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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
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