"The world of the humanities and social sciences could use more talk across disciplinary lines," Mr. Bennett says.

His work has crossed disciplinary lines, receiving serious attention from economists, legal scholars, political scientists, sociologists, healthcare resource allocators, and theologians.

The goal is usually twofold: to show students how scientists pose and answer questions, and to demonstrate how science crosses disciplinary lines.

It is common for graduate students to take courses that cross these disciplinary lines.

The college offers undergraduates a liberal arts education, and each candidate for a Bachelor's Degree must complete a series of general education courses crossing disciplinary lines.

"It cuts across disciplinary lines," he said.

Its curriculum allows study that crosses traditional disciplinary lines.

With a number of interdisciplinary degree programs its curriculum is designed to allow study that crosses traditional disciplinary lines and enable students to participate in collaborative research labs.

Most funders are set up along disciplinary lines, and interdisciplinary applications, by their very nature, fall between these.

This means moving away from the current organizational structure, defined primarily along disciplinary and agency lines.