Funding Opportunities

The purpose of the Incorporating Human Behavior in Epidemiological Models activity is to support interdisciplinary collaborations that integrate research on behavioral and/or social processes in mathematical epidemiological models. Projects supported under this activity should be collaborative in nature and depend on the coordinated interaction of two or more PIs/co-PIs, with integrated participation from both the mathematical sciences and the social, behavioral, or economic sciences. Additional participants from other disciplines, especially the biological sciences, are also welcome. Each project should focus on a significant and well-delineated research challenge that integrates behavioral and social processes into mathematical epidemiological models. Examples of research challenges include, but not are limited to: 1) Behavioral realism and sensitivity analysis. 2) Incorporation of behavioral change. 3) Incorporation of multiple environments. 4) Incorporation of population heterogeneity and policy models. 5) Data needs for rich mathematical epidemiological models.