Geography and Spatial Sciences Program - Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Awards (GSS-DDRI)

FULL PROPOSAL: As specified in the Geography and Spatial Sciences Program strategic plan, the goals of the NSF Geography and Spatial Sciences (GSS) Program are the following: (1) To promote scientific research in geography and the spatial sciences that advances theory and basic understanding and that addresses the challenges facing society. (2) To promote the integration of geographers and spatial scientists in interdisciplinary research. (3) To promote education and training of geographers and spatial scientists in order to enhance the capabilities of current and future generations of researchers. (4) To promote the development and use of scientific methods and tools for geographic research. The Geography and Spatial Sciences Program sponsors research on the geographic distributions and interactions of human, physical, and biotic systems on Earth. Investigators are encouraged to propose plans for research about the nature, causes, and consequences of human activity and natural environmental processes across a range of scales. Projects on a variety of topics qualify for support if they offer promise of contributing to scholarship by enhancing geographical knowledge, concepts, theories, methods, and their application to societal problems and concerns.