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Subject: Ref Doc, huml proposal opportunities
See attached doc for easy reference during discussion of possibles, q.v. Eleven altogether. One or two (# , # ) appear not suitable for us. Most have std NSF proposal structure. Latest, number 0, uses NSF online FastLane forms. Doc is not quite a spreadsheet but almost, should be easy to handle. "MISSION" sections describing the topic range of each Call for Proposals have some re-wording usable in making the proposals; direct quotes are quoted, webpages are cited for your convenience. Labeled "humlComments:" space at end of each section can hold your comments, which can then be pasted into a log. Label with your initials ---<ME: (example text; also at end of ToC). ---ME/> ---<SC: general notes #0 HumanSocialDynamics -- huml: Econ/Diplomacy -- Ranjeeth, Chandra take special note of how you would construe developing this. huml: CogEnv -- Roger, Rob, Len, Sylvia also take special note of how to develop. #1 Bio db/IT -- huml:HPCDML -- James, Rex take special note of adaptation of prior fit. #7 DigitalGov -- huml: Econ/Diplomacy -- Ranjeeth, Chandra take special note of how you would construe developing this. #8 SEII IT integrative tools -- markup app, suggests James. #9 EMT -- tailored for project centered on Rob's work? ---SC/> -- ;););) blessed are the geeks -- for they shall inherit the source code :):):)
Possibilities for huml Grant Proposals -- REFERENCE DOC
humlProposalInfo.5Dec2004SC
===Table of Contents (==== delimits sections in document)
0:HSD Title: Human and Social Dynamics: Competition for -- NSF 04-537
1: BioDBIT bio db/IT -- NSF 02-058
2:IDM Information and Data Management (IDM) -- NSF 04-500
3. ITR Information Technology Research for National Priorities
(ASE -- Advances in Science and Engineering, ECS -- Economic
Prosperity and Vibrant Civil Society, NHS -- National and Homeland
Security): one or more -- NSF 04-012
4:IBN Integrative Biology and Neurosciences -- (varies)
5. MRI: Major Research Instrumentation Program, Instrument
Development and Acquisition -- NSF 04-511
6. STEP talent, education institutions
7:DigitalGov -- NSF 04-521
8. SEIII Science and Engineering Information Integration and Informatics.
(SEI + II) -- NSF 04-528
9. EMT Emerging Models and Technologies for Computation NSF 04-530
10:NMI NSF Middleware Initiative -- NSF 03-513
===sections:
IdxNum:ID name
Agency with NSF #yr-seq
URL
Dates
$
MISSION
huml Comments:
---<SC: general notes
#0 HumanSocialDynamics --
huml: Econ/Diplomacy -- Ranjeeth, Chandra take special note of how you would construe developing this.
huml: CogEnv -- Roger, Rob, Len, Sylvia also take special note of how to develop.
#1 Bio db/IT -- huml:HPCDML -- James, Rex take special note of adaptation of prior fit.
#7 DigitalGov -- huml: Econ/Diplomacy -- Ranjeeth, Chandra take special note
of how you would construe developing this.
#8 SEII IT integrative tools -- markup app, suggests James.
#9 EMT -- tailored for project centered on Rob's work?
---SC/>
0:HSD ========================================================================================================
0:HSD Title: Human and Social Dynamics: Competition for FY 2004 (HSD)
Date: 12/30/03
Replaced: NSF 03-552
Agency:
NSF
NSF 04-537
National Science Foundation
Directorate for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences
Directorate for Biological Sciences
Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering
Directorate for Education and Human Resources
Directorate for Engineering
Directorate for Geosciences
Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences
Office of International Science and Engineering
Office of Polar Programs
URL:
http://www.nsf.gov/bio/ef.htm
$:
4 types: 250k-750k total/3-5years research, 50-150k total/1-4years ed,
1500-6000k total/3-5 years intrastructure,
$100k except $200k total / 1-2 years instrumentation/data exploratory
i.e.,
Research - "most research-focused projects will range in duration
from three to five years and have total award sizes ranging from
$250,000 to $750,000."
Education - "most education-focused projects will range in duration from one to four
years and have total award sizes ranging from $50,000 to $150,000."
Infrastructure - "most infrastructure-focused projects
will range in duration from three to five years and have total award
sizes ranging from $1,500,000 to $6,000,000."
