AGENCY: National Science Foundation (NSF)/ Directorate for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (SBE)/Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences (BCS)

PROGRAM: Cultural Anthropology Scholars Award

OBJECTIVES: This program provides funding to promote methodological training by cultural anthropologists who are active researchers. The purpose of this award is to help cultural anthropologists upgrade their methodological skills by learning a specific analytical technique that will improve their research abilities. For example, support may be requested to learn new methods of cross-cultural research, demography, remote sensing and Geographic Information Systems (GIS), ecological field survey, linguistics, etc.
 
DEADLINES: August 16, 2009; January 16, 2010
 
FUNDING INFORMATION: NSF anticipates making two awards at a level of up to $50,000 for up to twelve months. Budgets may include direct costs for either summer salary or one or more semesters of full-time academic year release time, per diem, travel, equipment, supplies and other costs of training, and applicable indirect costs.
 
AGENCY CONTACT:
Deborah Winslow, Program Director
Cultural Anthropology Program
SBE, BCS, Rm. 995N
4201 Wilson Blvd.
Arlington, VA 22230
Telephone: 703-292-7315
Email: dwinslow@nsf.gov
Web: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2007/nsf07544/nsf07544.htm

REMARKS: Applications must be submitted electronically using either the NSF FastLane system or Grants.gov. Collaborative proposals must be submitted via FastLane. For more information about FastLane, or to register as a FastLane user, please contact Kathleen Foster in the Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP) at x3-4365 or kfoster@bu.edu. Information about Grants.gov for BU Investigators can be obtained on the OSP website at: http://www.bu.edu/osp/pdf/Grantsgovinfo.pdf. In addition, for investigators interested in submitting proposals via Grants.gov, NSF has published the NSF Grants.gov Application Guide which may be found online at: http://www.nsf.gov/bfa/dias/policy/docs/grantsgovguide.pdf. Investigators should contact the OSP Assistant Director assigned to their school or department as soon as possible to coordinate submission through either FastLane or Grants.gov.