[Francis Yannaco]

Greetings all,
I am currently serving as the NSF Program Director for the Developmental and Learning Sciences Program. I wanted to alert you to three opportunities for international collaboration and training that may be of interest. Please feel free to forward, and let me know if you have questions!

Best,
Laura Namy

Collaborative Research Funding Opportunities for US-UK partnerships in the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences
NSF announced the SBE-RCUK Lead Agency Funding Opportunity is now posted on the SBE web site: http://www.nsf.gov/dir/index.jsp?org=sbe. The goal of this activity is to facilitate international collaborative research between the US and UK by allowing applicants to submit a single proposal (which will go through a single review process) in any area of science that the NSF Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences Directorate (SBE) and one or more of the three participating UK research councils support. The participating research councils are the Economic and Social Research Council, the Arts and Humanities Research Council, and the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council.

International Summer Institutes for U.S. Graduate Students
NSF’s Office of International and Integrative Activities and the Office has announced an opportunity for U.S. graduate students to participate in research experiences in East Asian and Pacific countries in summer 2014 through the East Asia & Pacific Summer Institutes (EAPSI) program. EAPSI supports 200-205 graduate students each year to do research in the lab of their choice in any of seven locations: Australia, China, Japan, Korea, New Zealand, Singapore or Taiwan. Each institute has a fixed start and end date, and includes a pre-departure orientation near NSF and an in-country language and culture orientation. An EAPSI award includes a $5,000 stipend and round trip air ticket provided by NSF, and a living allowance provided by NSF’s counterpart funding agency in the host location. The program is open to U.S. citizens and permanent residents enrolled in research-oriented graduate programs in NSF-funded STEM fields. The U.S. graduate student is the PI on an EAPSI proposal. The application deadline for summer 2014 is November 25, 2013. The EAPSI program announcement and related information are available at http://www.nsf.gov/eapsi.
EAPSI is an excellent opportunity for U.S. graduate students to advance their research in collaboration with high-caliber scientists and engineers in East Asia and to build professional networks in a scientifically important region of the world. The program is entirely funded by ISE and our international partners: there is no cost to NSF directorates or to your PIs. It’s an excellent opportunity to leverage our resources to advance international research and education opportunities for your community. We invite you to share this mail or the link with PIs, graduate students, and others in your community who may benefit from the EAPSI opportunity.

Catalyzing New International Collaborations
NSF’s Office of International and Integrative Activities and the Office provides support for Catalyzing New International Collaborations (CNIC). This program will support US researchers’ participation in activities intended to catalyze new international collaborations designed to open up new scientific directions for the proposer. These include, but are not limited to: research planning visits, initial data gathering activities, proof-of-concept, single or multiple visits within a maximum 12-month time period to plan a new international research collaboration, or exploratory workshops designed to bring together US and non-US-based researchers representing several institutions and focused on a topic specified in the Project Description. Additional information is available athttp://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2013/nsf13605/nsf13605.htm.

Generally, CNIC-supported workshops will include between 10-25 individuals, of whom roughly half will be from the US, and are usually expected to take place abroad. However, in special circumstances, they may take place within the US if they include substantial international participation and are held for the purpose of establishing new international collaborations.

Laura L. Namy
Director, Developmental and Learning Sciences Program
National Science Foundation
4201 Wilson Blvd
Arlington, VA 22230
Tel: 703.292.7305
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=8671

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