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Volume 38 (2019)

April 16, 2019, Volume 38 Issue 8 | PDF

• Featured News
  • COSSA to Honor Leaders in Evidence-Based Policymaking with 2019 Awards
• COSSA in Action
  • COSSA Submits FY 2020 Testimony to House Appropriations Committee in Support of Science Funding
  • Letters & Statements
• Congressional News
  • Talks Continue as Congress Attempts to Raise Budget Caps
  • Congress Holds Hearings on FY 2020 NIH Budget
• Federal Agency & Administration News
  • OMB Seeks Feedback on Length of Executive Branch Comment Prohibition for Release of Economic Indicators
  • Nomination Opportunities
  • Funding Opportunities
  • Notices & Requests for Comment
• Community News & Reports
  • Funding Opportunities
  • Notices & Requests for Comment
• Events Calendar

April 2, 2019, Volume 38 Issue 7 | PDF

• Featured News
  • Administration Releases FY 2020 Budget Request; Read COSSA’s Analysis of Social Science Impacts
• COSSA in Action
  • Read COSSA’s 2018 Annual Report
  • Congressman Paul Tonko Answers “Why Social Science?”
  • Letters & Statements
• Congressional News
  • Release of President’s Budget Puts Pressure on Congress to Raise Caps; COSSA Urges Advocates to Take Action
  • Congressional Appropriators Get to Work; NSF Director Testifies
• Federal Agency & Administration News
  • IES Requests Comment on Proposed Priorities
  • NSF Releases Dear Colleague on Research on Sexual Harassment in STEM
  • Nomination Opportunities
  • Funding Opportunities
  • Notices & Requests for Comment
  • Fellowships & Professional Development
• Community News & Reports
  • Notices & Requests for Comment
  • Recent Reports
• COSSA Member Spotlight
  • Recent Reports
• Events Calendar

March 19, 2019, Volume 38 Issue 6 | PDF

• Featured News
  • Details of President’s FY 2020 Budget Request Emerge
• COSSA in Action
  • COSSA Urges Action on Non-Defense Discretionary Spending
  • COSSA Asks OMB to Remove Census Citizenship Question
  • Letters & Statements
• Federal Agency & Administration News
  • National Science Foundation Invites Participation in Convergence Accelerator Pilot
  • William Beach Confirmed as BLS Commissioner
  • Nomination Opportunities
  • Funding Opportunities
  • Notices & Requests for Comment
  • Open Positions
  • Fellowships & Professional Development
• Community News & Reports
  • National Academies Releases Decadal Survey of the Social and Behavioral Science for Applications to National Security
  • Nomination Opportunities
  • Notices & Requests for Comment
• COSSA Member Spotlight
  • Recent Reports
• Events Calendar

March 5, 2019, Volume 38 Issue 5 | PDF

• Featured News
  • NIH Seeks Input on the Need for an Administrative Data Enclave
• COSSA in Action
  • March’s Headlines Webchat to Feature Deep Dive on FY 2020 Budget Request
  • Anthropologist Lee Hoffer Answers “Why Social Science?”
  • Letters & Statements
• Congressional News
  • Trump Administration to Release FY 2020 Budget Request Next Week
• Federal Agency & Administration News
  • NIH Publishes Update on Efforts to Address Sexual Harassment in Science
  • Nomination Opportunities
  • Funding Opportunities
  • Notices & Requests for Comment
  • Open Positions
  • Fellowships & Professional Development
• Community News & Reports
  • NASEM Report Evaluates Strategies for Reducing Child Poverty
  • Notices & Requests for Comment
  • Recent Reports
  • Fellowships & Professional Development
• Events Calendar

