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Potential Support for History of Science & Technology Collections

• Date: Fri, 4 Dec 1998 13:08:39 -0800 (Pacific Standard Time)
• To: sthc-l@library.ucla.edu
• From: Russell A. Johnson <rjohnson@library.ucla.edu>
• Subject: Potential Support for History of Science & Technology Collections
• Message-ID: SIMEON.9812041339.C@bio-s-his004.library.ucla.edu

Forwarded to STHC-L from ARCHIVES.  Thanks to Mike Sokal for bringing 
this to our attention.

Russell Johnson
STHC-L list admnistrator



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Date: Fri, 4 Dec 1998 15:27:04 -0500 
From: "Sokal, Michael " <msokal@nsf.gov>


Archivists having oversight of large collections of primary documents in
the history of science and technology may be interested in the
recently-announced National Science Foundation initiative, "Enhancing
Infrastructure for the Social and Behavioral Sciences."  This competition
invites grant proposals for support for (among other activities)
collecting and processing "case or historical records ... that will
support broad-based investigations" -- including research in the history,
philosophy, and social studies of science and technology -- "into the most
important scientific questions facing social and behavioral science in the
next decade."  The full text of the formal announcement of this
competition (with all sorts of important administrative details) is most
readily available on the World Wide Web, at

  

The NSF Division of Social, Behavioral and Economic Research (SBER) is
sponsoring this competition and expects to receive (in response to its
announcement) a significant number of very high-quality proposals in all
areas of the social and behavioral sciences, including Science &
Technology Studies.  SBER thus expects to make several large grants in
response to proposals submitted by the deadline of MARCH 1, 1999.

For further information and to discuss eligibility and ideas about
potential proposals, please contact the NSF Science & Technology Studies
Program at the address below.

I look forward to hearing from many of you!   Mike Sokal

Michael M. Sokal
Program Director, Science & Technology Studies
National Science Foundation
4201 Wilson Blvd.;  Room 995.41
Arlington, VA  22230
(703) 306-1742
Fax:  (703) 306-0485
msokal@nsf.gov
www.nsf.gov/sbe/sber/sts

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