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Title       : NSF MAKES AWARDS FOR TRAINING PROGRAMS
              IN BIOLOGICAL, BEHAVIORAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
NSF Contact : OLPA
Type        : Press Release
Date        : October 18, 1991
 
 
 
 
 
Jeffrey Norris                                          IMMEDIATE
(202) 357-9498                                   October 18, 1991
Gerald Selzer                                        NSF PR 91-89
(202) 357-9880
 
 
             NSF MAKES AWARDS FOR TRAINING PROGRAMS
          IN BIOLOGICAL, BEHAVIORAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
 
 
     The National Science Foundation has announced awards to 10
universities for new projects to train students in rapidly
advancing research areas requiring knowledge of many different
traditional academic disciplines.
     Themes include the evolution of primates, political economy,
how biological diversity arises, effects of social factors on
conservation efforts, nerve signal transmission, the role of a
cellular structure called the cytoskeleton, animal behavior,
language learning, cognition in collective political decision
making, and ecological studies across different scales of
biological organization.
     Universities receiving grants are in Arizona, California,
Iowa, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New York and Ohio.
In some cases, the awards will fund training activities that
involve collaboration of faculty at several institutions.
     The NSF training program emphasizes new or enhanced
multidisciplinary training activities.  The awards are expected
to total up to $14 million over five years.  The majority of
funds will pay for stipends and other training costs.
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     The new projects, sponsored by the NSF Directorate for
Biological, Behavioral and Social Sciences, will promote closer
interactions among faculty from different departments, and in
several cases, from different institutions.  These senior
scientists will oversee the multi-disciplinary training of
undergraduate and graduate students, and of post-doctoral
fellows.
 
     Winning proposals typically included plans for innovative
research opportunities and new courses, seminars, and workshops.
The 10 new awards bring to 20 the total number of projects funded
through the program since it began in 1989.
 
     Projects in all areas supported by the directorate were
eligible for awards.  Nearly 100 groups, choosing their own
research themes, first indicated their interest in the program in
response to an NSF program announcement.  Researchers who
submitted the best pre-proposals as evaluated by outside experts
were encouraged to submit formal proposals, though others who
submitted pre-proposals were not prohibited from making formal
requests.
 
     Forty-three formal proposals were received.  A second group
of panels evaluated these.  Based on reviews of formal proposals,
20 sites were chosen for on-site evaluation by NSF staff and
outside experts.  Final selection of the winning proposals was
based on information obtained through all of these review stages.
 
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Editors: A list of award recipients and anticipated five-year
         award amounts is attached.
 
 
The National Science Foundation is an independent agency of the
federal government established in 1950 to promote and advance
scientific progress in the United States.  NSF accomplishes its
mission primarily by competitively awarding grants to educational
institutions for research and education in the sciences,
mathematics, and engineering.
 
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