Cultural Anthropology Scholars Awards 2017

Publish Date: Mar 11, 2017

Deadline: Aug 16, 2017

About the award

The National Science Foundation announces an opportunity for methodological training by cultural anthropologists who are active researchers. The purpose is to help cultural anthropologists upgrade their methodological skills by learning a specific analytical technique which will improve their research abilities.

Methodological training is intended to help cultural anthropologists upgrade their skills by learning a specific analytical technique which will improve their research abilities. For example, support may be requested to learn new methods of cross-cultural research, demography, remote sensing and GIS, ecological field survey, linguistics, etc. Support may be requested to learn any methodological skill that is necessary to advance the scholar's research agenda, as justified in the proposal with reference to published results from prior work.

Estimated program budget, number of awards and average award size/duration are subject to the availability of funds. Awards will be for up to 12 months and for a maximum of $50,000.

General Information

Program Title:
Cultural Anthropology Scholars Awards Methodological Training for Cultural Anthropologists
Synopsis of Program:
The National Science Foundation announces an opportunity for methodological training by cultural anthropologists who are active researchers. The purpose is to help cultural anthropologists upgrade their methodological skills by learning a specific analytical technique which will improve their research abilities.

Cognizant Program Officer(s):
Please note that the following information is current at the time of publishing. See program website for any updates to the points of contact.

Deborah Winslow- Program Director, Program Director, 995 N, telephone: (703) 292-7315, fax: (703) 292-9068, email:
dwinslow@nsf.gov
Jeffrey Mantz - Program Director, 995 N, telephone: (703) 292-7783, email: jmantz@nsf.gov Don Rimon-Program Specialist, telephone: (703) 292-2960, email: drimon@nsf.gov

Award Information

Anticipated Type of Award: Standard Grant
Estimated Number of Awards: 2
Anticipated Funding Amount: $100,000 - Pending availability of funds

Budgetary Information

Cost Sharing: Inclusion of voluntary committed cost sharing is prohibited.
Other Budgetary Limitations:
Budgets for any amount up to $50,000 may be submitted. Budgets may include direct costs of either summer salary or one or more semesters of full-time academic year release time, per diem, travel, equipment, supplies and other costs of training, and applicable indirect costs. The NSF summary budget form must be submitted with appropriate justification.

Notification of the Award

Notification of the award is made to the submitting organization by a Grants Officer in the Division of Grants and Agreements. Organizations whose proposals are declined will be advised as promptly as possible by the cognizant NSF Program administering the program. Verbatim copies of reviews, not including the identity of the reviewer, will be provided automatically to the Principal Investigator. (See Section VI.B. for additional information on the review process).

Award Conditions

An NSF award consists of: (1) the award notice, which includes any special provisions applicable to the award and any numbered amendments thereto; (2) the budget, which indicates the amounts, by categories of expense, on which NSF has based its support (or otherwise communicates any specific approvals or disapprovals of proposed expenditures); (3) the proposal referenced in the award notice; (4) the applicable award conditions, such as Grant General Conditions (GC-1)*; or Research Terms and Conditions* and (5) any announcement or other NSF issuance that may be incorporated by reference in the award notice. Cooperative agreements also are administered in accordance with NSF Cooperative Agreement Financial and Administrative Terms and Conditions (CA-FATC) and the applicable Programmatic Terms and Conditions. NSF awards are electronically signed by an NSF Grants and Agreements Officer and transmitted electronically to the organization via e-mail.

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This opportunity has expired. It was originally published here:

https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5321

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Disciplines

Anthropology

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Eligible Countries

International