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Opportunities in the Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences

Opportunities in the Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences. EPSCoR Project Directors and Project Administrators Meeting May, 2012. SBE in a Nutshell. Annual budget of approximately $254 million Funds more than 50% of federally funded basic research in SBE fields in academic institutions

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Opportunities in the Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences

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  1. Opportunities in the Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences EPSCoR Project Directors and Project Administrators Meeting May, 2012

  2. SBE in a Nutshell • Annual budget of approximately $254 million • Funds more than 50% of federally funded basic research in SBE fields in academic institutions • Most of the funds go to peer-reviewed grants to individuals and small groups – approximately 4800 proposals and 1,200 awards in a typical year, including dissertation improvement grants • Also provide funding to major surveys; collect data on the science and engineering enterprise

  3. SBE Structure • Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences • Division of Social and Economic Sciences • National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics • SBE Office of Multidisciplinary Activities

  4. NSF FY’13 Major Investments & SBE • Science, Engineering and Education for Sustainability (SEES) • Cyberinfrastructure Framework for 21st Century Science and Engineering (CIF21) • Expeditions in Education (E2) • Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative (CNCI) • Innovation Corps Program (I-Corps) • Integrated NSF Support Promoting Interdisciplinary Research and Education (INSPIRE) • Build on Core Programs to Support Innovative Science

  5. NSF FY’12 Appropriation Report: An interesting twist “NSF is uniquely positioned to advance the non-medical aspects of cognitive sciences and neurosciences, particularly through interdisciplinary science … and the conferees encourage NSF to sustain and expand its investments in these areas. In addition, to better focus the agency’s efforts and guide future budget submissions, NSF is encouraged to establish a cognitive sciences and neurosciences crosscutting theme.” • Joint Explanatory Statement of the Committee of Conference, November 2011

  6. SBE 2020 • 252 white papers from diverse group of authors on a broad range of topics • Coding and analysis • Consultation • A Report

  7. The central finding Research in the SBE sciences is increasingly collaborative, multi- or interdisciplinary, data intensive, and frequently problem-oriented.

  8. FY13 SBE 2020 Investments • Interdisciplinary research and training: • New Interdisciplinary Program • Continue Supplementary DCL • Post-Doctoral Fellows • Data and Infrastructure (linked to CIF21): • Updated Data Communities • “Big Data” 8 |

  9. Interdisciplinary science: Four Topics • Population change • Disparities: health, civic engagement, income and wealth…. • Communication, language, brain, behavior • New technology, social media, and social networks

  10. More FY 2013 possibilities • Enlarged international partnerships, specifically with European funding agencies • Possible second round of NSF-Census Research Network activities • Science of Learning Center Workshops & Review

  11. Thank You!mgutmann@nsf.gov 11 |

  12. Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences • Archaeology & Archaeometry • Cognitive Neuroscience • Cultural Anthropology • Developmental & Learning Sciences • Documenting Endangered Languages • Geography & Spatial Sciences • Linguistics • Perception, Action, & Cognition • Physical Anthropology • Social Psychology

  13. Social and economic sciencES • Decision, Risk, & Management Sciences • Economics • Science of Organizations • Law and Social Science • Methodology, Measurement & Statistics • Political Science • Science, Technology and Society • Sociology

  14. 14 National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics • Nation’s primary source of data and analysis on the science & engineering enterprise • Designs, supports, and directs about 11 periodic surveys, other data collections & research projects • Major surveys on innovation in business • 30 publications yearly • Congressionally-mandated publications: • Science & Engineering Indicators • Women, Minorities, and Persons with Disabilities in Science and Engineering

  15. SBE Office of Multidisciplinary Activities • Science of Science and Innovation Policy (SciSIP) • Science of Learning Centers (SLC) • Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU Sites) • SBE Postdoctoral Fellowships • Funding for interdisciplinary work

  16. SBE FY’13 INVESTMENTS in SEES Water Sustainability and Climate Coupled Natural and Human Systems Research Networks SEES Fellows Sustainable Energy Pathways Decision making, coastal communities, vulnerability, resilience

  17. SBE connections to states with SEES-related Themes • Alaska – Adapting to Changing Environments • Hawaii – Evolutionary Biogeography • Idaho – Water Resources and Climate Change • Iowa – Sustainable Energy and Biofuels • Kansas – Climate Change and Energy • Maine – Sustainability Sciences Initiative

  18. SBE connections to states with SEES-related Themes • Montana – Enhanced Science and Technology Partnerships • Nevada – Climate Change • New Hampshire – Climate, Land Use, Ecosystem Services and Society • New Mexico – Climate Change and Mountain Water • Utah – Urban transitions and hydro-sustainability • Vermont – Climate Change and Complex Systems Models

  19. Cyberinfrastructure Framework for 21st Century Science and Engineering-CIF21 • Community Development • Access to SBE-supported surveys • Advanced Computing Infrastructure 19 |

  20. Expeditions in Education (E2) • Focus Topics: • Transforming Learning for STEM Undergraduates • People and the Planet • Cyberlearning and Big Data • SBE involvement: • Make targeted research data available for educational uses • Provide scientists better access to scientific data for learning and instruction 20 |

  21. Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative • Secure and Trustworthy Cyberspace (SaTC): • Fund research to enable a cybersecure society via the production of high-quality digital systems and a well-trained workforce • SBE focus: To understand and, if possible, predict: • Prevention, attack, and/or defense behaviors • Design of incentives, markets, or institutions • Motivations of individuals 21 |

  22. Innovation Corps (I-Corps) • Assesses the readiness of emerging technology concepts to transition into new products • Brings together technological, entrepreneurial, and business know-how to move discoveries towards commercialization • SBE focus: • Strengthen collaboration between social scientists and practitioners • Improve social science students’ understanding of innovation 22 |

  23. Integrated NSF Support Promoting Interdisciplinary Research & Education (INSPIRE) • CREATIV (pilot program) • Interdisciplinary and potentially transformative • Internal merit-reviewed by program directors • Open to all NSF-supported fields—no favored topics • Substantial funding; not limited to exploratory stage • SBE Focus: • Support interdisciplinary research and training aligned with the SBE Transformed Portfolio, SBE 2020 23 |

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