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[RRE]NSF Research Opportunity
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Date: Tue, 12 Oct 1999 17:16:43 -0400
From: "Hollander, Rachelle "
NSF has just posted a new announcement of research opportunity on its home page. The announcement number is 99-167; the title and url, and a brief excerpt of a component that might be of interest to investigators studying social influences of and on information technology can be found below.
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH (ITR) PROGRAM SOLICITATION url -- http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/1999/nsf99167/nsf99167.htm
DEADLINE DATES:
Proposals WITH BUDGETS OVER $500K: LETTERS OF INTENT (Required): NOVEMBER 15, 1999 PRE-PROPOSALS: JANUARY 5, 2000 FULL PROPOSALS: APRIL 17, 2000
PROPOSALS WITH BUDGETS NOT EXCEEDING $500K: LETTERS OF INTENT (Required): JANUARY 5, 2000 FULL PROPOSALS: FEBRUARY 14, 2000
"This solicitation requests proposals for fundamental research in information technology, encouraging in particular research spanning information technology and scientific applications, and in the area of social, ethical and workforce issues."
The component that may be of most interest to you is the following:
"Social and Economic Implications of Information Technology
"To maximize the benefits of new information technologies (IT) and infrastructures to the entire United States, research is needed to develop new knowledge about the underlying processes by which their development and use influence and transform society, and by which society simultaneously influences their development and use. Especially encouraged are proposals that suggest fundamental advances in our ability to a) understand the particular societal values embedded in design processes and products, b) model the co-evolution of IT and social groups, c) evolve new information technologies to better fill societal requirements, and d) sustain distributed and local use of critical infrastructures and networks over the long term.
"Advances in knowledge to overcome various social, economic, cultural and managerial barriers related to the use of IT and infrastructures are fundamental to maximizing societal benefits. These include, for example: IT access equity; universal participation in networks, infrastructures and digital economies; privacy issues related to new uses of digital information and archived communications; surveillance, monitoring, and tracking of network activities; the development of trust in distributed social settings and exchanges with strangers; intellectual property issues and rights related to electronic publishing, digital libraries, fair use in educational settings, etc.; and cross-cultural issues related to any of the above. NSF encourages international collaborations focused on these topics where appropriate.
"Specific areas of emphasis include: the economic and technical systems that comprise the digital economy, electronic markets, and Internet commerce, etc.; the causes and effects of unequal participation in IT by different social groups; the interdependence of technologies, institutions, and communities; and the evolution and functioning of IT-based collaboratories and distributed work environments. Also relevant are studies of how laws, ethics and social norms may be changing in relation to IT, of public access to government information, and of the involvement of IT in public decision-making.
"Development of new data and indicators that would facilitate tracking IT use and creation of new research methodologies to study the socio-economic implications of IT are also appropriate in this category."
The announcement contains names of contacts at NSF with further information.
Posted by: Rachelle D. Hollander, Program Director Societal Dimensions of Engineering, Science, & Technology NSF 4201 Wilson Blvd. Rm.995 Arlington VA 22230 703-306-1743 fax -0485 rholland@nsf.gov www.nsf.gov/sbe/ses/sdest ```
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