NSF gets social

摘要

The fourth of the cross-disciplinary 'synthesis' centres set up by the US National Science Foundation (NSF) will be the first to involve social scientists. So far, synthesis centres founded in 1995,2004 and 2008 have focused, respectively, on ecology, evolutionary biology and the interface between mathematics and biology. The National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center, in Annapolis, Maryland, will research issue: such as food production, watt availability and the interactioi between human activities anc ecosystem health, the NSF says. It announced funding of US$27.5 million over 5 years for the centre on 2 August.