Exploratory - "Exploratory projects may have durations of up to two years and have
total award sizes of up to $200,000 in the Instrumentation and Data
Resource Development emphasis area and up to $100,000 in all other
emphasis areas."
no cost-sharing required
item: "set aside funds in their budgets to attend a biennial : HSD awardees meeting."
collaborative ok
PI: only general NSF, i.e., "NSF welcomes proposals from all
qualified scientists, engineers and educators. The Foundation
strongly encourages women, minorities and persons with
disabilities to compete fully in its programs."
"NSF is striving to be able to tell applicants whether their
proposals have been declined or recommended for funding within
six months" [of submission date].
Dates:
Letters of Intent (required):
March 03, 2004
Full Proposal Deadline(s) (due by 5 p.m. proposer's local time):
March 30, 2004 (=> notification by end of Sept. 2004)
MISSION:
--- http://www.nsf.gov/bio/ef.htm
"""
Human Social Dynamics
Aims to foster breakthroughs in knowledge about human action and development as well as organizational, cultural, and societal adaptation and change. Such a transformation in basic understanding would parallel the explosion of knowledge about the physical and biological worlds that characterized the twentieth century. HSD aims to increase our collective ability to anticipate the complex consequences of change; to better understand the dynamics of human and social behavior at all levels, including that of the human mind; to better understand the cognitive and social structures that create and define change; and to help people and organizations better manage profound or rapid change. Accomplishing these goals requires a comprehensive, multidisciplinary approach across the sciences, engineering, and education, including the development of infrastructure that can support such efforts.
The FY 2004 competition will include three topical emphasis areas (Agents of Change; Dynamics of Human Behavior; and Decision Making and Risk)
[SC notes: choose as many as possible]
and three resource-related emphasis areas (Spatial Social Science; Modeling Human and Social Dynamics; and Instrumentation and Data Resource Development). Support will be provided for research-focused, education-focused, infrastructure-focused, and exploratory projects.
For more information, see program solicitation.
http://www.nsf.gov/pubsys/ods/getpub.cfm?ods_key=nsf04537
Cognizant BIO Program Officer:
Dr. Penny Firth (Acting Deputy Division Director, DEB), e-mail: pfirth@nsf.gov.
"""
"NSF has special interest in proposals that develop and employ innovative
approaches in the study of human and social dynamics. All HSD proposals
will be evaluated with respect to their intellectual merit, their broader
impacts, and their responsiveness to the goals of the HSD competition.
Special consideration will be given to the extent to which projects are
likely to contribute to understanding of human and social dynamics across a
range of disciplines. Proposals therefore should describe expected
contributions across relevant disciplines. Multidisciplinary advisory
panels will evaluate all proposals. (Projects of $100,000 or less in size
may be evaluated solely by a multidisciplinary panel of program officers
without external review.) When appropriate, international collaborative
partnerships are encouraged."
huml Comments:
1:BioDBIT===========================================================
1: BioDBIT
NSF 02-058
Agency specs:
NSF Biological Databases and Informatics
NSF
Directorate for Biological Sciences
Division of Biological Infrastructure
URL:
pims.nsf.gov/output/publication/1,2122,5683,00.html
Dates:
finished proposal due dates:
January, 2nd Monday
July, 2nd Monday
$:
$8 million annually IF Available
as: (unspecified number of)
std or continuing Grant or Cooperative Agreement (=?)
no specified matching funding required
no PI eligibility limits
no limit on number of proposals
MISSION:
enable scientific and broader communities
thru:
"new approaches to the
management, analysis, and dissemination of
biological knowledge"
huml Comments:
2:IDM===========================================================
2:IDM Information and Data Management (IDM)
NSF 04-500
Agency specs:
NSF
Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering
Division of Information and Intelligent Systems
URL:
/www.nsf.gov/pubs/2004/nsf04500/nsf04500.htm
Dates:
finished proposal due dates:
January 8, 2004
no personnel changes allowed after submission
December 6, 2004 and thereafter
$: IF Available $5,500,000 altogether
est. 20 awards
MISSION:
IT research and education activities "fundamental to":
design and use technologies and methodologies;
data/metadata, db, IT, Knowledge-bases;
incl. use of net, scaling,
heterogeneous, mobile, distributed systems;
dataflow, system dynamics, data integration, mining, visualization;
"security/privacy";
"knowledge and process/event modeling", novel datatypes
[INFORMATION INCOMPLETE --?]
