AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellowships

Executive Branch Host Agencies: Health, Education & Human Services Program

The executive branch agencies listed below anticipate hosting and funding first-year Fellows in 2012-13 in the Health, Education & Human Services (HEHS) Program in collaboration with AAAS.

• Department of Agriculture, Food Safety Inspection Service
• Department of Defense
• Department of Health & Human Services
• Department of Veterans Affairs
• National Institutes of Health
• National Science Foundation

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USDA Food Safety Inspection Service

The Food Safety Inspection Service (FSIS) is the public health agency in the U.S. Department of Agriculture responsible for protecting the public from food-borne illness and ensuring that the nation's commercial supply of meat, poultry, and egg products is safe, wholesome, and correctly labeled and packaged.

• The Office of Public Health Science (OPHS)
  Provides scientific analysis, advice, data, and recommendations regarding matters involving public health and science that is of concern to FSIS. This office is comprised of a multi-disciplinary team of scientists -- epidemiologists, statisticians, engineers, environmental health specialists, ecologists, veterinarians, public health professionals, toxicologists, and economists -- who develop quantitative decision-support tools, including risk assessments, which guide the U.S. Department of Agriculture's food safety decisions. It is the mission of these public health professionals to improve public health through the application of science to public policy issues related to food safety.
  • Risk Assessment Division
    The Division develops and performs quantitative risk assessments of biological/chemical hazards in meat, poultry and egg products in support of the Agency's policy development activities. These risk assessments are used to evaluate intervention strategies to reduce food-borne risks, guide the allocation of inspection resources, prioritize research and data collection initiatives, and enhance the Agency's overall decision-making process. Risk assessment is integral to ensuring Agency policies are linked to public health benefits.
    
    The Division also oversees the National Residue Program, an interagency program to test and monitor chemical residues in food animals and egg products. These activities are critical to public health and trade decisions.
    
    The Division's headquarters are in Washington, DC. Staff also is co-located with the Agricultural Research Service in Ft. Collins, CO, and College Station, TX. In addition, there is staff in Oakridge, TN, co-located with the Department of Energy, Oakridge National Laboratories. Locations outside of DC provide strategic cross-collaboration vital to the support of the Division's mission. AAAS Fellows are stationed in Washington, DC to garner experience working with FSIS personnel in areas where science informs policies and trade decisions.
    

Read testimonials of former Fellows in the HEHS Program Area

Web site: www.fsis.usda.gov

Department of Defense (DoD)

AAAS Fellows work with staff involved in the planning, development and oversight of U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) programs. Although not government officials with formal authority over such efforts, Fellows have the opportunity to advise and be involved in virtually all aspects of this process.

Fellows should not expect to work specifically on technical issues related to their dissertations or previous post-doctoral appointments, but rather to apply their technical, organizational, and communication skills to technical and policy issues in DoD. Additionally, Fellows help increase the awareness of DoD and its agencies as a challenging and rewarding career environment for scientists and engineers.

• Office of the Assistant to the Secretary of Defense; Nuclear, Chemical, and Biological Defense Programs (ATSD/NCB)
  This office is the principal staff element of and advisor to the Secretary and Deputy Secretary of Defense for all matters concerning the formulation of policy and plans for nuclear energy, nuclear weapons, and chemical and biological defense. It is also directly responsible to the Secretary and Deputy Secretary of Defense for matters associated with nuclear weapons safety and security, chemical weapons demilitarization, chemical and biological defense programs, and smoke and obscurants.

Web site: www.dod.gov


Department of Health and Human Services

The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) is the United States government's principal agency for protecting the health of all Americans and providing essential human services, especially for those who are least able to help themselves. HHS represents almost a quarter of all federal outlays and it administers more grant dollars than all other federal agencies combined.

