Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases (EEID)
Revision Notes for EEID
Updated September 17, 2019
This revision adds the NSF Division of Geosciences and allows projects that involve marine systems. This revision also adds four new international collaborative partners from the U.K. Research and Innovation: the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), the Medical Research Council (MRC), and the Engineering and Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC). Additional three-way international collaborations are now permitted: US-UK-China and US-China-Israel. RCN projects with international collaborators may now include: US-UK, US-China, and US-UK-China.
| Name | Phone | Room | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Katharina Dittmar | kdittmar@nsf.gov | (703) 292-7799 | |
| Rebecca Ferrell | rferrell@nsf.gov | (703) 292-7850 | |
| Daniel J. Thornhill | dthornhi@nsf.gov | (703) 292-8143 | |
| Samuel M. Scheiner | sscheine@nsf.gov | (703) 292-7175 |
PROGRAM GUIDELINES
Solicitation 19-592Important Information for Proposers
A revised version of the NSF Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG) (NSF 20-1), is effective for proposals submitted, or due, on or after June 1, 2020. Please be advised that, depending on the specified due date, the guidelines contained in NSF 20-1 may apply to proposals submitted in response to this funding opportunity.
DUE DATES
Full Proposal Deadline Date
November 18, 2020
Third Wednesday in November, Annually Thereafter
SYNOPSIS
The multi-agency Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases program supports research on the ecological, evolutionary, and social drivers that influence the transmission dynamics of infectious diseases. The central theme of submitted projects must be the quantitative or computational understanding of pathogen transmission dynamics. The intent is discovery of principles of infectious disease transmission and testing mathematical or computational models that elucidate infectious disease systems. Projects should be broad, interdisciplinary efforts that go beyond the scope of typical studies. They should focus on the determinants and interactions of transmission among humans, non-human animals, and/or plants. This includes, for example, the spread of pathogens; the influence of environmental factors such as climate; the population dynamics and genetics of reservoir species or hosts; the feedback between ecological transmission and evolutionary dynamics; and the cultural, social, behavioral, and economic dimensions of pathogen transmission. Research may be on zoonotic, environmentally-borne, vector-borne, or enteric pathogens of either terrestrial or aquatic systems and organisms, including diseases of animals and plants, at any scale from specific pathogens to inclusive environmental systems. Proposals for research on disease systems of public health concern to developing countries are strongly encouraged, as are disease systems of concern in agricultural systems. Investigators are encouraged to develop the appropriate multidisciplinary team, including for example, anthropologists, modelers, ecologists, bioinformaticians, genomics researchers, social scientists, economists, oceanographers, mathematical scientists, epidemiologists, evolutionary biologists, entomologists, parasitologists, microbiologists, bacteriologists, virologists, pathologists or veterinarians, with the goal of integrating knowledge across disciplines to enhance our ability to predict and control infectious diseases.
RELATED URLS
- Ecology of Infectious Disease Grants Awarded by NSF, NIH, ESRC and BBSRC
- A Special Report: Ecology of Infectious Diseases
- NIH Awards
What Has Been Funded (Recent Awards Made Through This Program, with Abstracts)