It's January. Research funding opportunities abound, right?...
Some of you may have seen NSF's recent announcement...
Human and Social Dynamics: Competition for FY 2005 (Program
Solicitation NSF 05-520). If not, see
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2005/nsf05520/nsf05520.htm#pgm_desc_txt

NSF expects to award 15 grants of up to $125K + 30 grants of up to
$750K. Deadlines are 4-6 weeks away.

I've been thinking about this one - and whether to put in a bid. (I
have an old proposal on the shelf - passed over by HUD - but maybe
worth another shot with NSF.) What's stopping me: I'm *not* eligible
to apply; too bad. For this one, must be affiliated with university
or a non-profit org.

So here's the info on the funding opp'ty, for those who are
interested. See
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2005/nsf05520/nsf05520.htm#pgm_desc_txt

A very speculative invite: If any of you are assembling a team (NSF
requires researchers from multiple disciplines) - AND you're
interested in commuting behavior, spatial mismatch analysis,
metropolitan area growth, transportation choices and behavior - drop
me a line. We might be able to sign-on to your (our) successful
grant proposal ;-)

Best wishes for the new year,
Todd Graham


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Todd Graham
Research Manager
Metropolitan Council
230 East 5th Street
Saint Paul, MN 55101

phone 651/602-1322
email todd.graham@...
web www.metrocouncil.org
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The Human and Social Dynamics (HSD) priority area seeks to encourage
research by multidisciplinary teams in order to stimulate
breakthroughs in knowledge about human action and development as well
as organizational, cultural, and societal adaptation and change.
Such a transformation in basic understandings of human and social
behavior would parallel the explosion of knowledge about the physical
and biological worlds that characterized the twentieth century.

The new knowledge that HSD seeks to build will increase our
collective ability to anticipate the complex consequences of change;
will allow a better understanding of the dynamics of human and social
behavior at all levels, including that of the human mind; will
provide new insights into the cognitive, social, and socio-technical
structures that create, define and result from change; and will help
people and organizations better manage profound or rapid change.

In this second year of competition, the FY2005 HSD priority area will
support research and research community development within and across
three emphasis areas that together bear on the dynamics of change,
behavior at different scales, individual and collective decision
making, perceptions of risk and uncertainty, and human responses to
changing situations. Topics encompassed by these emphasis areas are
ripe for interdisciplinary synergies that hold special promise for
important breakthroughs. The three emphasis areas are:

Agents of Change (AOC)
Dynamics of Human Behavior (DHB)
Decision Making, Risk and Uncertainty (DRU)

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-----Original Message-----
From: Newlon, Dan
Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2005 11:47 AM
Subject: An Attractive Funding Opportunity at the National Science
Foundat ion



We're calling the Human and Social Dynamics competition for FY 2005
to your attention for several reasons:

- NSF expects to be able to support more HSD awards this year than it
did in the previous year, and to have a higher ratio of successful to
unsuccessful proposals. If last year's low funding rates discouraged
you from considering HSD, we hope you will reconsider.

- NSF has added new eligibility requirements for HSD proposals that
will limit eligibility to teams of at least three investigators from
at least two disciplines. Teams with economists and investigators
from disciplines outside the social and behavioral sciences might
have an edge over social and behavioral science teams.

- Time is running out, with Exploratory Research and Community
Development proposals (Funding limit $125,000) due on February 9th
and Full Research Proposals (Funding limit $750,000) due on February
23rd .

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT: In order to support more awards, the NSF-wide
Human and Social Dynamics priority area (HSD) will use funds from
both fiscal years 2005 and 2006 for meritorious proposals that are
submitted in response to the FY2005 HSD program solicitation (NSF 05-
520).

The FY 2005 HSD Program Announcement is now available at:

http://www.nsf.gov/pubsys/ods/getpub.cfm?nsf05520

The deadlines for submission are:

Exploratory Research Proposals
Research Community Development Proposals:
February 9, 2005

Full Research Proposals:
February 23, 2005

Additional information about the HSD Priority Area (including a list
of the FY 2004 awards) is available at:
http://www.nsf.gov/home/crssprgm/hsd/start.htm

We'll be attending the ASSA meetings in Philadelphia, and we'd be
happy to answer your questions about HSD. Or give us a call or send
an email!

Best wishes for the New Year,

Dan Newlon, Julia Lane, Nancy Lutz
Economics Program Officers