Title       : Pilot Program for Disseminating Instructional Materials on Ethical Issues in
               Science
Type        : Award
NSF Org     : SES 
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Amendment
Date        : August 3,  2000     
File        : a0080712

Award Number: 0080712
Award Instr.: Standard Grant                               
Prgm Manager:                                         
	      SES  DIVN OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC SCIENCES    
	      SBE  DIRECT FOR SOCIAL, BEHAV & ECONOMIC SCIE
Start Date  : August 1,  2000     
Expires     : July 31,  2002       (Estimated)
Expected
Total Amt.  : $25000              (Estimated)
Investigator: John F. Ahearne ahearne@sigmaxi.org  (Principal Investigator current)
              Peter D. Blair  (Co-Principal Investigator current)
Sponsor     : Sigma XI Sci Res Soc
	      
	      Research Triangle Park, NC  27709    919/549-4691

NSF Program : 7915      ETHICS AND VALUES STUDIES
Fld Applictn: 
Program Ref : 0000,OTHR,
Abstract    :

     This award provides partial support for a pilot program to develop and
     disseminate instructional materials on ethical issues in science via the
     mechanism of Sigma Xi sponsored workshops on university campuses.  Sigma Xi,
     The Scientific Research Society, has 518 chapters, most of which are located at
     US colleges and universities.  This support will allow a small, high-level
     workshop for planning and issue-focusing to occur, to be followed by a
     larger-scale pilot dissemination workshop.  Both will focus on ethical issues
     in science and technology, ranging from issues of research ethics to issues of
     the social implications of science, engineering, and technology.  Materials
     that can be used as foundations for coursework will be made available to other
     academic institutions.  Sigma Xi envisages further dissemination workshops, as
     future funds may allow.