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Volume 32 (2013)
December 23, 2013, Volume 32 Issue 22
- Wendy Naus Named New COSSA Executive Director
- Farewell and Thanks
- Budget Agreement Reached, Congress Moves Next to Complete Spending Bills
- Congressman Frank Wolf, Head of Important Appropriations Panel, Announces Retirement
- NIH Advisory Committee to the Director Hears About Diversity and Peer Review
- Charles Rothwell Named Permanent Director for NCHS
- New from NCHS: Health Insurance Coverage Estimates, First Results of Long-Term Care Survey, and Two Data Briefs
- The National Institute on Drug Abuse Presents the 2013 Monitoring the Future Survey
- APSA Task Force Report Discusses Negotiating Agreement in Politics
- NASW Briefing on Understanding the Intersection of Poverty, Child Abuse and Neglect
- AAAS DoSER Lecture Questions the Science/Religion Divide
- Anthropology Association Rejoins COSSA
- Editor’s Note
December 9, 2013, Volume 32 Issue 21
- NSF Adopts Portfolio Framework to Ensure Transparency and Accountability
- Sen. Alexander and Rep. Holt Honored at Launch of Phi Beta Kappa’s Arts and Sciences Initiative
- Two New NCHS Data Briefs: Pregnancy Rates and Use of Psychotropic Medication
- AAAS Celebrates On-Call Scientist Program in Honor of Human Rights Day
- Academies Report Considers Abrupt Impacts of Climate Change
- Hamilton Project Focuses on Supporting America’s Lower-Middle-Class Families
- National Academies Roundtable on Crime Trends Seeks Reasons for Crime Decrease
- NSF Seeks Proposals for New Methodologies of Evaluation
November 25, 2013, Volume 32 Issue 20
- NSF Reauthorization: A Discussion Draft and a Set of Hearings
- Senate HELP Panel Examines Ensuring Access to Higher Education by Simplifying Federal Student Aid
- Dying Young: Why Your Social and Economic Status May Be a Death Sentence in America
- AHRQ Director Proposes New Agency Priorities
- NIAMS Seeks Comments on its Long-Range Plan for FY 2015- 2019
- NDD Report Focuses on Harmful Effects of Budget Cuts
- BECS Meeting Focuses on Implementing the Climate Action Plan
- Briefing Shares the Work of CDC’s REACH Grants
- Modeling Social Behavior – Funding Opportunity
November 12, 2013, Volume 32 Issue 19
- COSSA Holds Colloquium: Warren Pledges Support, Marrett Announces Political Science Changes, Silver Reflects on 30 Years at COSSA
- Colloquium: Senator Elizabeth Warren: “Social and Behavioral Research is a Key Part of Finding the Answers” to Many Questions Facing America
- Colloquium: Marrett Explains Challenges for NSF and a Resumption of the Political Science Program’s Proposal Review
- Colloquium: Silver Reviews Thirty Year Career at COSSA
- Colloquium: Lawrence Tabak: Challenges for NIH
- Colloquium: Changes at Census
- Colloquium: America’s Political Institutions in Trouble
- Colloquium: How We Live Now: Societal Changes
- Colloquium: Changes Regarding Race in America
- Colloquium: The Press and Social Science
- NSF Announces Policy Regarding Political Science Program
- George F. Koob Named Director of NIAAA
- Senate HELP Committee Holds Hearing on “Attaining a Quality Degree: Innovations to Improve Student Success”
- The Nation’s Report Card: 2013 Mathematics and Reading, Grades 4 and 8
- NCHS Releases Interactive Health, U.S. 2012 Website
October 21, 2013, Volume 32 Issue 18
- Still Time to Register for the COSSA Colloquium
- Government Reopens: Congress Continues to Seek Budget Solutions
- NSF Back in Business: Marrett Decries Funding Lapse
- NIH Works to Deal with Backlog Due to Shutdown
- NCHS Is Back: New Data on Obesity Prevalence
- DBASSE Convenes Policy Roundtable of the Behavioral and Social Sciences
- DBASSE Committee on Population Meets; Discusses Current Studies
- Too Much Evidence to Ignore: New Findings on the Impact of Quality Preschool at Scale
- APHA Holds Briefing on Disabilities Treaty
- PCORI Launches Community-building “Pipeline to Proposal” Awards
- Call for Proposals on the Effectiveness of Torture Prevention
- COSSA’s New Staff Member
October 7, 2013, Volume 32 Issue 17
- Register Now for the 2013 COSSA Colloquium: November 4 and 5
- Congressional Briefing: What’s Ailing America? Shorter Lives, Poorer Health
- National Academies Workshop Explores Earth at 10 Billion People
- AAPOR Report Examines Polling and Democracy
- Vera Institute Releases Report on Effect of Stop and Frisk Police Tactics on Young People in New York City
- Research on the Health Determinants and Consequences of Violence and its Prevention, Particularly Firearm Violence: Applications Wanted
