NSF Economics Program
2009 Status Report
Nancy Lutz ([email protected])
Andrew Feltenstein ([email protected])
Florenz Plassmann ([email protected]
Economics at NSF
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We continue to be the largest SBE program, but
our funding is growing more slowly than the
overall SBE budget.
Last Year: 368 submissions, 36% funded.
High Success Rate due to an additional $4 million in
ARRA funds.
 ARRA funds exhausted
 Fall 2009: 30% increase in proposals.
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New Small Grant Mechanisms
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Grants for Rapid Response Research (RAPID)
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Early-concept Grants for Exploratory Research
(EAGER)
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Severe urgency with regard to availability of or access to data
and facilities.
Max of $200k/1 year.
Exploratory work on untested but potentially transformative
ideas or approaches.
Max of $300k/2 years.
Must contact Program Officer before submission.
Other SBE Funding Opportunities
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SBE Dear Colleague Letters:
 Integrating HSD goals: Complexity, Infrastructure,
Interdisciplinary
 Environment, Society, and the Economy (ESE)
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Social Computational Systems (SoCS) : 8/31/2010
Other SBE programs (DRMS, LSS, MMS, etc)
Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants
Minority Postdoctoral Research Fellowships
Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) sites
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Science of Science and Innovation
Policy Program (SciSIP)
How are investments in science and engineering research
transformed into social and economic outcomes?
$8 million/year; annual deadline is Sept 9
 Interdisciplinary – funding research across SBE in
data, model and tool development
 Website http://cs.scienceofsciencepolicy.net
 Contact: Julia Lane [email protected]
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NSF-Wide Funding Opportunities
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Cyber-enabled Discovery and Innovation (CDI):
Feb 4/5, 2010.
Dynamics of Coupled Natural and Human
Systems (CNH): 11/16/2010
Major Research Instrumentation (MRI)?
Integrative Graduate Education and Research
Traineeship (IGERT): 3/29/2010
Staying Informed
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Our website at nsf.gov is the best source.
Look for ‘Funding Opportunities’ and pull ‘Social,
Behavioral, Econ’ from the drop-down menu.
 Use the site search and the award search functions.
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Email us with questions.
Consider requesting an outreach visit.
Come Work at NSF
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Division Director for Social and Economic
Sciences (SES). 2/1/2010
Always searching for candidates for a rotator
Economics Program Director. For Fall 2010,
labor/public/econometrics/history/enviro
Top undergrads can apply for Science Assistant
positions