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Volume 30 (2011)

December 14, 2011, Volume 30 Issue 22

• End-of-Session Tactics on Payroll Tax Cut Extension Stalls Omnibus Appropriations Bill
• NIH Director’s Advisory Committee Examines Workforce and Diversity Issues
• Mary Bohman New Head of Economic Research Service
• Committee on Law and Justice Meeting Hears Laub, Focuses on Possible New Projects
• EU Proposes Horizon 2020 to Fund Research and Innovation: Includes Significant Emphasis on Societal Challenges
• GAO Examines Higher Ed Outcomes Across Different Types of Institutions
• Putting Disadvantaged Men Back to Work
• Briefing on Premature Births Includes Focus on Behavior Change in Pregnant Women and Doctors
• NSF’s Law and Social Sciences Program Seeks Proposals from Law School Social Scientists
• New Opportunity to Enhance NSF-Census Research Coordination Network
• IIASA Seeks Young Scientists for 2012 Summer Program

November 21, 2011, Volume 30 Issue 21

• Minibus Clears Congress, Signed by President: Agriculture, Justice, Commerce, HUD, Transportation, and NSF Have FY 2012 Budgets
• NSF Announces CREATIV Initiative: Merit Review by Program Officers
• Lipinski Ensures Social Sciences’ Inclusion in Natural Hazards Risk Reduction Act of 2011
• DBASSE Holds Meeting on Teaching SBE Sciences in K-12 Education
• AAMC: Behavioral and Social Science Foundations for Future Physicians
• IPCC Report on Managing Climate Change Adaptation Includes Human and Behavioral Factors
• Conservation Options for Farm Policy Explored at Forum
• Implications of the Economic Downturn for Health, Wealth, and Work at Older Ages – Applications Wanted
• NIH Director’s Early Independence Awards
• NIDDK Mentored Research Scientist Development Award
• Behavioral Interventions to Address Multiple Chronic Health Conditions in Primary Care
• Practical Interventions to Improve Medication Adherence in Primary Care

November 10, 2011, Volume 30 Issue 20-B

• Summary – A Colloquium Celebrating COSSA’s 30 Years of Advocacy

November 7, 2011, Volume 30 Issue 20-A

• Two Issues of Update
• Senate Clears First Minibus Appropriations Bill: Expiration of CR and Report of Deficit Reduction Committee Looming
• SBE Releases “Rebuilding the Mosaic” Report
• NIH Director: ‘Agency is at a Paradoxical Point’
• COSSA Responds to Office of Human Research Protection Proposal to Revise the Common Rule
• Ladson-Billings Delivers AERA’s 2011 Brown Lecture
• Karen Cook Named to AAHRPP Board

October 24, 2011, Volume 30 Issue 19

• Senate Takes Up ‘Minibus’ FY 2012 Appropriations Bill
• Senate Confirms John Bryson as Secretary of Commerce
• NIH Seeks ‘Feedback’ on Managing in ‘Science in Fiscally Challenging Times’
• COSSA Executive Director Speaks at University of Texas
• NIH CTSA/NCATS Integration Working Group Release Recommendations
• APSA Releases Task Force Report on Changing Demographics and Political Science
• CNSTAT Seminar Examines Impact of ‘Great Recession’
• NAS Committee Reviewing 2010 Census Examines Internet Use by Other Countries
• ERS Funds Research on Food and Nutrition Assistance Programs
• Federal Role in Agricultural Risk Management Examined
• PCORI Seeks Scientific and Stakeholder Reviewers for Pilot Project Grants Program

