Consortium of Social Science Associations

January 19, 1998*

• Rosy Scenario Returns to Capital
• Travis Announces Creation of ADAM Research System
• President Nominates Maryland’s Colwell as NSF Deputy Director
• House Science Committee Study Consults Young Scientists
• Workshop on Adolescent Decision Making
• Effects of Early Alcohol Use Studied
• Behavioral & Social Sciences and Public Health Conference
• Fulbright Awards Competition
• ORI to Co-Sponsor Research Integrity Conference
• Department of Criminology & Criminal Justice, University of Maryland Joins COSSA

 February 2, 1998*

• Holy Grail Within Reach: Balanced Budget Proposed: Research Gets Big Increases
• Education Research Focus of Congressional and White House Discussions
• Nursing Institute to Emphasize Child and Adolescent Health Promotion
• Reorganization of NSF Research Division Proposed
• The Census, The Long-Form and Transportation
• Results from Adolescent Study Described
• NIDA Second Largest Supporter of Behavioral Research at NIH
• COSSA Welcomes New Affiliate, Contributor
• Editor’s Note
• NIJ Lecture Series
• Sources of Research Support

March 2, 1998*

This issue of COSSA Washington Update contains a summary and analysis of the proposed Fiscal Year 1999 budgets for over 40 agencies that support social and behavioral science research.

March 9, 1998*

• Gibbons Announces Resignation; Lane Moves to OSTP; Colwell to Lead NSF
• CDC Faces Appropriators
• OJJDP Adopts New Juvenile Census
• Changes in Congress
• Former COSSA Staffer to Join OSTP
• Sherman Proposes Evidence-Based Policing
• Economic Decision Making Conference
• Sources of Research Support

March 23, 1998*

• Senate Committee Begins Congressional Budget Process:  Research Increases Provided

• Varmus Testifies to House Appropriations Committee

• Alexander Highlights NICHD's Child Care Research

• Nursing Research Makes a Difference

• Rally to Double NIH's Funding by 2003 Held

• Show of Bipartisan Support for Census and the "Long-form"

• Digital Libraries Research Sponsored by Six Agencies

• Sources of Research Support

April 6, 1998*

• NIH Institute Directors Face Appropriators
• An Additional  $7 Million for the OBSSR?
• COSSA Supports NIJ and BJS Budget Increases
• Census Bureau Submits Questions

April 20, 1998*

• Congress Resumes Budget Deliberations: Where’s the Money?
• Committee Hears Views on NIH Research Priority Setting
• Study Reports Little Increase in School Violence
• The Future of Prevention Research at NIMH
• Group Seeks Large Surveys of Children and Adolescent Mental Health
• Highway Bills Reauthorize Transportation Statistics Bureau

May 5, 1998*

• Basic Research Subcommittee Hears NSF: An Increase Without ‘Tobacco Smoke and Mirrors’?

• NSF Rejects National Institute For the Environment
• House Hearing Focuses on School Youth Violence
• Strong Support for Continued Federal Funding of Basic Research
• Appropriators Hear COSSA and Others Support NSF Increase
• Black Caucus Forum Addresses Health Challenges Facing African American Community
• CDC Calls for Abstracts for Prevention Conference

May 18, 1998

• National Science Foundation: Progress on Many Fronts
• Prewitt Likely Census Director Nominee
• Geographic Information Science Touted on Hill
• Social and Behavioral Science Links to Public Health Focus of CDC Conference
• Using Computers to Survey Suggests Increased Male Teen Risky Behavior
• Lecture Focuses on “Epidemic of Youth Gun Violence”
• Shalala Announces New Head of HRSA
• Sources of Research Support

June 1, 1998

• Chairman and Witnesses Support “Long Form” in 2000 Census
• Advisory Committee Hears NSF SBE Achievements and Plans
• NSF Director and OERI Head Confirmed
• NSF Urban Research Initiative
• NSF Advocacy Group Presents Exhibition
• Economic Costs of Alcohol and Drug Abuse
• COSSA Seminar Focuses On Growing Up Poor
• Welfare Reform Film Discussed

June 15, 1998

• Appropriators Start Process Without Waiting for Budget Resolution
• Agricultural Research Bill Finally Emerges from Congress: New Programs May Go Unfunded
• Congress Looks at Aging
• Census Monitoring Board Holds First Meeting
• COSSA Cosponsors Briefing on the American Community Survey
• Happy 35^th Birthday NICHD!
• Sources of Research Support

