NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
NSF SOCIETAL DIMENSIONS PROGRAM 
REMINDER

The next target date for proposals to the Societal Dimensions of
Engineering, Science, and Technology (SDEST) program is February 1, 2000.
The Societal Dimensions program includes Ethics and Values Studies (EVS) and
Research on Science and Technology (RST).  EVS focuses on improving
knowledge of ethical and value dimensions in science, engineering, and
technology.  RST focuses on improving approaches and information for
decision making about investment in science, engineering, and technology.
The announcement (NSF99-82) can be accessed at
http://www.nsf.gov:80/cgi-bin/getpub?nsf9982; more program information about
prior awards and suggestions for applicants are available at
http://www.nsf.gov/sbe/ses/sdest/start.htm.

Applicants to SDEST using the NSF electronic application system, FastLane,
will find the program listed under EVS and RST, not SDEST.  Select one or
the other program component to apply to.  If your proposal has relevance to
both, choose the one that predominates.

Sometime in the second half of this year 2000 the National Science
Foundation will begin to REQUIRE (with some minor exceptions) ALL proposals
prepared for NSF consideration to be submitted via FastLane.  Investigators
planning to submit proposals to SDEST should take steps to comply with this
requirement by making contact with their institution's Sponsored Programs
Offices well in advance of the program's summer target date of 8/1/2000.
ALL researchers with institutional affiliations will have to use FastLane.
Individual applicants should contact SDEST well in advance also, to
determine precise mechanisms for applying without institutional affiliation.


For further information about FastLane and this requirement, please consult
the FastLane Website, <www.fastlane.nsf.gov>;  or Gail Williams of NSF's
Division of Information Services ([log in to unmask]);  or Philip Johnson, SBE
Computer Specialist ([log in to unmask]).  For information about the SDEST
program, contact Program Director Rachelle Hollander, [log in to unmask]  For
information about SDEST dissertation awards, contact Program Director John
Perhonis, [log in to unmask]   





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