Fellows may have an opportunity to work in one of several offices:

• Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR)
  The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (formerly the Office of Public Health Emergency Preparedness) was created under the Pandemic and All Hazards Preparedness Act following Hurricane Katrina to lead the nation in preventing, preparing for, and responding to the adverse health effects of public health emergencies and disasters. ASPR focuses on preparedness planning and response; building federal emergency medical operational capabilities; countermeasures research, advance development, and procurement; and grants to strengthen the capabilities of hospitals and health care systems in public health emergencies and medical disasters.
  • The Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA)
    BARDA a division within the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response in HHS provides an integrated, systematic approach to the development and purchase of the necessary vaccines, drugs, therapies, and diagnostic tools for public health medical emergencies.
    • Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), Chemical, Biological, Radiation and Nuclear Programs (CBRN)
      
    • Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), Radiological/Nuclear Sciences Branch of the Medical Countermeasure Policy, Planning and Requirements Division (PP&R), Emerging Infectious Diseases (EID)
      
    • Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), Radiological/Nuclear Sciences Branch of the Medical Countermeasure Policy, Planning and Requirements Division (PP&R), Chemical Branch
      
      
  • Office of Preparedness Planning (OPP), International Health Security Division
    
    
  • Office of Medicine, Science, and Public Health (OMSPH)

• Office of Preparedness and Emergency Operations (OPEO)
  The Office of Preparedness and Emergency Operations (OPEO) is responsible for developing operational plans, analytical products, and developing and participating in training and exercises to ensure the preparedness of the Office, the Department, the Government and the public to respond to domestic and international public health and medical threats and emergencies. This office:
  
  
• Manages the Secretary's Operations Center;
  
• Trains and manages the Incident Response Coordination Team;
  
• Plans, implements, and evaluates Departmental and interagency response exercises and the HHS Continuity of Operations and Continuity of Government programs;
• Manages the continued planning for capabilities to meet public health and medical response missions, including development of Federal Medical Stations and other mobile medical units;
• Works to integrate mass casualty preparedness activities, through its surge capacity efforts, across local, State and Federal levels;
  
• Coordinates preparedness grant activities across the Department, in collaboration with the Department of Homeland Security;
• Coordinates with the Centers for Disease Control on public health preparedness issues and consults with the HHS scientific community on the inclusion of newly acquired countermeasures into response plans.
  

Read testimonials of former Fellows in the HEHS Program Area

Web site: www.hhs.gov/

Department of Veterans Affairs

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is a government-run military veteran benefit system. It is the United States government's second largest department, after the United States Department of Defense. The VA employs nearly 280,000 people at hundreds of Veterans Affairs medical facilities, clinics, and benefits offices and is responsible for administering programs of veterans' benefits for veterans, their families, and survivors. The benefits provided include disability compensation, pension, education, home loans, life insurance, vocational rehabilitation, survivors' benefits, medical benefits and burial benefits.

Read testimonials of former Fellows in the HEHS Program Area

Web site: www.va.gov

National Institutes of Health

The National Institutes of Health is the steward of medical and behavioral research for the Nation. Its mission is science in pursuit of fundamental knowledge about the nature and behavior of living systems and the application of that knowledge to extend healthy life and reduce the burdens of illness and disability. As the world's premier medical research organization, the NIH includes 27 separate health institutes and centers, and supports over 37,000 research projects nationwide in diseases including cancer, Alzheimer's, diabetes, arthritis, heart ailments and AIDS.

The AAAS Fellowships at NIH are established to enhance scientific and technical policy expertise in medical research policy issues, and depending upon the issues and opportunities addressed by NIH during the period of the fellowship, participants may be involved in some of the following activities:

• Collect and analyze scientific and technical information pertinent to the preparation of reports and other documents regarding a broad range of NIH research policy and planning issues;
• Participate in the evaluation of scientific opportunities, funding implications, and impact of federal policies on the conduct of biomedical research;
• Initiate scholarly activities and coordinate analytic approaches to evaluate and interpret the economic impact and biomedical impact on public health and society;
• Participate in activities that consider and advance safeguards of research on human subjects;
• Coordinate and organize planning and policy activities in response to congressional actions and recommendations of external advisors and the NIH leadership;
• Promote policies and planning that enhance the interactions among public and private research sectors with the goal of fostering collaboration and improved efficiency in the transfer of scientific knowledge and technologies to benefit the health of the nation;
• Advise on the development of policies to advance and promote the public awareness of, and interest in, biomedical research and health benefits to society;
  

For additional information about Fellowship Programs at the NIH, visit: http://ospa.od.nih.gov/fellowship.html.

