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Directorate
for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences
Division of Social and Economic Sciences
Submission of Proposals to the SES Division
All programs in the SES Division consider proposals for research projects,
conferences, and workshops. Some programs also consider proposals for doctoral
dissertation improvement, the acquisition of specialized research and computing
equipment, and large-scale data collection. Some programs participate in
jointly sponsored competitions with programs in other directorates.
• Economic,
Decision, and Management Sciences Cluster
1. Decision, Risk, and Management Science
Supports scientific
research directed at increasing the understanding and effectiveness
of decision-making by individuals, groups, organizations, and society.
Disciplinary
and interdisciplinary research, doctoral dissertation research, and
workshops are funded in the areas of judgment and decision-making; decision
analysis
and decision aids; risk analysis, perception, and communication; societal
and public policy decision-making; and management science and organizational
design. The program also supports small grants for exploratory research
that are time-critical, such as decision-making in response to extreme
events. Funded research must have implications in an operational or
applied context, be grounded in theory, be based on empirical observation
or
subject to empirical validation, and be generalizable.
2. Economics
Supports basic scientific research designed to improve
understanding of the processes and institutions of the U.S. economy
and of the world system of which it is a part. The program supports empirical
and theoretical research as well as conferences in almost every subfield
of economics, including econometrics, mathematical economics, labor
economics,
macroeconomics, industrial organization, international economics, public
finance, and economic history. The program also supports interdisciplinary
research and conferences that strengthen the connection between economics
and other disciplines, including the other social sciences, statistics,
mathematics, the behavioral sciences, and engineering.
3. Innovation and Organizational Change (IOC)
Seeks to create
and apply fundamental new knowledge with the aim of improving the effectiveness
of the design, administration, and management of organizations, including
industrial, educational, service, government, and nonprofit organizations.
The IOC Program places a priority on investigator-initiated research
that develops and tests theories and methodologies related to organizational
learning and redesign, quality and process improvement, the management
of innovation, and the organizational development and integration of
new technologies. Projects that develop or build upon cross-disciplinary
research perspectives are another priority. Perspective IOC research
draws on but is not limited to, organizational behavior and theory,
industrial engineering, organizational sociology, public administration,
and management
science.
IOC is jointly sponsored by the Directorates for Engineering, Social,
Behavioral, and Economic Sciences, and Education and Human Resources.
• Methods,
Cross-Directorate, And Science And Society Cluster
1. Cross-Directorate Activities
Administers and provides information
about various cross-directorate programs in which the Social, Behavioral,
and Economic Sciences Directorate participates. The program administers
the Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Sites, Increasing the
Participation and Advancement of Women in Academic Science and Engineering
Careers (ADVANCE) Fellows, and Minority Postdoctoral Research Fellowships
for the social and behavioral sciences. In addition, the program coordinates
the Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER), Presidential Early Career
Awards for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), Research in Undergraduate
Institutions (RUI), Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeships
(IGERT), and GK-12 NSF Graduate Teaching Fellows in K-12 Education Programs
for the social and behavioral sciences. The program also supports special
studies, analyses, and workshops on issues affecting social and behavioral
science disciplines—including issues that span organizational boundaries
and division priorities—and activities that address needs in education
and human resources, as well as the creation of a diverse social and
behavioral science personnel pool. In addition, for the social and behavioral
sciences, the program officers for Cross-Directorate Activities can provide
information about special opportunities NSF offers for educational initiatives.
2. Methodology, Measurement, and Statistics
Supports fundamental
research on the development, application, and extension of formal models
and methodologies for social and behavioral research, including methods
for improving measurement, and research on statistical methodology or
statistical modeling that has direct implications for one or more of
the social and behavioral sciences. Also supported are research on methodological
aspects of new or existing procedures for data collection; research
to evaluate or compare existing databases and data collection procedures;
the collection of unique databases with cross-disciplinary implications,
especially when paired with developments in measurement or methodology;
and the methodological infrastructure of social and behavioral research.
3. Science and Technology Studies
Supports historical, philosophical,
cognitive, and social research regarding the character and development
of science and technology; the nature of theory and evidence in different
fields; and the social and intellectual construction of science and
technology. Support is also given to research that examines the relationship
among
science, government, and other social institutions and groups, and processes
of scientific innovation and change.
4. Societal Dimensions of Engineering, Science, and Technology (SDEST):
Ethics and Values Studies, Research on Science and Technology
Includes
the components Ethics and Values Studies (EVS) and Research on Science
and Technology (RST). SDEST considers proposals that examine questions
that arise in the interactions of engineering, science, technology,
and society. The EVS component supports examinations of the ethical and
value
dimensions in those interactions. The RST component supports research
on social and strategic choices that influence knowledge production
and innovation and their effects.
• Social
And Political Sciences Cluster
1. Law and Social Science
Supports social science studies of
law and lawlike systems of rule, institutions, processes, and behavior.
These studies may include research designed to enhance the scientific
understanding of the impact of law; human behavior and interaction as
they relate to law; the dynamics of legal decision-making; and the nature,
source, and consequence of variation and change in legal institutions.
The primary consideration is that the research show promise of advancing
the scientific understanding of law and legal process. Within this framework,
the program has an “open window” for diverse theoretical
perspectives, methods, and contexts for study.
2. Political Science
Supports scientific research that advances
knowledge and understanding of citizenship, government, and politics.
Research proposals are expected to be theoretically motivated, conceptually
clear, methodologically rigorous, and empirically oriented. Substantive
areas for research proposals include American government and politics,
comparative government and politics, international relations, political
behavior, political economy, and political institutions. In recent years,
program awards have supported research projects on bargaining processes;
campaigns and elections, electoral choice, and electoral systems; citizen
support in emerging and established democracies; democratization, political
change, and regime transitions; domestic and international conflict;
international political economy; party activism; political psychology
and political tolerance. On occasion, program awards also have supported
research experiences for undergraduate students, methodological advances
in political science, and infrastructural improvements through conference
activities.
3. Sociology
Supports scientific research on all forms of human
social organization—societies, institutions, groups, and demography.
The program encourages theoretically focused empirical investigations
of social processes and social structures. It welcomes research that
will build connections with other disciplines. Recent awards supported
by the program include research on assimilation, crime and delinquency,
democratization, education, family, gender, group processes, migration
and immigration, organizations and organizational behavior, race and
ethnic relations, religion, science and technology, social networks,
social movements, stratification and mobility, voluntary organizations,
and work and labor markets. The program also promotes doctoral research
through dissertation improvement.
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