June 29, 1998

• Prewitt Nominated to Head Census; Faces Early Criticism From Miller
• NSF Receives Boost from House Appropriations Panel
• Appropriations Bill Favors Med Research and Cuts Ed Research
• House Passes Agriculture Funding Bill
• Humanities Endowment Level-Funded
• Panel Study to Focus on Juvenile Crime
• Institutional Review Boards: A System in Jeopardy?
• House Ponders Creation of All-inclusive Science Committee
• Grants to Detect Future Environmental Problems Early
• COSSA Welcomes Two Newest Contributors

July 13, 1998

• NIH Needs More Public Input in Priority Setting
• Census Dress Rehearsal Discussed at Two Recent Events
• NSF Set to Offer New Program in Child Learning and Development
• More Appropriations News
• Research Questions for Adolescent Health
• COSSA Seminar Focuses on Information Technology and Social Change
• Correction

July 27, 1998

• House Passes NSF Authorization Bill
• House Appropriations Committee Passes Labor-HHS-ED Funding Bill
• Higher Education Act Renewed: House-senate Differences on Graduate Student Support
• House Committee Funds Census for Six Months; NIJ, BJS Increased
• Three Social Scientists Discuss Importance of Sampling
• Delays in NSF Program

August 10, 1998

• NSF Appropriation Bills Move to Conference: Attempt to Cut Research Defeated in House
• Senate Confirms Lane for OSTP Director
• House Passes CJS Funding Bill; Provides Only Six Months of Funds for Census Bureau
• Adolescent Health Focus of Cossa Congressional Seminar
• Annual NIJ Conference Focuses on Collaboration
• UMASS: COSSA’s Newest Contributor
• Editor’s Note

September 14, 1998

• Congress Returns: Spending Bills and President’s Fate Dominate Agenda
• Senate Committee Approves Labor-HHS-ED Funding Bill
• Senate Committee Considers Youth Violence; Shows Support for Criminal Justice Research
• Census Debate Heating Up; High Court Agrees to Hear Case
• Sexuality Research Fellowships Available

September 28, 1998

• Senate Committee Approves Prewitt Nomination to Head Census Bureau
• Continuing Resolution Gives Appropriators More Time
• House Committee Releases Science Policy Report
• Mind/Body Health Focus of Senate Subcommittee
• Stokes Honored by Science and Health Groups
• NIJ Lecture Looks at Growth of U.S. Prison Population
• Sources of Research Support

October 12, 1998

• Congress Seeks to End Session; FY 1999 Spending Still under Discussion

• NSF Appropriations: Nine Percent Increase for Research
• President Vetoes Agriculture Appropriations
• Higher Education Reauthorization Enacted
• NIH Examines Social and Behavioral Science Peer Review Study Sections
• President Clinton Announces Nominee to Head Transportation Statistics Agency
• Sources of Research Support

November 9, 1998

• A Status Quo Election That Defied History
• Panel Recommends Focus on Societal Implications of it
• Political and Economic Impacts of Shifting American Population
• Pork Overwhelms an Agency
• Appropriations Chart for FY 1999
• Sources of Research Support
• Social Science Research Council/International Migration Program
• The Russell Sage Foundation Grants
• National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)/National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
• National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)

November 23, 1998

• SBE Announces Infrastructure Competition
• COSSA Holds 1998 Annual Meeting
• House Leadership Changes: New VA, HUD Appropriations Chairman
• Crime Researcher Alfred Blumstein Elected President of COSSA
• Healthy People 2010
• NIJ Budget Language

December 14, 1998

• Former COSSA President Named Medal of Science Winner

• OMB Ponders Data Sharing Rules
• Aging Institute Names Suzman to Head Behavioral and Social Research; Abeles Joins OBSSR
• Court Hears Census Dispute
• Forum on Adolescence Workshop
• NIDA Holds 5^th Annual Constituent Conference
• NIH Advisory Committee
• NIH Reviewers Needed
• NIMH’s Call For Reviewers is a Departure from the Norm
• Genome Institute Develops 5 Year Plan: Social Sciences Emphasized
• Editor’s Note

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