February 19, 2019, Volume 38 Issue 4 | PDF

• Featured News
  • Compromise on FY 2019 Funding Reached, Averting Second Shutdown; Read COSSA’s Analysis of the Omnibus
• COSSA in Action
  • COSSA Submits Comments on Draft NICHD Strategic Plan
  • COSSA Endorses Census Idea Act
  • Letters & Statements
• Congressional News
  • Pingree Reintroduces Bill to Block USDA Research Moves
• Federal Agency & Administration News
  • Supreme Court to Decide Fate of Census Citizenship Question
  • Department of Commerce Seeks Input on 2020 Census Data Collection
  • Nomination Opportunities
  • Funding Opportunities
  • Notices & Requests for Comment
  • Open Positions
  • Fellowships & Professional Development
• Community News & Reports
  • AAAS CEO Rush Holt to Retire in 2019; Search Underway for Successor
  • Fellowships & Professional Development
• Events Calendar

February 5, 2019, Volume 38 Issue 3 | PDF

• Featured News
  • Social Scientists Encouraged to Explore NSF’s Ten Big Ideas Solicitations
• COSSA in Action
  • February’s Headlines Webchat to Feature a Deep Dive on Evidence-Based Policymaking
  • COSSA Releases 2019 Rankings of College and University Social Science Investment
  • The Research-to-Policy Collaboration Answers “Why Social Science?”
  • Letters & Statements
• Congressional News
  • Government Reopens; Final Funding for FY 2019 Still Unclear
• Federal Agency & Administration News
  • Nomination Opportunities
  • Funding Opportunities
  • Notices & Requests for Comment
  • Recent Reports
  • Open Positions
  • Fellowships & Professional Development
• Community News & Reports
  • National Academies Seeking Nominations for New Decadal Survey of Social and Behavioral Science Research Related to Alzheimer’s Disease—DUE FEBRUARY 6
  • COSSA Joins Call for Department of Education to Halt Proposed Title IX Amendments
  • Nomination Opportunities
  • Fellowships & Professional Development
• Events Calendar

January 22, 2019, Volume 38 Issue 2 | PDF

• Featured News
  • Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act Becomes Law
• Congressional News
  • Committees Begin to Announce Leadership, Membership as FY 2019 Funding Remains Uncertain
  • Chairwoman Johnson Introduces Gun Violence Research Act
• Federal Agency & Administration News
  • NSF Releases Information for Proposers and Grantees During Government Shutdown
  • NIH Requests Input on Updated Definition of “Behavioral and Social Sciences Research”
  • OHRP Releases Draft Guidance for Transitioning Studies to Revised Common Rule; Comments Requested
  • Nomination Opportunities
  • Funding Opportunities
  • Notices & Requests for Comment
  • Open Positions
  • Fellowships & Professional Development
• Community News & Reports
  • Nomination Opportunities
  • Funding Opportunities
  • Fellowships & Professional Development
• COSSA Member Spotlight
  • Fellowships & Professional Development
• Events Calendar

January 8, 2019, Volume 38 Issue 1 | PDF

• Featured News
  • Government Shutdown Continues into Third Week, Leaving Uncertainty for FY 2019
• COSSA in Action
  • Early Bird Registration Opens for Social Science Advocacy Day
  • Register for January’s Headlines Webchat Featuring a Deep Dive on Advocacy Resources
  • Letters & Statements
• Congressional News
  • Evidence-Based Policymaking Bill Awaiting President’s Signature
  • Droegemeier and Dillingham Confirmed in Final Hours of 115th Congress
  • Science Committee Leadership Finalized; First Bills Introduced
• Federal Agency & Administration News
  • NSF Releases Solicitation for “Ideas Labs” for Data-Intensive Research in Science and Engineering
  • Nomination Opportunities
  • Funding Opportunities
  • Notices & Requests for Comment
  • Fellowships & Professional Development
• Community News & Reports
  • Golden Goose Awards Solicits Nominations
  • Gun Violence Research Collaborative Releases First Request for Proposals
  • Nomination Opportunities
  • Funding Opportunities
• COSSA Member Spotlight
  • Fellowships & Professional Development
• Events Calendar