Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases  (EEID)

FY 2013 Revision Notes

System limitations: The Directorate for Geosciences is no longer participating in the EEID activity. Subsequently, projects focusing on marine systems will no longer be accepted, except for those dealing with aquacultural systems within the purview of the USDA. Marine projects should be directed to the Biological Oceanography program in the Division of Ocean Sciences. 

Budget limitations: Beginning in FY2013, EEID projects must have a minimum budget of $1,000,000. Research that falls within the scope of the EEID initiative but with project aims that do not require a million dollar budget should be directed to either the Population and Community Ecology or Evolutionary Processes clusters in the Division of Environmental Biology.  For US-UK Collaborative Projects, the US budget must be at least $750,000.

Program partnerships: The special US-UK Collaborative partnerships activity with the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) has been extended for an additional year for FY 2013.

Additional information and NIH contacts (Christine Jessup and Irene Eckstrand) can be found at: http://www.fic.nih.gov/Programs/Pages/ecology-infectious-diseases.aspx.

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Solicitation  12-587

Important Notice to Proposers

A revised version of the NSF Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG), NSF 13-1, was issued on October 4, 2012 and is effective for proposals submitted, or due, on or after January 14, 2013. Please be advised that, depending on the specified due date, the guidelines contained in NSF 13-1 may apply to proposals submitted in response to this funding opportunity.

Please be aware that significant changes have been made to the PAPPG to implement revised merit review criteria based on the National Science Board (NSB) report, National Science Foundation's Merit Review Criteria: Review and Revisions. While the two merit review criteria remain unchanged (Intellectual Merit and Broader Impacts), guidance has been provided to clarify and improve the function of the criteria. Changes will affect the project summary and project description sections of proposals. Annual and final reports also will be affected.

A by-chapter summary of this and other significant changes is provided at the beginning of both the Grant Proposal Guide and the Award & Administration Guide.

DUE DATES

Full Proposal Deadline Date:  December 4, 2013

First Wednesday in December, Annually Thereafter

SYNOPSIS

The Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases program supports research on the ecological, evolutionary, and socio-ecological principles and processes that influence the transmission dynamics of infectious diseases. The central theme of submitted projects must be quantitative or computational understanding of pathogen transmission dynamics. The intent is discovery of principles of infectious disease transmission and on 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 transmission among 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 reservoir species or hosts; or the cultural, social, behavioral, and economic dimensions of disease transmission. Research may be on zoonotic, environmentally-borne, vector-borne, or enteric diseases of either terrestrial or freshwater 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 developing countries are strongly encouraged, as are disease systems of concern in agricultural systems. Investigators are encouraged to involve the public health research community, including for example, epidemiologists, physicians, veterinarians, food scientists, social scientists, entomologists, pathologists, virologists, or parasitologists with the goal of integrating knowledge across disciplines to enhance our ability to predict and control infectious diseases.

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Ecology of Infectious Disease Grants Awarded by NSF, NIH, ESRC and BBSRC

A Special Report: Ecology of Infectious Diseases

NIH Awards

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Additional Funding Opportunities for the DEB Community

What Has Been Funded (Recent Awards Made Through This Program, with Abstracts)

Map of Recent Awards Made Through This Program

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