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  Virtual Organizations as Sociotechnical Systems
Posted by: Kellina Craig-Henderson
Title/Position: Program Director
School/Organization: National Science Foundation
Sent to listserv of: SPSP, SESP, SPSSI
Date posted: March 5th, 2008


Dear Collegaues, FYI:

A new solicitation for Virtual Organizations as Sociotechnical Systems (VOSS) has just been announced.

http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=503256&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund

The Virtual Organizations as Sociotechnical Systems (VOSS) program supports scientific research directed at advancing the understanding of what constitutes effective virtual organizations and under what conditions virtual organizations can enable and enhance scientific, engineering, and education production and innovation. Levels of analysis may include (but are not limited to) individuals, groups, organizations, and institutional arrangements. Disciplinary perspectives may include (but are not limited to) anthropology, complexity sciences, computer and information sciences, decision and management sciences, economics, engineering, organization theory, organizational behavior, social and industrial psychology, public administration, and sociology. Research methods may span a broad variety of qualitative and quantitative methods, including (but not limited to): ethnographies, surveys, simulation studies, experiments, comparative case studies, and network analyses.

Estimated Number of Awards: 10 to 15 new awards

Anticipated Funding Amount: $3,000,000 pending the availability of funds and quality of proposals. Award sizes are expected to range from $50,000 to $400,000 in total costs (including indirect costs) for the period of the grant with durations up to three years.

Proposals due 2 June 2008.

In the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences directorate the contacts are:

Julia I. Lane, Program Director, SBE/SciSIP, NSF, telephone: (703) 292-5145, email: jlane@nsf.gov

Jacqueline Meszaros, Program Director, SBE/SES, NSF, telephone: 703-292-7261, email: jmeszaro@nsf.gov





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