Funding-Ecology of
Infectious Diseases (EID); December 15, 2010
Agency
National
Science Foundation
Description
The
Ecology of Infectious Diseases program supports the development of predictive models
and the discovery of principles governing the transmission dynamics of
infectious disease agents. To that end, research proposals should focus on
understanding the ecological, evolutionary and socio-ecological determinants of
transmission by vectors or abiotic agents; the
population dynamics and genetics of reservoir species; the transmission to
humans, other non-human animals or plants; or the cultural, social, behavioral,
and economic dimensions of disease communication. Research may be on zoonotic, vector-borne or enteric diseases of either
terrestrial, freshwater, or marine systems and organisms, including diseases of
non-human animals and plants, at any scale from specific pathogens to inclusive
environmental systems. Diseases affecting humans must have an environmental
transmission component; research on solely human-to-human
transmitted disease systems are not eligible for EID support. Proposals
for research on disease systems of public health concern to developing
countries are strongly encouraged, as are disease systems of agricultural
concern. Investigators are encouraged to include links to the public health
research community, including for example, participation of epidemiologists,
physicians, veterinarians, social scientists, medical entomologists,
pathologists, virologists, or parasitologists.
Announcement
Number:
nsf10616
Closing
Date:
December 15, 2010
Link
to Full Announcement
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2010/nsf10616/nsf10616.htm?WT.mc_id=USNSF_25&WT.mc_ev=click
Contact
Information
Samuel Scheiner, Program Director,
telephone: (703) 292-7175, email: sscheine@nsf.gov
Joshua
Rosenthal, Program Director, FIC/NIH, telephone: (301) 496-1653, fax: (301)
402-0779, email: joshua_rosenthal@nih.gov
Phillip
R. Taylor, Section Head, telephone: (703) 292-7715, email: prtaylor@nsf.gov
Deborah
Winslow, Program Director, SBE/NSF, telephone: (703)
292-7315, email: dwinslow@nsf.gov
Teresa
Wysocka, Research Development Manager, ESRC,
telephone: 44 1793-442859, email: Teresa.wysocka@esrc.ac.uk
Sadhana Sharma, Strategy and Policy Manager-Animal Health, BBSRC, telephone: 44 1793-412099, email: sadhana.sharma@bbsrc.ac.uk