huml Comments:
3:ITR===========================================================
3. ITR Information Technology Research for National Priorities
(ASE -- Advances in Science and Engineering, ECS -- Economic
Prosperity and Vibrant Civil Society, NHS -- National and Homeland
Security): one or more
NSF 04-012
NSF
National Science Foundation (all Directorates and program Offices)
Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering
Office of International Science and Engineering
Office of Polar Programs
Directorate for Biological Sciences
Directorate for Education and Human Resources
Directorate for Engineering
Directorate for Geosciences
Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences
Directorate for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences
URL: www.nsf.gov/pubs/2004/nsf04012/nsf04012.htm
Dates:
letter of intent (LOI): ---NB
January 14, 2004 (LOI acknowl. by email is prerequisite for appln)
Full Proposal Deadline(s) (due by 5 p.m. proposer's local time):
February 24, 2004
$: of est. $90 million
est. 80 - 100 awards, about 10% of submissions.
max $4million each in up to 5 years; 4-5 year projects esp. encouraged
most $200,000 - $2million each
[i.e., mostly 2 x 10^5 to 6 / 4 or 5 years =
40-50k/year to 400-500k/year]
no cost-sharing required
no indirect cost limitations
organizations:
university/college on behalf of its faculty
non-profit non-acdemic organizations
(such as museum, observatory, research lab,
professional societies and **similar USA organizations
"that are directly associated iwth educational or
research activities")
=> phone/email to ascertain eligibility as huml or humanmarkup.org
An individual can have only one [ITR proposal] role (as
PI, co-PI, other senior personnel or paid consultant)
MISSION:
"The ITR Program places particular emphasis on
interdisciplinary research and education projects."
understand/apply/improve dense communication with heterogeneous
systems (incl. scientific, simulation, collaborative/coordinated)
Role of IT (Information Technology) in "Technical Focus Areas"
[choose at least one; more is better; huml shown as extra *]:
** int: support of reliable, complex, distributed systems via
integrating computer, networking, HCI, info management.
*? dmc: innovative integration (e.g., dynamic data-driven)
of "data, models, communications, analysis and/or
control systems"; may be for prediction, risk-assessment,
and decision-making.
** soc: "Interactions and complex interdependencies of
information systems and social systems"
** sim: "Innovation in computational modeling or simulation
in research or education"
huml Comments:
4:IBN===========================================================
4:IBN Integrative Biology and Neurosciences
(referred to in James' email as Ecologial and Evolutionary
Physiology, with URL: www.nsf.gov/pubs/progdesc/1998/bio/ibn/1148.htm)
Agency:
NSF
Directorate for Biological Sciences (BIO)
www.nsf.gov/bio/
URL:
www.nsf.gov/bio/ibn/start.htm
Dates:
current webpage says January 12 and July 12.
(original email says January 10 and/or July 10) [annual]
MISSION:
Physiology and Ethology; Ecological and Evolutionary Physiology
Research on evolution or ecology
of animals, plants, protists, fungi, bacteria,
esp. whole organisms (living or extinct);
their mechanisms of physiology or morphology
and those mechanisms' influence on evolution,
"evolutionary pathways or interactions between
organisms and their biotic or physiochemical environment."
expansion:
--- www.nsf.gov/bio/ibn/start.htm
Division of Integrative Biology and Neuroscience
The Division of Integrative Biology and Neuroscience (IBN) supports research aimed at integrative understanding of living organisms -- plants, animals, microbes -- as units of biological organization. Such research encompasses:
* the mechanisms by which plants, snimals, and microbes develop, grow, reproduce, regulate their physiological activity, and respond to their environment;
* the integration of molecular, subcellular, cellular, and functional genomics approaches to understand the development, functioning, and behavior of organisms in both laboratory and natural settings;
* all aspects of the nervous system, including its structure, function, development and integration with the physiological and behavioral systems affected by it;
* the behavior of animals in the laboratory and field;
* whole-organism approaches to physiological ecology; and
* the form and function of organisms in view of their evolution and environmental interactions.