October 10, 2011, Volume 30 Issue 18

• COSSA 30th Anniversary Annual Meeting Adds NSF and NIJ Directors as Speakers
• FY 2012 Begins: CR Funds Government Until November 18
• House Chairman Announces His Recommendations for Labor, HHS, ED Spending Bill
• NSF Introduces ‘Science Across Virtual Institutes’ (SAVI)
• NSF Makes First I-CORPS Awards: Decision Scientist Among the Grantees
• DOT Calls for Abstracts for Transportation Workforce Summit
• Briefing on Economic Census Held on Capitol Hill
• Justice Policy Coalition Presents Session on Cutting Corrections’ Costs and Populations
• Improving Student Performance: Brookings’ Hamilton Project Has New Proposals
• Work and Family Research Latest Focus of Brookings’ Future of Children
• Cyber Attacks and National Security Explored at AAAS Forum
• SRCD, PAA Seek Public Policy Fellows
• PCORI Announces $26 Million Pilot Projects Grant Program
• NIH/PEPFAR Collaboration for Advancing Implementation Science in Prevention of Maternal-Child HIV Transmission

September 26, 2011, Volume 30 Issue 17

• COSSA Annual Meeting: Last Chance for Reduced Registration
• Senate Appropriations Committee Marches On: CR in Trouble
• CJS Panel Reduces NSF Funding Below FY 2011; Census Bureau Gets More, but Report Language Presents Major Challenges
• NIH Cut Slightly: Lots of Report Language on Health and Behavior
• NIH Deputy Director Addresses Joint NIDA/NIAAA Advisory Council Meeting: Merging of Institutes Discussed
• NICHD Council Discusses the Institute’s Draft Vision Statement
• Census Director Appoints New Members and Chair to Scientific Advisory Committee
• Advancing Discovery: The Role of National Institutes of Health (NIH) Research in Fighting Diabetes
• AERA, NAE Session: Evaluating Teachers Still Difficult Task
• Brookings Panel Examines Latest Poverty Numbers
• Farm Foundation Briefing Focuses on Agricultural Data
• Senators Seek New Way to Fund Agricultural Research
• ERS Holds Annual Conference on Research Issues Related to Food and Nutrition
• NSF Seeks Proposals to Transform Education through Cyberlearning

September 12, 2011, Volume 30 Issue 16

• COSSA to Celebrate 30th Anniversary at Annual Meeting on November 2 and 3:
• Congress Returns: Focus on FY 2012 Spending Bills, Jobs, and Waiting for the Super Committee
• Senate Appropriators Get to Work; House Appropriators Try to Finish
• Cutter Discusses Human Response during NSF Hazards Event
• NIH-Commissioned Study Identifies Gaps in NIH Funding Success Rates for Black Researchers
• NIH Establishes ACD Diversity in Biomedical Research Working Group
• DHS’ START Center Event Examines Terrorism Ten Years after 9/11
• George Alter Appointed Director of ICPSR
• National Science Board Solicits for Nominees for its 2012 Awards
• SBE Seeks Projects to Create Metadata for its Major Surveys
• NSF Seeks Proposals at Interface of Computer and Social Sciences
• Advisory Committee to the NIH Director Working Group on the Future Biomedical Research Workforce Seeks Input
• Systems Science and Health in the Behavioral and Social Sciences: Applications Wanted
• COSSA’s Newest Member

August 8, 2011, Volume 30 Issue 15

• COSSA to Celebrate 30th Anniversary at Annual Meeting on November 2 and 3
• COSSA President Pens SCIENCE Editorial
• Congress Leaves Town; Faces Major Budgetary Decisions in Fall
• Merit Review Process Scrutinized by House Panel
• Democrats on SST Committee Release Response to Coburn Report on NSF
• House Agriculture Panel Examines USDA Research Programs
• Defense Department to Run Another Minerva Competition
• NSF Funds Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center
• PRB Releases 2011 World Population Data Sheet
• Susan Olson Named New Head of Law and Society Association
• PCORI Seeks Comments on Research Topic Areas for Potential RFA
• Autism Spectrum Disorders: Psychosocial/Behavioral Interventions and Services Research
• Translational Research: Research Leading to New Health Practices
• NEA Solicits Proposals to Research Value and Impact of the Arts
• Editor’s Note

