Are multidisciplinary research areas, such as social sciences, transportation, and architecture, eligible to submit to this program?
All areas of the sciences and engineering that are supported by the Directorates of Biological Sciences (BIO); Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE); Education and Human Resources (EHR); Engineering (ENG); Geosciences (GEO); Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS); Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (SBE); and the Office of Polar Programs (OPP), are eligible to submit to the IGERT program. If you are not sure that the areas addressed in your IGERT preproposal are supported by NSF, please contact the program director in the NSF directorate listed under “Other Information” in the IGERT Program Announcement before preparing your IGERT preproposal. You may also wish to consult the NSF Guide to Programs (NSF 99-4) for a complete description of areas funded by the National Science Foundation. Question 1.d: Does the multidisciplinary research theme need to address a new area of research for the proposing team or can it be in an area where the faculty already have a c
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