NSF Program Announcements and Information Re SBE and GEO Collaboration

Dear Colleague Letter: Environment, Society, and the Economy (ESE)
(NSF 10-03)

The Directorate for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (SBE) and the Directorate for Geosciences (GEO) seek to increase collaboration between the geosciences and the social and behavioral sciences by augmenting funding for interdisciplinary research related to Environment, Society, and the Economy.

This is not a special competition or new program. Relevant proposals must be submitted to an existing SBE and GEO program according to those programs’ regular target or deadline dates. The primary program (GEO or SBE program where the most significant contribution is likely to be made), and secondary program (SBE or GEO program where the second most significant contribution is likely to be made) should be listed on the proposal’s cover page. Investigators are encouraged to indicate that their proposal was submitted in response to this DCL by including “ESE:” as a prefix in the title of the proposal.  Projects are expected to involve interdisciplinary teams of researchers from both the geosciences and social, behavioral and economic sciences, but they may also include other disciplines.

Target and deadline dates for applicable programs may be found at http://www.nsf.gov/dir/index.jsp?org=geo and
http://www.nsf.gov/dir/index.jsp?org=sbe.  Participating programs from all other Directorates should be entered into FastLane as secondary NSF partners on the cover page, along with the relevant SBE and GEO programs.  For full proposals submitted via FastLane, standard Grant Proposal Guidelines apply.