July 25, 2011, Volume 30 Issue 14

• CJS Spending Bill Emerges from Appropriations Panel; Timing of House Floor Action Uncertain
• Public Comment Sought on Proposed Changes to Common Rule Governing Research with Human Subjects
• Juvenile Justice Council Hears About Study of School Disciplinary Actions
• Jobs in Rural America Focus of Senate Hearing
• A Little Bit of Good News in the NAEP Geography Assessment
• Well-Being of Children Focus of Interagency Statistics Report
• Briefing Highlights Role of Demographic Research in Disaster Recovery
• Science and Human Rights Coalition Holds Meeting
• National Academies Release Framework for K-12 Science Education: SBE Sciences Still Missing
• PCORI Seeks Input on Definition of ‘Patient-Centered Outcomes Research’
• NIH OppNet — Sleep and Social Environment: Basic Biopsychosocial Processes
• Ethical Legal and Social Implications (ELSI) Of Genomic Research
• Proposals for Research on Research Integrity Sought
• Social and Behavioral Research on the Elderly in Disasters: Applications Wanted
• European Union Offers Grants for US-EU Research
• AAPSS Seeks Executive Director

July 11, 2011, Volume 30 Issue 13

• COSSA to Celebrate 30th Anniversary at Annual Meeting on November 2 and 3
• CJS Spending Bill Emerges from House Panel: NSF, BEA Escape Cuts; Census, NIJ and BJS Do Not
• Science and Higher Education Community Rally to Support NSF and SBE
• House Passed DHS FY 2012 Funding Bill Slashes S&T Budget
• Senate Appropriations Committee Moves Its First FY 2012 Spending Bill
• ‘Bringing the Vision Together’ – NICHD Continues to Accept Comments on White Papers
• HHS Seeks to Improve Data Collection in Public Health Surveys
• Advancing HIV Prevention through Transformative Behavioral and Social Sciences
• IOM Report: Relieving Pain Examines Prevention, Care, Education and Research
• Request for Information: Feasibility, Scope, and Design of a State Health Policy Database

June 27, 2011, Volume 30 Issue 12

• NIJ Conference Hears from Holder, Sampson, Bobo
• OJP Announces CrimeSolutions.Gov Database
• OJP Scientific Advisory Board Holds Second Meeting
• Appropriations Subcommittee Chair ‘Troubled’ by Process to Stand up of NCATS
• National Prevention Strategy Released
• GAO Releases Report on HHS CER Awards
• Greenberg Named Acting Director of NIGMS
• Census Bureau Requests OMB to Continue ACS
• House Passes FY 2012 Agriculture and Rural Development Appropriations Bill: Major Cuts to ERS and NASS Thwarted
• VA Research Appropriations Matches President’s Request for Reductions
• NCHS Publishes Health Interview Survey Early Estimates
• ETS and CDF Examine Educational Prospects for Black Boys
• Farm Foundation Event Examines Rural Development in Tough Economic Times
• AAAS Explores Budget Situation for Research and Development
• National Academies’ Report on Successful K-12 STEM Education Released
• Evidence Based Policy Symposium To Occur at George Mason

June 13, 2011, Volume 30 Issue 11

• House Panel Scrutinizes Funding of SBE Sciences by NSF
• Rehberg Targets “Soft Sciences” in House Agriculture Appropriation Bill
• NIH ACD Holds 102nd Meeting
• Updates on New SUAA Institute at NIAAA Meeting
• Senate HELP Examines Early Childhood Programs
• New White House Rural Council Announced
• BEA Seminar Details NIPA Revision and Health Care Expenditures’ Discrepancies
• Law and Justice Panel Examines Research on White Collar Crime
• Diane Ravitch Receives Moynihan Prize from AAPSS

May 31, 2011, Volume 30 Issue 10

• Coburn Attacks NSF: Calls for Elimination of SBE Directorate
• SBE Advisory Committee Meets: Looks to the Future
• House Begins Appropriations Process: Cut! Cut! Cut!
• Senate Finally Confirms Cora Marrett as NSF’s Deputy Director
• NCES Releases Condition of Education 2011
• START Session Features Authors of Radicalization Volume
• NIMH to Seek Proposals on Mechanisms Underlying Patterns of Depressive and Anxiety Disorders across Diverse Populations
• NIH/PEPFAR Collaboration for Implementation Science and Impact Evaluation
• History of Science Society Rejoins COSSA

