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The SBE directorate encourages collaboration between U.S. scientists working on common projects with scientists from other countries. A particularly useful mechanism for pursuing collaborative research is through parallel review and parallel funding. Under this mechanism, the U.S. collaborator submits a description of the work and a budget for the U.S. activities to the NSF, while the partner submits a parallel or even identical proposal to his/her funding agency along with a budget for the collaborative activities. Under such circumstances, the NSF proposal undergoes the usual review process as does the non-NSF proposal. This can be a win-win situation, because each funder is getting more net research for their partial support of the overall project. The SBE directorate currently has a collaborative funding opportunity agreement with the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) of the UK. If you are interested in learning more about this, please review the AHRC-NSF/SBE Memorandum of Understanding at: http://www.nsf.gov/sbe/SBE_AHRC_MOU.pdf. |
| International Polar Year, 2007 |
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The International Polar Year (IPY) extends through March 2009. The IPY period commemorates the fiftieth anniversary of the 1957 International Geophysical Year (IGY) but for the first time specifically seeks to address fundamental questions about social and behavioral systems in the extreme environments of the polar regions. |
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The NSTC Human Subjects Research Committee released in June, 2008 the Report on the Expedited Review of Social and Behavioral Research Activities. This report discusses the expedited review procedure allowed under Federal regulations for certain categories of research involving human subjects. It offers suggestions as to how institutions might implement successful expedited review procedures, identifies various types of common social and behavioral research studies that fall within the categories of research eligible for expedited review, and offers some illustrations of those types. The goal of the document is to help researchers, administrators, and reviewers recognize research activities that are eligible for expedited review so that they may avoid needless misunderstandings and delays in the review process. |
| Recently Announced Funding Opportunities |
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Cyber-Enabled Discovery and Innovation
(NSF 08-604) Posted September 8, 2008
Ecology of Infectious Diseases
(NSF 08-601) Posted September 4, 2008
Social and Behavioral Dimensions of National Security, Conflict, and Cooperation
(NSF 08-594) Posted July 30, 2008
ACCELERATING DISCOVERY IN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING THROUGH PETASCALE SIMULATIONS AND ANALYSIS
(NSF 08-592) Posted July 28, 2008
Developmental and Learning Sciences
(PD 08-1698) Posted July 28, 2008
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CreativeIT
(NSF 08-572) Full Proposal: September 26, 2008 Social and Behavioral Dimensions of National Security, Conflict, and Cooperation
(NSF 08-594) Letter of Intent: September 30, 2008 Science and Technology Centers: Integrative Partnerships
(NSF 08-580) Preliminary Proposal: October 14, 2008 Geography and Regional Science
(PD 98-1352) Full Proposal: October 15, 2008 SBE Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants
(NSF 06-605) Full Proposal: October 15, 2008 |
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| Events Calendar |
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September 24, 2008
Emerging Issues at the Intersection of Social and Technological Networks
Lecture
October 15, 2008 - October 16, 2008
Advisory Committee for Environmental Research and Education
Advisory Committee Meeting
November 19, 2008 - November 20, 2008
Advisory Committee for Geosciences
Advisory Committee Meeting
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