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Call for Proposals: Communicating Hurricane Info. |
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| Posted by: | Kellina Craig-Henderson |
| Title/Position: | Program Director |
| School/Organization: | National Science Foundation |
| Sent to listserv of: | SPSP, SESP, SPSSI |
| Date posted: | March 5th, 2008 |
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Today NSF issued the Communicating Hurricane Information solicitation which will fund projects that advance fundamental understanding of the communication of warnings, with hurricanes as the testbed for the research. The research is not about improving forecasts, but instead focuses on understanding how hurricane information influences the thinking and behavior both of decision makers (e.g., emergency managers, elected officials) and the general public. June 3 is the deadline.
NOAA and NSF are cooperating to fund research that will provide important new fundamental knowledge regarding the communication of hurricane information. Changing demographics, communication technologies, and forecasting abilities have created an important opportunity to improve communications:
Americans continue to migrate in large numbers to areas vulnerable to hurricane disasters.
New technologies and information outlets (e.g., internet, Weather Channel) create challenges and opportunities for risk communicators.
The information provided by the National Weather Service about threatening hurricanes has become more accurate and precise.
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=503246&org=SES&from=home
Anticipated Funding Amount: $2,000,000 Pending availability of funds, NOAA and NSF expect to have at least $2,000,000 available to support total award sizes (including indirect costs) not to exceed $400,000. This maximum is the total for the project, not a yearly maximum. Projects that exceed this maximum amount of $400,000 will be returned without review.
Eligible research proposals must have at least one investigator from the social, behavioral, or economic sciences, and at least one from the physical sciences or engineering. Proposals that do not meet this requirement will be returned without review.
Cognizant Program Officer(s):
Robert E. O'Connor, Directorate for Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences, Division of Social and Economic Sciences, 995, telephone: (703) 292-7263, fax: (703) 292-9068, email: roconnor@nsf.gov
Dennis Wenger, Directorate of Engineering, Division of Civil, Mechanical and Manufacturing Innovation, 545, telephone: (703) 292-8606, fax: (703) 292-8606, email: dwenger@nsf.gov
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