Placement for AAAS Fellows at the NIH in a particular office depends upon current and emerging needs, and the compatibility, goals, and available resources of sponsoring Institute/Center/Office. Past participating Institutes/Centers and Offices include:

• Office of the Director, NIH
  The Office of the Director (OD) is the central office at NIH. The OD is responsible for setting policy for NIH and for planning, managing, and coordinating the programs and activities of all the NIH components. Although each institute within the NIH has a separate mission, the NIH Director plays an active role in shaping the agency's research agenda and outlook.
  
  
  • Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR)
    The OBSSR provides leadership and direction in the development, refinement, and implementation of a trans-NIH plan to increase the scope of support for behavioral and social sciences research. The office informs and advises the NIH director and other key officials of trends and developments that have significant bearing on the missions of the NIH, DHHS, and other federal agencies. Additionally, they serve as the principal NIH spokesperson on the importance of behavioral, and social research; lifestyle factors in the causation, treatment, and prevention of diseases; and advising and consulting on these topics with NIH scientists and others within and outside the federal government.
    
    
  • Office of Extramural Research (OER)
    The OER serves as the focal point for policies and guidelines for extramural research grants administration. This office has the primary responsibility for the development and implementation of NIH Grants Policy, monitoring of compliance with PHS policy on Humane Use and Care of Laboratory Animals, coordination of program guidelines, and development and maintenance of the information systems for grants administration. The OER also coordinates communications with the extramural communities, and is responsible for the development and implementation of the electronic system for conducting NIH grants business.
    
    
  • Office of Portfolio Analysis and Strategic Initiatives (OPASI)
    The OPASI provides the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and its constituent Institutes and Centers (ICs) with the methods and information necessary to manage their large and complex scientific portfolios, identifies – in concert with multiple other inputs – important areas of emerging scientific opportunities or rising public health challenges, and assists in the acceleration of investments in these areas, focusing on those involving multiple ICs.
    
    
  • Office of Research on Women's Health (ORWH)
    The ORWH serves as a focal point for women's health research funded by the NIH, and ensures that women are appropriately represented in biomedical and biobehavior research and studies supported by NIH. Working in partnership with the NIH institutes and centers, ORWH ensures that women's health research is part of the scientific framework at NIH and throughout the scientific community.
    
  • Office of Science Policy, Office of Science Policy Analysis (OSPA)
    The OSPA serves as the principal resource for science policy, analysis, and development at NIH on issues of significance to the agency and the medical research community. The OSPA addresses many cross-cutting science policy issues and drafts the agency approach and position on these issues. As the principal staff resource in the Office of the Director, NIH, OSPA identifies and reports on agency research opportunities and accomplishments; conducts economic analyses of key programs and policy issues anticipated to be relevant to emerging planning needs of NIH. Two of these key programs are the Public Private Partnership Program, and the NIH Nanotechnology Task Force.
    
    
• National Cancer Institute (NCI)
  Congress established NCI in 1937, and intensified its programs in 1971 after passage of new legislation called the National Cancer Act. As a result of this 1971 legislation, the NCI built a network that includes regional and community cancer centers, physicians who are cancer specialists, cooperative groups of clinical researchers, and volunteer and community outreach groups. The NCI coordinates the National Cancer Program, which conducts and supports research, training, health information dissemination, and other programs with respect to the cause, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of cancer, rehabilitation from cancer, and the continuing care of cancer patients and the families of cancer patients. NCI also has initiated cancer control programs to hasten the application of knowledge gained through cancer research.
  