May 16, 2011, Volume 30 Issue 9

• NIH Director Makes Annual Appearance before Senate Appropriations Subcommittee
• Education Department Eliminates and Reduces Many Programs as a Result of FY 2011 Appropriations
• HELP Committee Hearing on Improving Health Quality and Patient Safety: First, Do No Harm
• National Advisory Council for Healthcare Research and Quality Meets
• New Director of National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research Named
• National Advisory Council on Drug Abuse Meets
• Two NAS Panels Seek Better Ways to Measure Deterrence and Innovation
• NAS Workshop Examines STEM Education Schools and Programs
• CNSF Holds Seventeenth Annual Exhibition
• Meeting of the President’s Council on Fitness, Sports and Nutrition

May 2, 2011, Volume 30 Issue 8

• On to the FY 2012 Appropriations Process!
• NIH Releases FY 2011 Fiscal Policy
• Legislation Would Remove Many Positions from Senate Confirmation
• Science Subcommittee Examines Behavioral Science Uses for Airport Security
• DOD and USDA Collaboration for Military Families
• NIGMS Releases Strategic Plan for Biomedical/Behavioral Research Training
• NIH Establishes Working Group on the Future Biomedical Research Workforce
• Roger Beachy Leaves NIFA
• NIFA, in Keeping with the Administration’s Priorities, Announces Grants to Fight Childhood Obesity
• USDA Seeks Nominations for Vacancies on the NAREE Advisory Board
• Genes, Cognition and Behavior Report Released
• Institute on Medicine Releases Research on Families Report
• IOM Report – Child and Adolescent Health and Health Care Quality: Measuring What Matters
• Report and Briefing Implore State Action on STEM Education
• NSF Seeks Proposals to Transform STEM Undergraduate Education
• Wendy Baldwin New PRB President
• Society for Anthropological Sciences Joins COSSA

April 18, 2011, Volume 30 Issue 7

• Congress Finally Completes FY 2011 Appropriations After Government Shutdown Averted
• Committees Examine FY 2012 Spending Proposals
• Senate Appropriations Subcommittee Hears from HHS Secretary Sebelius
• Census Director Outlines Lessons Learned From 2010 Count
• House SST Committee Questions NSF’s Large Budget Increase
• HHS Releases Action Plan and Stakeholder Strategy to Reduce Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities
• OBSSR Workshop Summary Available
• NIH Releases Updated Strategic Plan for Obesity Research
• National Academies Report: LGBT Health Research Gaps and Needs
• NIH Launches Training Institute on Dissemination and Implementation Research
• NIH/PEPFAR Collaboration for Implementation Science and Impact Evaluation
• NICHD’s Visioning Process Continues: Comments Wanted
• HHS Seeks to Make Health Data More Accessible
• Social Work Caucus Launched on Capitol Hill
• Conference on Obama in Office
• New COSSA Staff Member

April 4, 2011, Volume 30 Issue 6

• Proposed FY 2012 Budgets for Social and Behavioral Science

March 7, 2011, Volume 30 Issue 5

• FY 2011 Budget Battle Continues
• Bob Hauser to Lead DBASSE
• Joan Ferrini-Mundy Named AD for NSF’s Education and Human Resources Directorate
• Census Bureau Seeks Nominations for Science Advisory Board
• NIH Examines the Science of Research on Discrimination and Health
• AHRQ — Health Care Quality Progresses at Slow Rate; Disparities and Gaps in Access to Care Persist
• GAO Report Identifies Duplicative Government Programs Adding Fodder for Spending Reductions
• Community Disaster Resilience Subject of NAS Report
• Women and Girls Subject of White House Council Report
• NIH Seeks Comments on its Director’s Early Independence Award
• NSF Seeks Proposals for Research Coordination Networks in SEES
• NIA: Family and Interpersonal Relationships in an Aging Context
• OBSSR at NIH Launches Summer Institute on Mobile Health
• RWJF 2011 Call for Proposals on Public Health Law Research

