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
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Volume 32 Index
April 15, 2013 - Volume 32 Issue 7
- 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
March 25, 2013 - Volume 32 Issue 6
- 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
March 11, 2013 - Volume 32 Issue 5
- 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)
February 25, 2013 - Volume 32 Issue 4
- 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
February 11, 2013 - Volume 32 Issue 3
- 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
January 28, 2013 - Volume 32 Issue 2
- 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
January 14, 2013 - Volume 32 Issue 1
- 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
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