Synthetic and analytic approaches that address this integration often require advanced computational techniques and interdisciplinary perspectives involving other areas of biology, behavioral science, physical science, mathematics, engineering,and computer science. In addition, the development and use of a wide diversity of organisms as biological models are encouraged to assist both in identifying unifying principles common to all organisms and in documenting the variety of mechanisms that have evolved in specific organisms. Current scientific emphases include biotechnology, biomolecular materials, environmental biology, global change, biodiversity, molecular evolution, plant science, microbial biology, and computational biology, including modeling. Research projects generally include support for the education and training of future scientists.
The IBN Division also supports doctoral dissertation research; research conferences, workshops, and symposia; computational biology research; Undergraduate Mentoring in Environmental Biology; and a wide variety of NSF-wide activities.
The IBN Division supports research through the following clusters:
* Developmental Mechanisms
* Neuroscience
* Physiology and Ethology
----- computational biology link -> now a single Call, handled by
individual parts of NSF,
"Please visit our web site ( http://www.nsf.gov/bio/) for deadlines
and target dates within the BIO Divisions. "
Some of the other stuff is within said BIO Divisions.
---- sidebar link ->
Target/Deadline Dates for IBN
The target dates for submission of proposals to the Division of
Integrative Biology and Neuroscience are January 12 and July 12.
Proposals received by the January target date will be reviewed at
the Spring review cycle, and those received by the July target date
will be reviewed in the Fall review cycle. The earliest possible
effective date for an award is approximately six months after the
target date.
Proposers are reminded of the guidelines regarding the length of
research proposals. Proposals in which the project description,
including results from prior NSF support, exceeds 15 pages (with
2.5 cm margins), will not be accepted. Appendices may not be
submitted. For ease of review, investigators must use a font size
no smaller than 10 points.
---- sidebar link ->
list of grants ->
abstracts of proposals ->
5-year grant-related www.computableplant.org
Kind of a nice model, this shows
the abstract of a proposal rendered as a public web page with
some tasteful informative illustrations/diagrams,
neat title bars, and further links that describe the project.
The site's subpages:
The abstract serves as the website Home.
Publications (each citation links to the article or a
publisher's book ad or a fulltext conference proceedings).
Tutorials goes to a [Selected References] page divided into
subject-base areas to define the subfield of the research
(something like the references Len sends out).
The NSF reports are not present on either of these pages; maybe
they have not been done yet, as this is a 2003 grant.
Gallery has visuals of topic matter,
with truly instructive 3D animations under thumbnail graphics.
Research and other pages are currently empty. Links goes to
various webpages of software used (esp. academic-freeware),
international dbs, relevant labs (such as the BioMotion lab
could be for us).
This particular project has research and "outreach"
components, which might also be suitable for huml to do.
huml Comments:
5:MRI =============================================================
5. MRI: Major Research Instrumentation Program, Instrument
Development and Acquisition
NSF 04-511
(seems to be all NSF Directorates and Offices)
URL:
www.nsf.gov/pubsys/ods/getpub.cfm?nsf04511
www.nsf.gov/pubsys/ods/getpub.cfm?ods_key=nsf04511faq (updates)
Dates:
full proposal
January 22, 2004
January's 4th Thursday thereafter
$: If available, $75 million
est. 300 number of awards
specialized cost-sharing (q.v.) -- 8-(
from either:
1. institutions of higher educationwith a Certification of Institutional
Classification (as Ph.D.-granting, etc.)
2. independent nonprofit research institutions
3. research museums
4. consortia of eligible institutions [which can also submit thru a
university for instumentation ...; small businesses can do instrument
development as private sector partners of submitting institutions].
no PI limits
MISSION: -- huml? for whom is such?
for enhancing/enabling "research-intensive learning environments";
institutions' acquisition/development of major scientific
and engineering research[-training] instrumentation
that can't be supported by other NSF programs.
huml Comments:0
---<YourInitials:
---YourInitials/>
etc.
6:STEP ============================================================
for institutions of education
7:DigitalGov =========================================================
NSF 04-521
NSF
Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering
Div. of Information and Intelligent Systems
URL:
www.nsf.gov/pubs/2004/nsf04521/nsf04521.htm
Dates:
full proposal
March 1, 2004 (0r)
November 3, 2004
$: out of $9 million If Available,
est. 10-15 awards, std. or continuing (=> $500k < $1million each)
no cost-sharing required
some other budgetary limitations, q.v.
MISSION:
data handling APPS for democratic processes, assessment of
impact of IT on gov institutions, support citizen-gov interaction
huml Comments:
---<SC:
Ranjeeth, Chandra take special note.