February 22, 2011, Volume 30 Issue 4

• President Obama Releases Proposed FY 2012 Budget
• Huse of Representatives Goes on Budget Cutting Spree
• Congress Asks for Report on Humanities and Social Sciences
• More Funds for Cops, Not Prisons, Message of COSSA, ASC Congressional Briefing
• AERA Briefing Explores Payoffs of Long-Term Investment in Education Research
• NICHD Seeks Input on Defining an Agenda to Address Research Capacity Building
• AHRQ Announces Interest in Career Development Grants Focused on Health Care System Redesign
• NIA and AoA to Support Joint Translational Research to Help Older Adults Maintain their Health and Independence
• American Finance Association Newest COSSA Member

February 7, 2011, Volume 30 Issue 3

• Budget Debate About to Begin
• OJP Science Advisory Board Holds Initial Meeting
• ‘Energy and Commerce Leaders Probe HHS:’ Waxman Questions Approach
• President Obama Annouces Appointment ot Advisory Group on Prevention, Health Promotion and Integrative and Public Health
• On the Fast Track” NCRR Dissolved/NCATS Create by October 2011
• Harkin Reintroduces the ‘HeLP America Act’
• 2010 Census Advisory Committee Holds Last Meeting
• SBE Makes 2020 White Papers Available
• NSB Seeks Feedback on NSF’s Merit Review Criteria
• Head Start Advisory Committee Holds Initial Meeting
• NCHS’ Board of Scientific Counselors Meet
• NIAID Pre-testing of its Biomedical HIV Prevention Research Communication Messages – Seeks Comments
• Investing in the Future: NIGMS Seeks Comments on its Strategic Plan for Biomedical and Behavioral Research Training
• CDC Releases Health Disparties and Inequalities Report: ‘Compelling Arguement for Action’ – Need for Better Data
• NINR Interdisciplinary Approaches for HIV/AIDS Risk-Avoidance Decison Making in Developing Adolescents
• NCI’s “Provocative Questions Project” – Identifying Perplexing Problems to Drive Progress against Cancer
• National Medal of Science Nominees Sought

January 24, 2011, Volume 30 Issue 2

• New Congress Continues to Organize: Awaits State of Union Address
• Examination and Potential Reorganization of HHS by House Energy and Commerce Committee
• NIMH Advisory Council Member Resigns Citing ‘Short Shrift’ to Psychosocial Research
• National Advisory Child Health and Human Development Council Meets: Hears Valedictory Advice from Departing Social Scientist
• Nursing Institute Seeks Public Comments on Draft Strategic Plan
• NIFA Director Pumps Up “Science for Food and Agriculture”
• Patricia Hu New BTS Director
• NAS Report on Research Training in Biomedical, Behavioral, and Clinical Research Sciences Released
• National Research Center Conference Examines Teacher Issues
• NSF Solicits Proposals for Large Multidisciplinary, Multi-Institutional Science and Technology Centers
• NSF Seeks to Stimulate Research Related to the Science of Broadening Participation
• DBASSE Executive Director Sought
• Search for New Director of Committee on Human Dimensions of Global Change
• COSSA Welcomes New Member

January 10, 2011, Volume 30 Issue 1

• Welcome to 2011: A New Politics?
• NSF Director Suresh Speaks at PCAST Meeting
• NSF Explains Sustainability Initiative
• President Names Former BLS Commissioner Katharine Abraham to CEA
• Measuring American Well-Being: SSRC’s Human Development Project Issues Report
• NSTC Sponsors Workshop on the Science of Science Measurement
• IOM Report Examines the Role of Measurement of Health Outcomes
• New NHGRI ELSI Funding Opportunities
• Research on Alcohol-Related Public Policies
• ASPE Seeking Comments on Comparative Effectiveness Research Inventory