Smart and Connected Health (SCH)

PROGRAM SOLICITATION
NSF 13-543

Full Proposal Deadline(s) (due by 5 p.m. proposer's local time):

May 28, 2013

Exploratory (EXP) Proposals

June 03, 2013

Integrative (INT) Proposals

October 10, 2013
October 10, Annually Thereafter

Exploratory (EXP) Proposals

December 10, 2013
December 10, Annually Thereafter

Integrative (INT) Proposals

 The goal of the Smart and Connected Health (SCH) Program is to accelerate the development and use of innovative approaches that would support the much needed transformation of healthcare from reactive and hospital-centered to preventive, proactive, evidence-based, person-centered and focused on well-being rather than disease. Approaches that partner technology-based solutions with biobehavioral health research are supported by multiple agencies of the federal government including the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The purpose of this program is to develop next generation health care solutions and encourage existing and new research communities to focus on breakthrough ideas in a variety of areas of value to health, such as sensor technology, networking, information and machine learning technology, decision support systems, modeling of behavioral and cognitive processes, as well as system and process modeling. Effective solutions must satisfy a multitude of constraints arising from clinical/medical needs, social interactions, cognitive limitations, barriers to behavioral change, heterogeneity of data, semantic mismatch and limitations of current cyberphysical systems. Such solutions demand multidisciplinary teams ready to address technical, behavioral and clinical issues ranging from fundamental science to clinical practice.
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