This grant, offered by the National Science Foundation, supports research on the ecological, evolutionary, and socio-ecological principles influencing infectious disease transmission dynamics. Projects should focus on a quantitative or computational understanding of pathogen transmission dynamics, encompassing disease spread, environmental factors, population dynamics, and socio-economic dimensions. Interdisciplinary efforts exploring diseases in humans, animals, and plants are encouraged, with a focus on zoonotic, environmentally-borne, vector-borne, or enteric diseases. Proposals studying disease systems relevant to public health in developing countries or agriculture are encouraged. Collaboration with various research communities is advised to enhance disease prediction and control strategies.
Opportunity ID: 237525
General Information
| Document Type:: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number:: | 13-577 |
| Funding Opportunity Title:: | Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases |
| Opportunity Category:: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation:: | |
| Funding Instrument Type:: | |
| Category of Funding Activity:: | Science and Technology and other Research and Development |
| Category Explanation:: | |
| Expected Number of Awards:: | 8 |
| Assistance Listings Number(s):: | 10.310 — Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:: | No |
| Version:: | Synopsis 3 |
| Posted Date:: | Jul 11, 2013 |
| Last Updated Date:: | Aug 20, 2014 |
| Original Closing Date for Applications:: | Nov 20, 2013 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications:: | |
| Archive Date:: | Aug 20, 2014 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding:: | $ 11,000,000 |
| Award Ceiling:: | $2,500,000 |
| Award Floor:: | $1,000,000 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants:: | Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” |
| Additional Information on Eligibility:: |
Additional Information
| Agency Name:: | National Science Foundation |
| Description:: | The Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases program supports research on the ecological, evolutionary, and socio-ecological principles and processes that influence the transmission dynamics of infectious diseases. The central theme of submitted projects must be quantitative or computational understanding of pathogen transmission dynamics. The intent is discovery of principles of infectious disease transmission and testing mathematical or computational models that elucidate infectious disease systems. Projects should be broad, interdisciplinary efforts that go beyond the scope of typical studies. They should focus on the determinants and interactions of transmission among humans, non-human animals, and/or plants. This includes, for example, the spread of pathogens; the influence of environmental factors such as climate; the population dynamics and genetics of reservoir species or hosts; or the cultural, social, behavioral, and economic dimensions of disease transmission. Research may be on zoonotic, environmentally-borne, vector-borne, or enteric diseases of either terrestrial or freshwater systems and organisms, including diseases of animals and plants, at any scale from specific pathogens to inclusive environmental systems. Proposals for research on disease systems of public health concern to developing countries are strongly encouraged, as are disease systems of concern in agricultural systems. Investigators are encouraged to involve the public health research community, including for example, epidemiologists, physicians, veterinarians, food scientists, social scientists, entomologists, pathologists, virologists, or parasitologists with the goal of integrating knowledge across disciplines to enhance our ability to predict and control infectious diseases. |
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Version History
| Version | Modification Description | Updated Date |
|---|---|---|
| Synopsis 3 | Archived. Replaced by NSF 14-592. | Aug 20, 2014 |
| Synopsis 2 | Updated close (deadline) date | |
| Synopsis 1 |
Package Status
Package No: 1