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Volume 40 (2021)

January 19, 20201, Volume 40 Issue 2 | PDF

• Transition 2021
  • Biden Administration Science Team Announced; Alondra Nelson Tapped for New “Science and Society” Role
  • Dillingham Leaves Census Bureau After Whistleblower Complaints About Noncitizen Data Release
• New from COSSA
  • Save the Date for Social Science Advocacy Day 2021
  • Vaccination Communication Report Authors Highlight Strategies to Reduce Hesitancy
  • FROM THE ARCHIVES Decision on Census Adjustment Looms (January 29, 2001)
• Executive Branch News
  • NSF Solicitation on “Future of Work” Encourages Social Science Proposals
  • NIH Launches New COVID-19 Research Website
• COSSA Member Spotlight
  • APA Announces Mitchell Prinstein as Next Chief Science Officer
  • American Statistical Association Launches New Monthly Podcast
• Resources & Opportunities
  • Nomination Opportunities
  • Funding Opportunities
  • Requests for Comment & Calls for Papers
  • Open Positions, Fellowships, & Professional Development Opportunities
  • Upcoming Events

January 5, 2021, Volume 40 Issue 1 | PDF

• Featured News
  • A Message from the Executive Director
• New from COSSA
  • COSSA Issues Recommendations for the Incoming Biden Administration
  • January Headlines to Feature Deep Dive on COSSA’s 2021 Policy Priorities
  • NSF’s Kellina Craig-Henderson Answers “Why Social Science?”
  • FROM THE ARCHIVES: 107th Congress Opens, Awaits New Administration (January 15, 2001)
• Congressional News
  • COSSA Releases Analysis of FY 2021 Appropriations for Science Agencies
  • Supporting Early-Career Research Act Reintroduced in 117th Congress
• Executive Branch News
  • GAO Releases Review of Federal Agency Policies on Foreign Interference in Research
  • NIMHD Funding Research on Vaccine Hesitancy and Health Disparities
  • Nominations Open for 2021 Matilda White Riley Honors
  • Trump Names New NIFA Director
  • HHS Seeking Nominations for Advisory Committee on Human Research Protections
• COSSA Member Spotlight
  • AAPSS to Hold Webinar on the Impact of Inequality on Democracy
• Resources & Opportunities
  • Nomination Opportunities
  • Funding Opportunities
  • Requests for Comment & Calls for Papers
  • Notices, Resources, & Reports
  • Open Positions, Fellowships, & Professional Development Opportunities
  • Upcoming Events