  
• Division of Cancer Controls and Population Sciences (DCCPS)
  The DCCPS targets the reduction of the risk, incidence, and deaths from cancer, as well as enhance the quality of life for cancer survivors, and conducts and supports an integrated program of the highest quality of genetic, epidemiologic, behavioral, social, and surveillance cancer research.
  
  
• Office of Biorepositories and Biospecimen Research (OBBR)
  The NCI Office of Biorepositories and Biospecimen Research is a newly established in office (2005) with the NCI designed to help fill the critical role that biospecimens play in cancer research. The OBBR is responsible for developing a common biorepository infrastructure that promotes resource sharing and team science, in order to facilitate multi-institutional, high throughput genomic and proteomic studies.
  
  
• Office of Cancer Genomics (OCG)
  The mission of the NCI’s Office of Cancer Genomics is to enhance understanding of the molecular mechanisms of cancer, with the ultimate goal of improving the prevention, early detection, diagnosis, and treatment of cancer.
  
  
• Office of Technology and Industrial Relations (OTIR)
  The OTIR is committed to accelerating the progress of cancer research through its technology-driven initiatives, collaboration with other government programs, and engagement with the private sector in the areas of nanotechnology, proteomics, cancer genomics, and Biospecimen resources.
  
  
• National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
  The NHLBI provides leadership for a national program in diseases of the heart, blood vessels, lung, and blood; blood resources; and sleep disorders. The Institute plans, conducts, fosters, and supports an integrated and coordinated program of basic research, clinical investigations and trials, observational studies, and demonstration and education projects. Research at NHLBI relates to the causes, prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of heart, blood vessel, lung, and blood diseases; and sleep disorders. The NHLBI also plans and directs research in development and evaluation of interventions and devices related to prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation of patients suffering from such diseases and disorders, and supports research on clinical use of blood and all aspects of the management of blood resources. Since October 1997, the NHLBI has also had administrative responsibility for the NIH Woman's Health Initiative.
  
  
• National Institute on Aging (NIA)
  The NIA leads a broad scientific effort to understand the nature of aging and to extend the healthy, active years of life. In 1974, Congress granted authority to form NIA to provide leadership in aging research, training, health information dissemination, and other programs relevant to aging and older people. Subsequent amendments to this legislation designated the NIA as the primary Federal agency on Alzheimer’s disease research.
  
  
• National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
  Twenty-five years ago, Congress passed the Comprehensive Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Prevention, Treatment, and Rehabilitation Act of 1970 (more commonly know as the "Hughes Act") for the pivotal role played by Senator Harold E. Hughes in its passage. This law recognized alcohol abuse and alcoholism as major public health problems and created the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism to combat alcohol abuse and alcoholism. Today, in order to support and promote the best science on alcohol and health, NIAAA works towards increasing the understanding of normal and abnormal biological functions and behavior relating to alcohol use, improving the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of alcohol use disorders, and enhancing quality health care for everyone.
  
  
• National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
  The NIAID conducts and supports basic and applied research to understand, treat, and ultimately prevent infectious, immunologic, and allergic diseases. For more than 50 years, NIAID research has led to new therapies, vaccines, diagnostic tests, and other technologies that have improved the health of millions of people in the United States and around the world. Generally, funding programs for NIAID fall into three succinct areas of HIV/AIDS, biodefense, and infectious and immunologic diseases.
  
  
• National Institutes of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS)
  The National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases supports research into the causes, treatment, and prevention of arthritis and musculoskeletal and skin diseases, the training of basic and clinical scientists to carry out this research, and the dissemination of information on research progress in these diseases. These diseases affect people of all ages, racial and ethnic populations, and economic strata. Many of the diseases affect women and minorities disproportionately, and, in many cases, they also suffer worse outcomes. The NIAMS is committed to uncovering the bases of these gender, racial, and ethnic disparities and devising effective strategies to treat them.
  
  
• National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB)
  The NIBIB is devoted to merging the physical and biological sciences to develop new technologies that improve health. Their goal is to accelerate the pace of discovery and speed the development of biomedical technologies that prevent illnesses or treat them when they do strike. They are not limited to a single disease or group of illnesses, but rather spans the entire spectrum, and works with doctors from every field of medicine bringing together teams of scientists and engineers from many different backgrounds to develop innovative approaches to health care.
  