___SC/>
8:SEIII =============================================================
8. SEIII Science and Engineering Information Integration and Informatics.
(SEI + II)
NSF 04-528
URL:
www.nsf.gov/pubs/2004/nsf04528/nsf04528.htm
Dates:
March 4, 2004
December 15, 2004
$: of $14.5 million, If Available
est. 25-30 awards
MISSION: -- James says markup-rich possibilities
"advance the understanding of technology to enable scientific
discovery", i.e., application of IT (information management
and data analysis), in specific fields incl. "astonomy, biology,
geosciences, public health and health care delivery".
esp. TOOLS for information integration,
both domain-specific and general purpose
creative integration of research and education for both techies
and everybody
huml Comments:
---<JL:
This looks like a potentially good target for the markup, e.g., schema
and ontology integration, in collaboration with other institutions and
organizations. This would be a very challenging proposal to prepare,
but potentially quite beneficial.
---JL/>
9:EMT ==============================================================
9. EMT Emerging Models and Technologies for Computation
NSF 04-530
NSF
Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering
Division of Computing and Communication Foundations
URL:
www.nsf.gov/pubs/2004/nsf04530/nsf04530.htm
Dates:
March 15, 2004
$: $12 million If Available
est. 30-40 awards of $125,000 per year for 3 years
no Organization limits
no PI limits
MISSION:
Models for new computing paradigms
"Synopsis of Program:
This cluster seeks to advance the fundamental capabilities of computer and
information sciences and engineering by incorporating insights from areas
such as biological systems, quantum phenomena, nanoscale science and
engineering, and other novel computing concepts. To bring fundamental
changes to software, hardware and architectural design aspects of future
computational models, collaborations among computer scientists, engineers,
mathematicians, biologists and other disciplinary scientists are imperative.
Research of interest should move beyond evolutionary technological advances
to innovations that enable fundamentally different ways of computing. These
innovations should promise much higher speeds or should solve more complex
problems than traditional approaches currently permit.
The cluster supports cross- and inter-disciplinary research and education
projects that explore ideas, theory and experiments which go beyond
conventional wisdom and venture into a range of uncharted territories
in order to advance computing capabilities. Explicit efforts will be made
to support untested theories and approaches that provide plausible but
high-risk opportunities. Proposals that are not clearly collaborative
and/or interdisciplinary in nature are likely to be less competitive.
"
huml Comments:
---<SC:
Is this #9:EMT tailor-made for a project centered around Rob's work?
---SC/>
10:NMI ===============================================================
10:NMI NSF Middleware Initiative
NSF 03-513
NSF
Division of Computer and Information Science and Engineering
URL:
nsf.gov/cgi-bin/getpub?nsf03513
Dates:
March 4, 2004 (first Friday in March, annually)
$:
* Organization Limit: None Specified.
* PI Eligibility Limit: None Specified.
* Limit on Number of Proposals: None Specified.
Award Information
* Anticipated Type of Award: Standard or Continuing Grant or Cooperative Agreement
* Estimated Number of Awards: 5 to 8
* Anticipated Funding Amount: $7,400,000 per year for 3 years, pending availability of funds
MISSION:
(to bring in material from my longer quick report (sent to some of you 31/12/03))
EXTENSION OF EXTANT SUITE: two types allowed:
1. Middleware infrastructure support and development
-- Technology, such as python Twisted -- not particularly huml
2. Additional new middleware components and capabilities
-- Note the Collaboration, heterogeneity, which is more suited to our capacities and goals,
most likely.
IN SUM:
The main aim of this project is to provide an open-source-based suite of
communications packages for "transparent" use of networks and equipment including
computers, video, and scientific measurement instruments. The "gluing" of components
to function together is "middleware" software.
Interposed in NMI is a gatekeeper server between client and server, but that is
only one aspect of the project, and not its touted sense of "middleware". To use
intermediary processing at either client or server end for bettering understanding
would be a real contribution.
huml Comments:
---<SC:
Such HumanML work would fall under the novel expansion
rather than basic technology development (second rather than first type of NMI work).
The NMI program's March submission time might be workable.
But the other side of the question is whether this meets OUR development needs...
For example, Are we ready to develop a production level deployment of bettered
collaboration?
---SC/>
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