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Here's a reminder that proposals for consideration in the Societal Dimensions of Engineering, Science, and Technology program are due at NSF in the month of February. Proposals into NSF by February 27, 2004 will be considered in this round. The program announcement is available at http://www.nsf.gov/cgi-bin/getpub?nsf01152. Target dates for submission are February 1 and August 1, each year. The program's home page is at http://www.nsf.gov/sbe/ses/sdest/; check out the link to assistance on "Preparing a Proposal, What You Should Know" http://www.nsf.gov/sbe/ses/sdest/proposal.htm and on "Doing Survey Research: What You Should Know" http://www.nsf.gov/sbe/ses/sdest/survey%20research.htm. The SDEST home page also has links to related sites and to abstracts of active awards and awards from previous years. The Societal Dimensions program continues to consider a wide variety of proposals for research and education about the interactions of engineering, science, technology, and society. The Ethics and Values Studies (EVS) component supports examinations of the ethical and value dimensions in those interactions. The Research on Knowledge, Science and Technology (RST) component supports research on the directions and implications of research and innovation policy and priorities. SDEST program director Rachelle Hollander can be reached at the address below; program director John Perhonis handles dissertation proposals; he can be reached at [log in to unmask]; his phone number is 703-292-7279. Rachelle D. Hollander Senior Science Advisor Division of Social and Economic Sciences (SES) Societal Dimensions Program (SDEST) Ethics and Values Studies (EVS) Research on Science and Technology (RST) www.nsf.gov/sbe/ses/sdest NSF 4201 Wilson Blvd. Rm. 995 Arlington, VA 22230 703-292-7272, fax-9068; [log in to unmask] Proposal project summaries must address, separately, intellectual merit and broader impacts.