  
• National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
  Initially established to investigate the broad aspects of human development to understand developmental disabilities, including mental retardation, and the events that occur during pregnancy, today, the NICHD conducts and supports research on all stages of human development from preconception to adulthood. These efforts help to better understand the health of children, adults, families, and communities, while ensuring the mission of the NICHD that every person is born healthy and wanted, that women suffer no harmful effects from reproductive processes, and that all children have the chance to achieve their full potential for healthy and productive lives, free from disease or disability, and to ensure the health, productivity, independence, and well-being of all people through optimal rehabilitation.
  
  
• National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR)
  The National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research is charged with improving oral, dental and craniofacial health through research, research training, and the dissemination of health information. They accomplish this through performing and supporting basic and clinical research; conducting and funding research training and career development programs to ensure an adequate number of talented, well-prepared and diverse investigators; coordinating and assisting relevant research and research-related activities among all sectors of the research community; and promoting the timely transfer of knowledge gained from research and its implications for health to the public, health professionals, researchers, and policy-makers.
  
  
• National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
  The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases supports much of the clinical research on the diseases of internal medicine and related subspecialty fields as well as many basic science disciplines. Through its intramural programs, NIDDK encompasses a broad spectrum of metabolic diseases such as diabetes, obesity, inborn errors of metabolism, endocrine disorders, mineral metabolism, digestive and liver diseases, nutrition, urology and renal disease, and hematology. Basic research studies include biochemistry, biophysics, nutrition, pathology, histochemistry, bioorganic chemistry, physical chemistry, chemical and molecular biology, and pharmacology.
  
  
• National Institute for Drug Abuse (NIDA)
  The National Institute for Drug Abuse is charged with leading the Nation in bringing the power of science to bear on drug abuse and addiction. This charge has two critical components. The first is strategic support and conduct of research across a broad range of disciplines. The second is ensuring the rapid and effective dissemination and use of the results of that research to improve significantly the prevention, treatment, and policy as it relates to drug abuse and addiction.
  
  
• National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)
  The National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) primarily supports basic biomedical research that lays the foundation for advances in disease diagnosis, treatment, and prevention. The Institute's training programs help provide the most critical element of good research: well-prepared scientists. The NIGMS includes divisions and a center that support research and research training in basic biomedical science fields. One division has the specific mission of increasing the number of underrepresented minority biomedical and behavioral scientists. The key areas of funded research are the divisions of Cell Biology and Biophysics; Genetics and Development Biology; Pharmacology, Physiology, and Biological Chemistry; and the Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology.
  
  
• National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
  The NIMH mission is to reduce the burden of mental and behavioral disorders through research on mind, brain, and behavior. Its goal is to generate research that will transform prevention of and recovery from mental disorders. To achieve this, especially in a time of fiscal restraint, NIMH sets strategic priorities for the institute. Identifying priorities and reorganizing internal structure will help exploit the enormous scientific gains that have already been made and help focus on cross-disciplinary collaboration as a means of accomplishing our goals.
  
  
• National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
  The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) conducts and supports research on brain and nervous system disorders. NINDS supports and conducts both basic and clinical research to understand the normal and abnormal structure and activities of the human nervous system and to reduce the burden of neurological disease. Basic research creates the foundation for diagnosing and treating the brain and related diseases affecting brain and nervous system development, while clinical research at NINDS applies directly to mechanisms of the diseases of the nervous system translated into disease detection, prevention, and treatment. Some examples would be brain imaging techniques, trials to test new drugs, and development of novel therapies such as stem cell implants and gene transfer.

Read testimonials of former Fellows in the HEHS Program Area

Web site: http://www.nih.gov

National Science Foundation

The National Science Foundation's (NSF) broad mandate authorizes it to engage in a wide range of activities relating to research and education in science, engineering and technology. Fellows will be placed in offices within NSF that will expose them to the agency's role in the policy process. While the fellowships are primarily a learning experience, NSF values the technical expertise provided by the Fellows.

