Social Sciences
- Panel On Young People?s Life Course In Developing Countries
Panel on Young People?s Life Course in Developing Countries Call for papers Violence in Adolescence and Youth in Developing Countries Asunción, Paraguay, May 2012 Seminar organized by the IUSSP Scientific Panel on Young People?s Life Course in Developing...
- Courts Research: Dear Colleague Letter From The National Institute Of Justice
I received this Dear Colleague Letter highlighting the National Institute of Justice's (NIJ's) funding programs for research on criminal courts. As always, please let me and the CHASS research office know if you have questions or plan to apply,...
- Leave Funding Opportunity: Dear Colleague Letter--nsf/noaa Sees Fellows
Colleagues, if you are interested in environmental matters such as climate change and sustainability, I'd urge you to look into this fellowship program. The NSF program officer on this is someone with whom I have worked at NSF, and he is genuinely...
- William T. Grant Foundation: Understanding The Acquisition, Interpretation, And Use Of Research Evidence In Policy And Practice
I received this recently from the W.T. Grant Foundation. The William T. Grant Foundation has a longstanding interest in supporting research that can inform policy and practice that affect youth and we recognize that divides still exist between the research,...
- Important Dear Colleague Letter From Nsf
The director of the Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences (SBE) directorate at the National Science Foundation, Myron Gutman, has issued a Dear Colleague Letter regarding "Interdisciplinary Research Across the SBE Sciences." Anyone with an...
Social Sciences
Dear Colleague Letter - Youth Violence: Opportunity for Breakthroughs in Fundamental Basic Research
Please note that this is not a new funding opportunity, but, rather, is an announcement of NSF's interest in soliciting research that addresses this important issue.
NSF 14-049
Dear Colleague Letter - Youth Violence: Opportunity for Breakthroughs in Fundamental Basic Research
National Science Foundation
Directorate for Social, Behavioral & Economic Sciences (SBE)
Directorate for Social, Behavioral & Economic Sciences (SBE)
March 12, 2014
Dear Colleague:
This letter is to alert all basic social and behavioral science research communities of the National Science Foundation's interest in receipt of proposals that will enable a better understanding of the contributing factors, causes, and consequences of violence perpetrated by and against youth. This will advance the Foundation's goal to provide scientific evidence in support of important social issues. The interest spans both disciplinary and interdisciplinary research.
Background: Although the incidence of youth violence is at a historic low, the continuing loss of life is tragic and the long term consequences of youth violence are of ongoing public concern. In 2013, the National Science Foundation sponsored a workshop on "Youth Violence: What We Need to Know." This two-day workshop brought together researchers from sociology, anthropology, psychology, communications, computer science, information systems, and public policy. The resulting reportsummarized much of the existing scientific evidence regarding the precursors and causes of violence perpetrated by children and adolescents. It underscored the need for additional study to enhance our understanding of the dynamics of, contributors to, and impact of violent ideology and violent acts.
NSF's mission includes support for basic research, in this case research with the goal of elucidating the causes, correlates, and consequences of youth violence. For this reason, projects focused on developing or evaluating specific interventions would lie outside NSF's purview.
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- Panel On Young People?s Life Course In Developing Countries
Panel on Young People?s Life Course in Developing Countries Call for papers Violence in Adolescence and Youth in Developing Countries Asunción, Paraguay, May 2012 Seminar organized by the IUSSP Scientific Panel on Young People?s Life Course in Developing...
- Courts Research: Dear Colleague Letter From The National Institute Of Justice
I received this Dear Colleague Letter highlighting the National Institute of Justice's (NIJ's) funding programs for research on criminal courts. As always, please let me and the CHASS research office know if you have questions or plan to apply,...
- Leave Funding Opportunity: Dear Colleague Letter--nsf/noaa Sees Fellows
Colleagues, if you are interested in environmental matters such as climate change and sustainability, I'd urge you to look into this fellowship program. The NSF program officer on this is someone with whom I have worked at NSF, and he is genuinely...
- William T. Grant Foundation: Understanding The Acquisition, Interpretation, And Use Of Research Evidence In Policy And Practice
I received this recently from the W.T. Grant Foundation. The William T. Grant Foundation has a longstanding interest in supporting research that can inform policy and practice that affect youth and we recognize that divides still exist between the research,...
- Important Dear Colleague Letter From Nsf
The director of the Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences (SBE) directorate at the National Science Foundation, Myron Gutman, has issued a Dear Colleague Letter regarding "Interdisciplinary Research Across the SBE Sciences." Anyone with an...