALS

The information below supplements the standard Grant Proposal Guide (GPG) proposal preparation guidelines with respect to the project description section for Full Research proposals.

Project Description. Project Descriptions are limited to 20 pages total, including several specific required parts described below. This 20 page limit does not include pages devoted to references, the project budget or supplementary documentation. The project description includes:

Prior Results: Proposals must include relevant prior results from NSF support.

Description of Research and Education Activities: The description should provide a clear statement of the research and education activities to be undertaken. It should include the empirical and theoretical foundations of the work, with reference to relevant work of the applicants and others; details of the methods to be used; and explain the significance of the outcomes. The narrative should reflect the intellectual merit of the work, and its innovativeness. As appropriate, a clear description of qualitative, quantitative, or experimental methods and procedures, and plans for interpretation or analysis, and for preservation, documentation, and sharing of data, samples, and physical collections should be provided. Projects involving international collaborations or other activities should describe them here. The broader impacts of the proposed activities should be an integral part of the narrative.

Management Plan (3 pages maximum as part of the 20 page project description): Each Full Research proposal must contain a management plan, which includes 1) the specific roles of the PI, co-PIs, other senior personnel and paid consultants at all organizations involved, 2) how the project will be managed within and across organizations and disciplines, 3) identification of the specific coordination mechanisms that will enable cross-institution and/or cross-discipline scientific integration (e.g., regular meetings or teleconferencing, yearly workshops, graduate student exchange, project meetings at conferences, videoconferences, software repositories, etc.), and 4) pointers to the budget line items that support these coordination mechanisms.

Projects with international activities should include: a) details on the complementary expertise of the U.S. and foreign partners; b) a description of the proposed contributions and division of labor among participating researchers and institutions; c) plans for involving U.S. students and junior researchers.

Full Research project descriptions should address the following special criteria. Reviewers will be asked to use these criteria to evaluate the proposals:

Fit to Human and Social Dynamics. HSD projects will enable novel and innovative activities not usually supported through other existing NSF programs. The project description should address the expected project significance: how its intellectual merits and broader impacts will add to the fundamental knowledge base across relevant fields related to human and social dynamics and how it will enhance the capabilities of people who engage in research and/or education in these areas.

Multidisciplinarity and lnterdisciplinarity. The HSD competition intends particularly to stimulate research that brings together seldom-linked fields in new partnerships. Multidisciplinary contributions from members of the research team to the interdisciplinary goals of the research and contributions to separate or interdisciplinary fields should be identified and explained in the project description.

Grantees Conference: One to two senior personnel are required to attend annual meetings of HSD grantees in the Washington, DC area, and costs for this participation must be included in the budget.

February 14, 2006
Exploratory Research Proposals
HSD Research Community Development Proposals

February 21, 2006
Full Research Proposals

In addition, awardees are required to participate in HSD grantees' meetings in the Washington, DC area, and should budget for one to two investigators to attend each year.