Fellows may work on programs that foster an interchange of scientific information; support the development and use of scientific methods and technologies; evaluate the status and needs of the various disciplines of science and fields of engineering; collect, interpret and analyze data; analyze federal funding for basic and applied research; initiate and support activities relating to international cooperation and national security; and recommend national policies for the promotion of basic research and education in the sciences and engineering.

In the past, Fellows have been involved in the development of new funding programs (e.g., Cognitive Neuroscience, Public Understanding of Research); efforts to increase the participation of women, underrepresented minorities and persons with disabilities in science and technology; and communication of the NSF's programs, policies and activities to Congress, state and local governments, other federal agencies, the research and education communities, and the general public.

Fellows may choose to work in any one of several offices within NSF. Below are summaries of agencies and offices where past Fellows have served:

• Office of the Director (OD)
  This office uses the Foundation's top leadership, and oversees all Foundation activities from the development of policy priorities to the establishment of administrative and management guidelines, including long-range planning.
  • Office of International Science and Engineering (OISE)
    Promotes the development of an integrated, Foundation-wide international strategy, and manages international programs that are innovative, catalytic, and responsive to a broad range of NSF interests.
  • Office of Legislative and Public Affairs (OLPA)
    Communicates information about the activities, programs, research results and policies of the National Science Foundation.
  • Office of Polar Programs (OPP)
    Manages and initiates National Science Foundation funding for basic research and its operational support in the Arctic and the Antarctic.
    
    
• Directorate for Biological Sciences (BIO)
  Provides support for research to advance understanding of the underlying principles and mechanisms governing life.
  
  • Division of Integrative Organismal Biology (IOB)
    Supports research aimed at integrative understanding of organisms as units of biological organization, with particular emphasis on their development, form, function, and evolution.
    
    
• Directorate for Computer and Information Sciences & Engineering (CISE)
  Supports investigator initiated research in all areas of computer and information science and engineering, helps develop and maintain cutting-edge national computing and information infrastructure for research and education generally, and contributes to the education and training of the next generation of computer scientists and engineers.
  
  
• Directorate for Education and Human Resources (EHR)
  Its mission is to achieve excellence in U.S. science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education at all levels and in all settings (both formal and informal) in order to support the development of a diverse and well-prepared workforce of scientists, technicians, engineers, mathematicians and educators and a well-informed citizenry that have access to the ideas and tools of science and engineering.
  • Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings (DRL)
    Supports the National Science Foundation's mission of providing leadership and promoting development of the infrastructure and resources needed to improve preK-12 STEM education throughout the United States.
  • Division of Graduate Education (DGE)
    Leads the National Science Foundation's efforts to attract the most talented US students into graduate studies, and to support them in their quest to become the leading scientists and engineers of the future.
    
    
• Directorate for Engineering (ENG)
  The Division of Engineering Education & Centers (EEC) encourages the integration of engineering research and education to accelerate technological and educational innovation and improve the quality and diversity of engineering graduates entering the technical workforce.
  
  
• Directorate for Geosciences (GEO)
  Its mission is to support research in the atmospheric, earth, and ocean sciences. GEO addresses the nation's need to understand, predict, and respond to environmental events and changes to use Earth's resources wisely.
  
  
• Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS)
  The Division of Astronomical Sciences (AST) mission is to help ensure the scientific excellence of the U.S. astronomical community by supporting forefront research in ground-based astronomy and the development of new instrumentation and key facilities.
  
  
• Directorate for Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences (SBE)
  Supports the research that underlies such findings, as well as other research that builds fundamental knowledge of human behavior, interaction, and social and economic systems, organizations and institutions.
  • Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences (BCS)
    Supports research to develop and advance scientific knowledge on human cognition, language, social behavior and culture, as well as research on the interactions between human societies and the physical environment.

Read testimonials of former Fellows in the HEHS Program Area

Web site: www.nsf.gov

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