Facilitating Rapid Responses to SBE-Related Questions: the Societal Experts Action Network (SEAN)

  • Funded by National Science Foundation (NSF)
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Grant number: 2145655

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Key facts

  • Disease

    COVID-19
  • Start & end year

    2021
    2024
  • Known Financial Commitments (USD)

    $1,307,430
  • Funder

    National Science Foundation (NSF)
  • Principal Investigator

    Monica Feit
  • Research Location

    United States of America
  • Lead Research Institution

    National Academy of Sciences
  • Research Priority Alignment

    N/A
  • Research Category

    Secondary impacts of disease, response & control measures

  • Research Subcategory

    Other secondary impacts

  • Special Interest Tags

    N/A

  • Study Type

    Non-Clinical

  • Clinical Trial Details

    N/A

  • Broad Policy Alignment

    Pending

  • Age Group

    Not Applicable

  • Vulnerable Population

    Not applicable

  • Occupations of Interest

    Not applicable

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted nearly every aspect of life across the globe. Furthermore, COVID-19 has illuminated issues in society that make us vulnerable to crises in general. The Societal Experts Action Network (SEAN) has the potential to help local and state decision makers better prepare for future crises by focusing on issues such as economic inequality, climate change, workplace protections, substance abuse, mental health, and education systems, among others.

As decision makers at the federal, state, and local level struggle to respond appropriately, they are grappling with many complex scientific questions involving the social and behavioral sciences. The Executive Committee, Advisory Group, and larger network engages experts who can draw upon social, behavioral, and economic sciences and provide actionable answers to decision makers' questions. The responses, which are be tailored to the question and timeline needed, contribute to our nation's overarching understanding of how best to deploy social, behavioral, and economic knowledge to address the impacts of the pandemic and beyond.

This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.