COSSA Washington Update

To keep its constituency informed, the Consortium produces a biweekly newsletter, the COSSA Washington Update, that covers:

Federal policies and debates relevant to social and behavioral scientists
Sources of federal support for research
The administration’s funding request for each fiscal year in a special budget issue

Archived COSSA Washington Update
	Volume 31 (2012)
Volume 30 (2011)	Volume 29 (2010)
Volume 28 (2009)	Volume 27 (2008)
Volume 26 (2007)	Volume 25 (2006)
Volume 24 (2005)	Volume 23 (2004)
Volume 22 (2003)	Volume 21(2002)
Volume 20 (2001)	Volume 19 (2000)

Volume 32 Index

President Obama Releases FY 2014 Budget
Coburn Fallout and the Troubles Ahead
Capitol Hill Briefing Discusses the Contributions of Economics Research to Health
Assessing the Value of Research in Advancing National Goals
BBCSS Workshop Explores Next Generation of Individual and Group Assessment
Two New NCHS Data Reports: Premarital Cohabitation and Prescription Drug Costs
COSSA Joins the April 8th Rally for Medical Research: "More Progress, More Hope, More Life"
Research on Comparative Effectiveness and Implementation of HIV/AIDS and Alcohol Interventions
Applications Wanted for Alcohol Use Disorders: Treatment, Services, and Recovery Research
Innovation Research Methods: Prevention and Management of Symptoms in Chronic Illness
NIDA Mentored Clinical Scientists Development Program Award in Drug Abuse and Addiction
Addressing Health Disparities in NIDDK Diseases: Applications Wanted
Drug Abuse Dissertation Research Awards Available
Editor's Note

Coburn Amendment Restricts NSF Political Science Funding
Congress Completes FY 2013 Appropriations Process
NSF Director's Farewell Appearance with Congress
Causes and Correlates of Youth Violence Discussed at CJS Hearing
COSSA Testifies to House CJS Appropriations Panel
COSSA-Led Collaborative Releases Enhancing Diversity Report
Changes to the Common Rule: The Implications for the Social and Behavioral Sciences
NSF Seeks Proposals on Use and Functioning of the Civil Justice System
COSSA Joins More Than 150 Organizations to "Rally for Medical Research" on April 8th in Washington
NIH Office of Disease Prevention Seeks Input on Strategic Plan
OppNet Seeks Revision Applications for Basic Social and Behavioral Research on Social, Cultural, Biological, and Psychological Mechanisms of Stigma
Home and Family Based Approaches for the Prevention and Management of Overweight or Obesity in Early Childhood

House Passes FY 2013 Appropriations Bill to Keep Government Open Past March 27; Senate Action This Week
Duplication, Sequestration Main Themes of Appropriations Hearing with Public Health Research Agencies
House Panels Hold Hearing on Cybersecurity; Hear About Importance of Human Behavior Research
Ed Sondik to Leave NCHS
AHRQ Report Identifies 22 Ways to Make Health Care Safer
NSF Seeks Proposals to Transform Neuroscience and Cognitive Science
Board on Environmental Change Discusses Climate Change Adaptation
Social Workers' Group Has New Leader
DBASSE Has Two New Committee Directors
Hamilton Project Suggests Rethinking the Federal Budget
OPPNet -- Short-Term Mentored Career Enhancement Award: Cross-Training at the Intersection of Animal Models and Human Investigation
2013 NIMHD Translational Health Disparities Course: August 5 - 16, 2013
Planning Grants for the New NIH BUILD and NRMN Initiatives
NIH Director's Biomedical Research Workforce Innovation Award: Broadening Experiences in Scientific Training (BEST)

And So It Comes to This Once More: Sequester on the Immediate Horizon
SBE Prepares Report for Rep. Wolf on Youth Violence
Administration Issues Open Access Policy Statement
More Newcomers for the Second Term
IES Oversight Board Meets
EPA Solicits Nomination for its Board of Scientific Counselors
HUD Requests Input on American Housing Survey Redesign
New NCHS Data on Pharmaceutical Overdoses, Contraception, Nutrition
American Community Survey Data Users Group Organized
National Humanities Alliance to Hear Senators Durbin and Warren at Annual Meeting
Interventions for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention in Native American Populations
RFI: Implementation Plans for NIH ACD Biomedical Research Workforce Working Group's Recommendations
NIA Seeks Applications to Explain Regional and International Differences in Health and Longevity at Older Ages
NIAAA Seeks Research on Alcohol and HIV/AIDS

House Majority Leader Questions Federal Funding of Social Science Research
NSF Director Suresh Steps Down; Will Become President of Carnegie Mellon
Carolyn Clancy Leaving AHRQ
National Climate Assessment Draft Open for Public Comment
Supreme Allied Commander of NATO Calls for More Language and Cultural Training
Healthy People 2020 Reviews Cancer and Genomics Progress
AHRQ Report Shares Lessons on Advancing Patient-Centered Care through Health IT
PCORI Governing Board Discusses Priority Setting for Patient Oriented Research
NIJ Seeks Proposals for Research on Firearms and Violence
William Julius Wilson Announced as Recipient of Moynihan Prize
Sheldon Danziger Named New President of Russell Sage Foundation
Sequester Looms Larger; NDD Coalition Assesses Current Fiscal Deal
PAA Holds Congressional Briefing on Immigration
AAAS Science and Human Rights Coalition Discusses Children's Rights
NSF, NEH, IMLS Join International Partners to Fund Another Round of Digging Into Data Challenge
NSF Solicits Applications for Building Community and Capacity for Data-Intensive Research in the SBE Sciences
Proposals Designed to Examine School Nutrition and Physical Activity Policies, Obesogenic Behaviors, and Weight Outcomes Wanted
Policy Fellowship Opportunity at Human Research Protections' Office
AERA Solicits Applications for Institute on Statistical Analysis
SAGE Makes Open Access Publications More Available to Social Science and Humanities Scholars

Fiscal Trifecta Very Much in Play
Collins Discusses Impact of FY 2013 Budget Process on NIH
NIH SMRB Begin Discussion of the Value of Biomedical Research
NICHD Holds 149th Advisory Committee Meeting
BBCSS Considers Revisions to the Common Rule for Social and Behavioral Science Research
EDM Forum & AHRQ Launch New Journal, eGEMs
Brookings Foreign Policy Scholars Advise on "Big Bets and Black Swans

Welcome to 2013
The New Congress Continues to Organize
Positions Filled in the Executive Branch
NIH Data and Information Implementation Plan
Overall Success Rate for NIH Research Grant Remains Static
Justice Office Scientific Advisory Board Meets
NSF to Alter Research Reporting Requirements
DBASSE Holds Planning Meeting on Science of Team Science
NAS Holds Workshop on the Design of the National Children's Study
Shorter Lives, Poorer Health: U.S. Losing Ground in the Control of Diseases, Injuries, and Other Sources of Morbidity
PCAST Releases Agricultural Preparedness Report
NIH Seeks Applications for Exploratory/Developmental Dissemination and Implementation Research in Health
FDA Offers Fellowships to Work on Tobacco Regulation