One of COSSA’s roles is to serve as a bridge between the academic research community and the Washington policymaking community. To accomplish this, from the beginning COSSA has presented the results of social and behavioral science research to policy makers through a series of briefings or seminars held on Capitol Hill. The audiences for these sessions have consisted of congressional staff, executive branch agency staff, public interest group representatives, and sometimes Members of Congress.
March 5, 2010
Investing in Discovery: The Impact of Basic Research
and the Role of the
National Institute of General Medical Sciences
Presentend by The Ad Hoc Group for Medical Research in conjunction with the
Congressional Biomedical Research Caucus
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This briefing was co-sponsored by:
American Physiological Society
American Psychological Association
American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
American Society for Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics
American Statistical Association
Association for Psychological Science
Association of Independent Research Institutes (AIRI)
Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC)
Coalition for Life Sciences
Consortium of Social Science Associations
Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB)
Federation of Associations in Behavioral & Brain Sciences (FABBS)
Genetics Society of America
Research!America
Society for Neuroscience
March 15, 2010
"Better Living Through Economics: How Fundamental Economic Research Improves People's Lives"
L-R: Nancy Lutz, NSF Economics Program Officer, Roth, Ausubel, Madrian, Siegfried, and Dan Newlon, American Economic Association, Government Relations.
July 19, 2009
"Showcasing Research from a National Science and Technology Council Report: Social, Behavioral and Economic Research in the Federal Context "
L-R: Weber, Poeppel, Wilkenfeld, Lightfoot,
and Morris. (Photo by Robert Stevens)
"Enhancing Diversity in Science"
L-R Arthur L. Coleman, Esq.,
EducationCounsel LLC,
Wanda E. Ward, PhD, Acting Director, Education and Human Resources National Science Foundation, Raynard S. Kington, MD, PhD,
Acting Director, National Institutes of Health,
Mary Ann McCabe, PhD ,
Society for Research in Child Development,
(Moderator)
“Every major issue facing modern society and every major issue facing our economic competitiveness will ultimately be multidisciplinary in nature…[requiring] the integration of the physical sciences or biological sciences with the social and behavioral sciences.”
AAAS Chief Executive Officer Alan Leshner
testifying before the Senate Science and Space Subcommittee, May 2, 2006
“Perhaps the most important role of the social sciences, among their many roles, is to provide this basic fund of knowledge about ourselves and our institutions – a foundation of reality for the thinking and decision making of legislators, managers, both governmental and corporate, and all of us as citizens, householders, and employees.”
Nobel Prize and National Medal of Science Recipient Herbert Simon
before the House Committee on Science and Technology September 17, 1985
