Fwd: NSF Biocomplexity Special Competition
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Date: Mon, 13 Dec 1999 11:43:40 -0400
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From: NSF Mathdept Mailing List <tha...@nsf.gov>
Subject: NSF Biocomplexity Special Competition
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Dear Colleagues,
Please forward this to faculty and collaborators who may be interested.
The announcement for the Biocomplexity program can be found on-line at:
<http://www.nsf.gov/cgi-bin/getpub?nsf0022>http://www.nsf.gov/cgi-bin/getpu
b?nsf0022
Please note that the deadline dates for proposals is March 1, 2000; also
note that messages of intent, due Janurary 31, 2000, are STRONGLY
ENCOURAGED for Research Proposals. Message of Intent are NOT expected
for proposals of Incubation Activites.
This is an exciting opportunity for mathematical scientists of all types
to engage in multidisciplinary, frontier science. All proposing groups
must include a quantitative expert, mathematician or
statistician. Quoting from the announcement: "The research plan must
begin with a section that presents the conceptual, mathematical or
computational model that frames the research activities and describes how
the proposed work can lead to achieving a predictive level of
understanding of the system under study."
This $50 million program will support both Research Projects up to
$600,000 per year for 5 years, and smaller Incubation Activities up to
$100,000 total.
Messages of Intent are due January 31, 2000 for research proposals. Full
proposals are due March 1, 2000 for research and incubation activities.
Short Description/Synopsis of Program:
"This special competition is the second year of a multi-year effort to
enhance our understanding of the nature and dynamics of biocomplexity in
the environment. Specifically, this special competition will support
integrated research to better understand and model complexity that arises
from the interaction of biological, physical, and social systems.
Biocomplexity arises from dynamics spanning several levels within a
system, between systems, and/or across multiple spatial (microns to
thousands of kilometers) and temporal (nanoseconds to eons) scales. This
special competition will specifically support Research Projects which
directly explore nonlinearities, chaotic behavior, emergent phenomena or
feedbacks within and between systems and/or integrate across multiple
components or scales of time and space in order to better understand and
predict the dynamic behavior of systems. The competition will also support
Incubation activities that enable groups of researchers who have not
historically collaborated on biocomplexity research to develop projects
via focusedworkshops, virtual meetings, and other types of development and
planning activities."
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Please direct general inquiries about the Biocomplexity: Special
Competition to the e-mail address (bio...@nsf.gov); for activities
focusing on the Mathematical and Physical Sciences, please contact the MPS
Representative:
James L Rosenberger, Statistics Program Director
National Science Foundation
4201 Wilson Blvd Room 1025
Arlington, VA 22230
Phone: 703-306-1883 Fax: 703-306-0555 Email: jros...@nsf.gov
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