Cultural Anthropology

PROGRAM GUIDELINES

Apply to PD 98-1390 in FastLane. (standard Grant Proposal Guidelines) apply.)

As announced on May 21st, proposers must prepare and submit proposals to the National Science Foundation (NSF) using the NSF FastLane system at http://www.fastlane.nsf.gov/. This approach is being taken to support efficient Grants.gov operations during this busy workload period and in response to OMB direction guidance issued March 9, 2009. NSF will continue to post information about available funding opportunities to Grants.gov FIND and will continue to collaborate with institutions who have invested in system-to-system submission functionality as their preferred proposal submission method. NSF remains committed to the long-standing goal of streamlined grants processing and plans to provide a web services interface for those institutions that want to use their existing grants management systems to directly submit proposals to NSF.

Please be advised that the NSF Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG) includes revised guidelines to implement the mentoring provisions of the America COMPETES Act (ACA) (Pub. L. No. 110-69, Aug. 9, 2007.) As specified in the ACA, each proposal that requests funding to support postdoctoral researchers must include a description of the mentoring activities that will be provided for such individuals. Proposals that do not comply with this requirement will be returned without review (see the PAPP Guide Part I: Grant Proposal Guide Chapter II for further information about the implementation of this new requirement).

DUE DATES

Full Proposal Target Date:  January 15, 2010

Senior Research - Spring Funding Cycle

January 15, Annually Thereafter

Full Proposal Target Date:  January 15, 2010

Senior Research - Spring Funding Cycle

January 15, Annually Thereafter

Full Proposal Target Date:  January 15, 2010

Dissertation Research - Spring Funding Cycle

January 15, Annually Thereafter

Full Proposal Target Date:  January 16, 2010

Scholars - Spring Funding Cycle

January 16, Annually Thereafter

Supplement Target Date:  March 1, 2010

Research Experience for Graduates

March 1, Annually Thereafter

Supplement Target Date:  March 1, 2010

Research Experience for Undergraduates

March 1, Annually Thereafter

Full Proposal Target Date:  August 15, 2010

Senior Research - Fall Funding Cycle

August 15, Annually Thereafter

Full Proposal Target Date:  August 15, 2010

Dissertation Research - Fall Funding Cycle

August 15, Annually Thereafter

Full Proposal Target Date:  August 16, 2010

Scholars - Fall Funding Cycle

August 16, Annually Thereafter

Full Proposal Target Dates:
January 15 and August 15 annually for Senior Research Proposals, Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant Proposals, most Workshop proposals and proposals for Training Programs. 

Cultural Anthropology Scholars Target Dates:
January 16 and August 16 annually for Faculty Scholars proposals.

CAREER Proposals:
CAREER proposals must conform to the annually announced NSF-wide CAREER proposal deadline.

EAGER, RAPID, and small workshop proposals:     
EAGER, RAPID, and small workshop proposals may be submitted at any time, with prior permission of the Program Officer.

REG and REU supplement proposals:     
March 1 annually. REG and REU supplement proposals may also be submitted out of cycle, with prior permission of the Program Officer.

SYNOPSIS

The Cultural Anthropology Program supports basic scientific research about the causes, consequences, and complexities of human social and cultural variability. Cultural anthropologists analyze human social and cultural behavior holistically, This integrated approach makes anthropology a valuable research tool for understanding the modern world. Because cultural patterns are emergent over time and space, there is no single natural scale for ethnographic and ethnological analysis. In some cases, cultural patterns may emerge from the collective behavior of large ensembles of smaller scale units; in others, they may be imposed by larger scale constraints. The origins of social and cultural variability may be remote from the scale at which they are observed. Therefore, research may target any appropriate scale or scales from local to regional to global. The Program encourages innovative research that contributes to building spatially and temporally specific theory that extends understanding beyond individual case studies. 

The Cultural Anthropology Program accepts proposals for a variety of project types: Senior Research proposals (that is, research proposals from scholars with PhDs or equivalent degree); proposals for Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants; Cultural Anthropology Scholars awards (for research-related, post-PhD training); and CAREER proposals. The Program will also consider proposals for workshops and training programs, as well as supplements to current awards to support Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) and Research Experience for Graduate Studies (REG). Research in all sub-fields of cultural anthropology is eligible. Successful proposals are characterized by clear research questions and propositions that will be put to the test through meticulous attention to research design, data collection, and analysis.

For more details about the various funding opportunities within the Cultural Anthropology Program, please consult the Cultural Anthropology Program Overview page.

Other Funding Opportunities:

• Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Grants
  The Cultural Anthropology program participates in this NSF-wide activity offering prestigious awards in support of the early development of academic faculty as both educators and researchers.  Consult NSF 05-579 for more information.

• EArly-concept Grants for Exploratory Research (EAGER) and Rapid Response Grants (RAPID)
  The Cultural Anthropology program participates in these NSF-wide programs in support of small-scale, exploratory, high-risk, potentially transformative, time-critical research in the fields of science, engineering and education. Consult the GPG, Chapter II.D.1 for more information.

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Cultural Anthropology Program History

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