Mind, Machine and Motor Nexus
ID: 351273Type: Posted
Overview

Buyer

National Science Foundation (NSF)

Eligible Applicants

Unrestricted

Funding Category

Science and Technology and other Research and Development

Funding Instrument

Grant

Opportunity Category

Discretionary

Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement

Yes
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    Posted Dec 2, 2023 12:00 AM
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Description

The National Science Foundation is offering a grant opportunity titled "Mind, Machine and Motor Nexus" under the category of Science and Technology and other Research and Development. This grant aims to support fundamental research that explores embodied reasoning as mediated by bidirectional sensorimotor interaction between human and synthetic actors. The program seeks to advance knowledge by exploring the convergence of human and synthetic actors' capabilities and actions during the performance of tasks situated within physics-based environments. The grant encourages research on sensorimotor interaction and embodied reasoning between human and synthetic actors in real, virtual, or hybrid settings, over a range of spatial and temporal scales, and for different modes of interaction. The program supports research derived from conceptual, mathematical, empirical, experimental, computational, and cross-cutting perspectives, among others. Topics of interest include collaboration, cooperation, and competition among human and synthetic actors, the role of virtual, mixed and hybrid environments in decision making and learning, new approaches to modeling, guiding and controlling processes of reasoning and interaction, as well as the development of research infrastructure that will accelerate research in this area. Proposals must engage the concepts of human and synthetic actors linked through sensorimotor interaction and with capabilities for embodied reasoning. The grant is open to unrestricted applicants and does not require cost sharing or matching. For more information, visit the NSF Program Description PD-19-058Y at http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=505402. Proposals are accepted anytime.

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