The National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center (SESYNC) invites proposals for collaborative team-based research that synthesizes existing data and methods to address a pressing socio-environmental problem. Socio-Environmental Synthesis brings together the science of the natural world with the science of human behavior and decision making to find solutions to complex environmental problems.
SESYNC is requesting proposals for both research Pursuits and Workshops. Pursuits are projects conducted by interdisciplinary teams of up to 15 participants who meet at the center three to four times over a period of two years to work on a socio-environmental research question. For this RFP, we invite proposals under the following three Themes: · Water, People, and Ecosystems · Environmental Dynamics and Food Systems · Sudden or Unexpected Events: Environmental Recovery, Reorganization, or Restoration We recognize that there are many potential projects with great applicability to socio-environmental problems that fall outside of these three Themes. Accordingly, SESYNC offers a limited number of opportunities for exciting and creative Pursuits that are not explicitly tied to a Theme. Researchers are encouraged to develop research questions and methods that can be applicable across multiple places and scales and have the potential to inform decision makers. We are particularly interested in novel, actionable synthesis efforts that employ synthesis methodologies in new ways. Projects that bring together quantitative and qualitative data and knowledge are of special interest. Workshops are single meetings of up to 25 participants that focus on a broad topic or a set of topics related to socio-environmental science. Workshops may summarize or synthesize the state of the topic or identify future directions that may have the potential to lead to a larger synthesis effort. Please note that proposals do not need to fall within one of SESYNC’s Themes. Proposals for both Pursuits and Workshops are due October 13. Please contact resea...@sesync.org<mailto:resea...@sesync.org> with any questions. (Proposals are invited twice a year. The next application deadline will be May 15, 2018.) Information on each program can be found on our website: http://sesync.us/rfp
