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Human and Social Dynamics: Competition for FY 2008
Agency: National Science Foundation
Deadline: February 19, 2008 (Type 1 Proposals)
February 22, 2008 (Type 2 Proposals)
The National Science Foundation 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 understand the complexities of change; understand the dynamics of human and social behavior at all levels, including that of the human mind; understand the cognitive and social structures that create, define, and result from change; and manage profound or rapid change, and make decisions in the face of changing risks and uncertainty. The fiscal year 2008 HSD competition must include one of the three emphasis described below:
- Agents of Change
Agents of Change (AOC) research focuses on the dynamics that underlie, are part of, or result from large-scale transformational changes. Examples include globalization, population migration, infectious disease transmission, 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 societal 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. AOC projects might also explore the dynamics and consequences of more focused systemic, organizational, or policy changes (for example, political, economic, environmental, and educational systems or subsystems, in relationship to phenomena such as technological innovation, economic growth, environmental sustainability, learning, or social equity).
- Dynamics of Human Behavior
Research in the Dynamics of Human Behavior emphasis 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.
- Decision Making, Risk, and Uncertainty
The Decision Making, Risk, and Uncertainty 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 or uncertainty and risk.
An individual may appear as Principal Investigator (PI) co-PI, other senior personnel or investigator on only one HSD proposal submitted in fiscal year 2008. This limitation includes proposals submitted by a lead organization, any sub-award submitted as part of a proposal, or any collaborative proposal, and includes both types of projects; i.e., an individual may participate in only one full research proposal (either Type 1 or Type 2). Proposals that do not meet this requirement will be returned without review.
All proposals must include three or more senior personnel from at least two different fields. Proposals involving fewer than three senior personnel will be returned without review. For purposes of this solicitation, senior personnel includes: the PI, any co-PIs, and any other researchers actively involved in the scientific or technical management of the project. It does not include students, postdocs, or consultants who provide specific expertise on a limited portion of the project. Projects are expected to have significant educational or other broader impacts in addition to advancing fundamental knowledge.
HSD will have two funding levels in FY 2008:
- Type 1 Full Research projects - maximum total award sizes of $750,000, including indirect costs, and a duration of three years, pending availability of funds.
- Type 2 Full Research projects - maximum total award sizes of $1,250,000, including indirect costs, and a duration of three years, pending availability of funds. Examples of projects that may require higher funding levels include (but are not limited to) those with extensive international partnering; those providing significant student involvement; and those developing large, shared data sets.
NSF has an anticipated $30,000,000 available for this program in fiscal year 2008. It will make an estimated 30 to 40 awards. Subject to the availability of funds, approximately $6,250,000 is expected for Type 2 full research awards with maximum award sizes of $1,250,000; and the remainder for Type 1 full research awards with maximum award sizes of $750,000. Cost sharing is not required.
URL: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2008/nsf08508/nsf08508.htm
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Reminder: Improving Teacher Quality Teacher and Principal Training and Recruiting Fund Partnership Grant Program
Agency: Maryland Higher Education Commission
Deadline: December 12, 2007
The Maryland Higher Education Commission (MHEC) has announced the availability of approximately $800,000 for projects providing teacher and principal professional development in the core subject areas. For purposes of this program, the term “core subject areas” means English, reading or language arts, mathematics, science, foreign languages, civics and government, economics, arts, history, and geography. Funds will be awarded on a competitive basis to eligible K-16 partnerships that aim to improve teacher quality; increase the number of highly qualified teachers and principals; and increase the academic achievement of Maryland students.
Eligible partnerships must include at least:
- A Maryland public or private institution of higher education (IHE) and the division of the institution that prepares teachers and principals;
- A Maryland public or private institution of higher education and its school of arts and sciences;
- A Maryland high-need local education agency (LEA). For purposes of this grant program, LEAs meeting the definition of “high-need” are Baltimore City, Baltimore County, Montgomery County, Prince George’s County, and Somerset County.
In addition, partnerships may include another LEA (which need not be high-need), a public charter school, an elementary school or secondary school, an existing professional development school, an educational service agency, a nonprofit educational organization, an entity carrying out a pre-kindergarten program, a teacher organization, a principal organization, a business, or a combination of any of these. The lead applicant must be an IHE.
Professional development that will be funded includes, but is not limited to, activities that:
- Improve and increase teachers’ knowledge of academic subjects and enable teachers to become highly qualified.
- Are an integral part of broad school-wide and district-wide educational improvement plans.
- Give teachers and principals the knowledge and skills to help students meet challenging State academic standards.
- Improve classroom management skills.
- Are sustained, intensive, and classroom-focused and are not one-day or short-terms workshops.
- Advance teacher understanding of effective instruction strategies that are based on scientifically based research.
- Are developed with extensive participation of teachers, principals, parents, and administrators.
Activities might also include instruction in the use of data and assessments to inform classroom practice or, to the extent appropriate, provide training for teachers and principals in the use of technology consistent with the Maryland Teacher Technology Standards.
Proposed projects should be related to K-12 student content standards, take into consideration teacher certification requirements and other relevant assessments, and support the Maryland Teacher Professional Development Standards.
The deadline for submission of applications is Wednesday, December 12, 2007. Notification will be by February 1, 2008, at which point funded projects may begin. The period of award is eighteen months (February 1, 2008 through July 31, 2009).
Please note: This announcement last appeared in the October 8, 2007 issue of the Alive Line. We are repeating it now to remind interested applicants of the approaching deadline.
URL: http://www.mhec.state.md.us/Grants/ITQ/ITQ.asp
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