Opportunity Information: Apply for 20 579
The National Science Foundation (NSF) grant opportunity "Dynamics of Integrated Socio-Environmental Systems" (DISES), Funding Opportunity Number 20-579, supports basic research that improves fundamental scientific understanding of socio-environmental systems as genuinely integrated, interconnected wholes. The central idea is to move beyond treating "the natural system" and "the human system" as two separate entities that merely influence each other at the margins. Instead, DISES looks for projects that explicitly study the dynamics, processes, and feedbacks that link environmental components (biological, physical, and chemical) with human components (economic, social, political, and behavioral) in a single, connected system where each side shapes and is shaped by the other over time.
A strong DISES proposal is expected to analyze these cross-domain interactions directly, not just include both human and environmental variables in parallel. The program is aimed at research that explains how coupled processes operate, how feedback loops emerge, and how change propagates through the integrated system. In practice, this means examining mechanisms such as how policy decisions and governance structures alter land use, water quality, biodiversity, or climate-related risks, and how those environmental changes then feed back into human decisions, institutions, livelihoods, behaviors, and economic outcomes. The emphasis is on understanding system dynamics, including nonlinearity, time lags, thresholds, and reinforcing or balancing feedbacks, rather than producing a simple impact assessment or a one-way cause-and-effect story.
NSF also signals that DISES is a place for proposals that push conceptual boundaries. The program encourages investigators to develop new theoretical framing, models, or analytical approaches that help explain socio-environmental systems in ways that existing disciplinary tools cannot fully capture. Another highlighted priority is multi-scalar thinking: proposals are encouraged to explore dynamics and feedbacks that play out across scales, such as household to community to regional governance, or local ecosystem processes interacting with broader market forces, migration patterns, or national policies. Multi-scalar work can include spatial scaling, temporal scaling (short-term decisions with long-term ecological consequences), or institutional scaling (local rules nested within larger political and economic structures).
Administratively, this is a discretionary NSF research grant in the Science and Technology and other Research and Development category, associated with CFDA numbers 47.050, 47.074, and 47.075. The opportunity was created on June 18, 2020, with an original closing date of November 16, 2020. NSF anticipated making about 15 awards. The listing shows an award ceiling of 0, which typically indicates that a fixed maximum is not specified in the summary field and applicants should rely on the full solicitation and program guidance for typical award sizes, durations, and budgeting expectations. Eligibility is listed broadly as "Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification)," meaning applicants would need to consult the full solicitation for the precise eligibility categories and any special conditions.
Overall, DISES is designed for interdisciplinary, mechanism-focused research that treats human and environmental processes as inseparable parts of the same system, with explicit attention to dynamic interactions and feedbacks, and with an interest in advancing theory and understanding rather than only developing applied solutions or standalone environmental or social analyses.Apply for 20 579
- The National Science Foundation in the science and technology and other research and development sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Dynamics of Integrated Socio-Environmental Systems" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 47.050, 47.074, 47.075.
- This funding opportunity was created on Jun 18, 2020.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Nov 16, 2020. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 15 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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