Why is interdisciplinarity important?
If the application is not considered interdisciplinary, as described in the RFA, it will be deemed unresponsive to the RFA. In addition, the review committee will be guided by the RFA, and will determine and assess the degree of appropriate interdisciplinarity of the application. Applicants are encouraged to convey why each discipline is important, the contribution each discipline makes to the overall project, how it is complementary to other disciplines, and how bringing together this combination of disciplines is likely to result in successful creation of the envisioned tool.
