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The FY05 HSD announcement is now available. Deadlines for submission of proposals are:
Exploratory Research Proposals
Research Community Development Proposals:
February 9, 2005
Full Research Proposals:
February 23, 2005
The Human
and Social Dynamics (HSD) priority area seeks 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 understanding would parallel the explosion of knowledge
about the physical and biological worlds that characterized the
twentieth century. The arrival of the twenty-first century has
brought with it new hopes and possibilities for better living.
Revolutionary technologies and ideas that are the product of
human minds have created a more closely linked world, within
which there is almost instantaneous transmission of information
that feeds a global economy. But it is also a world of change,
uncertainty, and disruption that leaves many uncertain how to
respond.
Research about human and social behavior is increasingly characterized
by a focus on dynamics—on how cognitive systems, individuals,
formal and informal organizations, cultures, and societies evolve
and change over space and time. Scientific understanding of the
dynamics of mental processes, individual behavior, and social
activity increasingly requires partnerships that span the different
science, engineering, and education communities.
Through the HSD priority area, NSF seeks to promote research and education
activities that will enable the nation to better understand
the causes and ramifications of myriad forms of change
that have altered the world in which we live. HSD aims to increase
our collective ability to anticipate the complex consequences
of change; to better understand the dynamics of human and social
behavior at all levels, including that of the human mind; to
better understand the cognitive and social structures that
create and define change; and to help people and organizations
better manage profound or rapid change. Accomplishing these
goals requires a comprehensive, multidisciplinary approach
across science, engineering, and education including the development
of an infrastructure that can support such efforts.
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