Description
The Trust and Influence program funds interdisciplinary high risk, transformative basic research that (1) elucidates the social and cognitive principles and processes surrounding the establishment, maintenance, and repair of trust between and among humans and intelligent agents, machines, algorithms, and/or other emergent technologies, with particular interest in situations where these concepts apply to heterogeneous, distributed teams or teaming constellations (i.e. teams of teams); and (2) advances the science of social influence to enhance understanding of hat consider how the phenomena and/or associated processes shape or affect human beliefs, perceptions, attitudes, and/or behaviors. The program encourages multidisciplinary and transdisciplinary approaches, which may include contributions from sociology, anthropology, computer and information science, psychology, cognitive science, linguistics, mathematics, economics, computational social science, and other social or behavioral sciences, among other disciplines. It further encourages research designs that utilize laboratory studies, modeling, and/or field research intended to develop novel, transformative theories, frameworks, or evaluative measures.
Basic Research Objectives can be found in this program’s section of the BAA.Proposers are highly encouraged to contact the Program Officer prior to developing a full proposal, preferably by email, to discuss the current state of understanding in the field(s); how the research would advance it; proposed or potential research questions or hypotheses; the approximate cost for a three (3) to five (5) year effort; and specific submission target dates.
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Contact InformationDr. Laura Steckman AFOSR/RTA-2 Email: TI@us.af.mil