CFP: www.nsf.gov/pubs/2011/nsf11584/nsf11584.htm
Deadline: December 06, 2011
Awards: Small Projects – up to $400,000 total budget with durations up to three years; and large Projects – $400,001 to $1,000,000 total budget with durations up to four years.
The three divisions of CISE and the SES division of SBE seek interdisciplinary research and education projects that develop new knowledge at the Interface between Computer Science and Economics & Social Sciences. Projects should advance knowledge on both sides of the interface. Projects that use known techniques and results from Computer Science or Economics & Social Sciences to advance only one field (either CS or Econ/SS) are not of interest to the program.
An important research interaction has emerged at the interface of computing and economics and social sciences. The synergy between these fields creates a rich opportunity for studying questions that involve interconnected systems with economic and social aspects. This research interaction has already led to the identification of a number of underlying principles and research themes. These include network structures in economic interaction, theories of learning in the context of such networks, welfare properties of equilibria, the design of mechanisms with constraints, the complexity of computing equilibria, the robustness of equilibria, and the roles of information, reputation, and trust in economic and social interactions. These principles provide lines of attack on a set of important applications. These include the emergence of new kinds of on-line markets, the roles of economic issues in the architecture of the Internet, the design and analysis of markets in the developing world, and the roles of social and economic networks in innovation and knowledge creation.
Estimated program budget, number of awards and average award size/duration are subject to the availability of funds. The program is supported by the 3 Divisions in CISE – CCF, CNS, and IIS – and by SBE. We anticipate a program budget of $6.5M. We expect to support approximately 2 Large 4-year awards of up to $1 Million each. We also expect to support approximately 10 Small 3-year awards of up to $400,000 each. We may consider EAGER proposals after consultation with a Program Director as specified in the GPG. Projects should be at the interface of computer science and economics & social sciences and should advance knowledge on both sides of the interface.
