NSF's Directorate for Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences (SBE) has announced a new emphasis on Cognitive Neuroscience funding, in a Dear Colleague Letter at . Most of the funding has been through the Div. of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences (BCS), in programs such as Human Cognition and Perception, Linguistics, Social Psychology, Child Learning and Development, and Physical Anthropology. Extensions may be permitted for competitions ending in Jan01. New programs include small grants for pilot projects and planning activities, workshops, and doctoral dissertation research, with proposals due 16Apr01. [ScienceWise, 09Jan01.]

NSF has a new announcement for its Distributed Terascale Facility (DTF) Program. . [CNS, 18Jan01.]

NSF is looking for a director for its Industry/University Cooperative Research Centers (I/UCRC) Program. . [CNS, 13Jan01.]

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