Funding-Limited Submission – Online Resource Center for Ethics Education in Science and Engineering (ORCEESE) NSF 13-558; May 14, 2013

Description: NSF expects to support the development of an online resource center containing research findings, pedagogical materials, and promising practices regarding the ethics and social justice dimensions of research and practice in all of the fields NSF supports. The development and evolution of the center will be informed by the research communities that NSF supports (e.g. engineering, social sciences, natural sciences, mathematics, computer sciences, physical sciences), and it will serve as a living resource of multimedia materials that may be used to train current and future generations of scientists, mathematicians, and engineers in responsible conduct of research (RCR). The center will also assist practicing scientists, mathematicians, and engineers to identify and explore ethical and social justice issues as they arise.

Audiences for the proposed ethics resource center may include but are not limited to:

• instructors who want to incorporate an ethics or social justice module into classes;
• administrators and/or instructors who seek scholarly evaluation of ethics curricula;
• undergraduate and graduate students who seek to understand ethical or social justice issues in science, mathematics, and engineering;
• practicing scientists and engineers who seek to explore ethical reasoning and social justice issues as they arise in their work;
• researchers who create original scholarship on ethics and social justice in science, mathematics, and/or engineering.

NSF anticipates funding one five-year award of up to $300,000 annually. See the full program solicitation for more information: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2013/nsf13558/nsf13558.htm?WT.mc_id=USNSF_25&WT.mc_ev=click

Limit on Number of Proposals per Organization: 1

Because NSF limits an institution to 1 ORCEESE proposal, the University of Kentucky has established an internal selection process.  Researchers interested in submitting a proposal are to submit the following material electronically to the Office of the Vice President for Research at limitedsubmissons@uky.edu and a copy to their Associate Dean for Research by Tuesday, May 14, 2013:

(1) Names and departments of the PI, senior project personnel, and key staff

(2) Project description (2 page maximum) including the project goals, target audience(s), statement of need, and dissemination.

The Vice President for Research will appoint a committee to review the material and make recommendations as to the University’s applicant. Questions about the submission process may be sent to Ms. Annette Evans in the Office of the Vice President for Research (alevan4@email.uky.edu or 257-1663).

NSF Deadline: August 7, 2013