This program encompasses a collection of Foundation-wide activities that
provide support for human resource development and infrastructure
improvement. The Office of Cross-Directorate Activities (CDA) houses and
provides information about various cross-directorate programs in which the
Division of Social and Economic Sciences and the Division of Behavioral
and Cognitive Sciences participate. CDA administers some programs directly
and coordinates other programs aimed at Foundation-wide goals of
increasing the participation of women, minorities, and the disabled in
science and engineering; encouraging and rewarding promising new faculty;
support of undergraduate, graduate, and postdoctoral activities; and
improving the infrastructure of the social and behavioral sciences.

The CDA Program also supports special studies, analyses, and workshops on
issues affecting social and behavioral science disciplines, including
issues that span organizational boundaries and division priorities. The
program supports activities that address needs in education, human
resources, and the creation of a diverse personnel pool. Investigators
should discuss their ideas with the program directors. Proposals may be
submitted at any time.

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In furtherance of the President's Management Agenda, in Fiscal Year 2005,
NSF has identified 23 programs that will offer proposers the option to
utilize Grants.gov to prepare and submit proposals. Grants.gov provides a
single Government-wide portal for finding and applying for Federal grants
online. 
Proposers may opt to submit proposals in response to this Program
Description via Grants.gov or via the NSF FastLane system. 

In determining which method to utilize in the electronic preparation and
submission of the proposal, please note the following: 

All collaborative proposals must be submitted via the NSF FastLane system.
This includes collaborative proposals submitted: by one organization (and
which includes one or more subawards); or as separate submissions from
multiple organizations. 

Proposers are advised that collaborative proposals submitted in response
to this Program Description via Grants.gov will be requested to be
withdrawn and proposers will need to resubmit these proposals via
FastLane. (Chapter II, Section D.3 of the Grant Proposal Guide provides
additional information on collaborative proposals.)

For full proposals submitted via FastLane: standard Grant Proposal
Guidelines apply.

For full proposals submitted via Grants.gov: NSF Grants.gov Application
Guide; A Guide for the Preparation and Submission of NSF Applications via
Grants.gov Guidelines apply. (Note: The NSF Grants.gov Application Guide
is available on the Grants.gov website and on the NSF website at:
http://www.nsf.gov/bfa/dias/policy/docs/grantsgovguide.pdf)