HOT TOPICS are periodic, featured articles prepared by COSSA staff members offering insights into timely issues important to the social and behavioral science community. 

OCTOBER 2017: New NIH “Clinical Trials” Definition to Impact Basic Social and Behavioral Science Research

JANUARY 2017: HHS Announces Final Changes to Human Subjects Research Regulations

AUGUST 2016: Reducing the Regulatory Burden on Federally-Funded Researchers

JUNE 2015: Scientific Organizations Reflect on Building “Trust in Science”