- Center for Evaluation and Coordination of Training and Research in Tobacco Regulatory Science
- Doris Duke Fellowships for the Promotion of Child Well-Being Invite Applications
- IHDP Urbanization Project Seeks Conference Proposals
September 23, 2013, Volume 32 Issue 16
- Marrett, Tabak, and Thompson to Speak at COSSA Colloquium
- Senate Panel Questions Nominees to OSTP and NOAA
- Scientific Solutions to Meth Addiction Discussed at House Hearing; Smith and Lipinski Note Role of Social and Behavioral Sciences
- House Oversight Holds Hearing on 2020 Census
- NSF and NEH Continue Support for Documenting Endangered Languages
- Enhancing Reproducibility and Transparency of Research Findings
- Jon R. Lorsch Presides Over 153rd Meeting of National Advisory General Medical Sciences Council
- NICHD Begins to Implement Vision
- Alvin Roth Receives Golden Goose Award
- AAU Issues Statement of Support for the Social and Behavioral Sciences
- IOM and NAS Release Workshop Summary on Incarceration and Health
- NSF Seeking Nominations for Waterman Award
- Applications Wanted for NCHS/AcademyHealth Health Policy Fellowship
September 9, 2013, Volume 32 Issue 15
- Registration Now Open for COSSA Colloquium on Social and Behavioral Science and Public Policy: November 4 and 5, 2013
- Congress Returns: Debate over Syria Postpones FY 2014 Spending Decisions
- Joanne Tornow Now Acting AD for SBE
- Richard Kronick, Political Scientist, Appointed New AHRQ Director
- COSSA Executive Director Receives APSA’s Frank Goodnow Award
- Steven Rathgeb Smith new APSA Executive Director
- Proceedings of NAS Workshop on the National Children’s Study Released
- Gallup, PDK Poll the Public’s Attitudes toward the Public Schools
- NCHS Roundup: Linked Mortality Files, Prescription Sleep Aids, Alcohol-Related Emergency Room Visits, Birth Data, and Family Planning
- NSF and NOAA Provide Opportunity for Social and Behavioral Scientists
- NSF Seeks Proposals for Innovation Corps Program
August 5, 2013, Volume 32 Issue 14
- In This Issue
- COSSA Seeks New Executive Director
- France Cordova Nominated as Next NSF Director
- NSF Political Science Program Cancels Proposal Target Dates for Rest of 2013
- NIH 101: Former NIH OER Director Wendy Baldwin Provides Briefing to Congressional Staff
- Congress Leaves for August Recess: Appropriations System in “Total Chaos”
- Senate Confirms Thompson as New Census Director
- OMB Suggests Agencies Learn How to “Harness” Research Findings from the Social and Behavioral Sciences
- Senate Commerce Committee Wants Study of Video Games and Programming
- Members of Congress Tell NIH Director to Continue Funding of Social, Behavioral and Economics Research
- Representatives Request GAO Study of Gender Bias in STEM Fields
- CDC Reports on Firearm Homicides and Suicides in Metropolitan Areas
- IOM Presents Webinar on UN Post-2015 Development Report
- Child Marriage Subject of UNFPA Briefing
- Clinical Trial of a Multifactorial Fall Injury Prevention Strategy in Older Persons
- Short Courses on Innovative Methodologies in the Behavioral and Social Sciences
- Editor’s Note
July 22, 2013, Volume 32 Issue 13
- Save the Date
- FY 2014 Funding Recommendations Emerge from Appropriations Committees for NSF, Census, NIH, and Other Agencies
- FY 2014 Appropriations: National Science Foundation Receives Increase from Both Committees
- FY 2014 Appropriations: NIJ and BJS
- FY 2014 Appropriations: BEA and Census
- FY 2014 Appropriations: Senate Bill Provides $31 Billion to NIH
- FY 2014 Appropriations: International Education Up; Special Education Research Boosted
- FY 2014 Appropriations: Bureau of Labor Statistics
- Census Nominee Faces Friendly Committee
- NSF Updates Impact of Sequestration
- NIH Releases Annual Report on Well-Being of Nation’s Children and Youth
- The CTSA Program at NIH: Opportunities for Advancing Clinical and Translational Research – IOM Report Makes Recommendations
- USDA to Establish Regional Climate Hubs
- New NCHS Data on Racial Disparities in Life Expectancy
- Briefing Looks at Prescription Drug Abuse
- Science and Human Rights Coalition Meets on Right to Benefit from Scientific Progress
- Daniel Kahneman Adds Inaugural SAGE-CASBS Award to his Prize Collection
- Applications Wanted for Secondary Analyses of Alcohol and Chronic Disease
- Implications of New Digital Media Use for Underage Drinking-Related Behaviors and Prevention Research
- High Priority Behavioral and Social Research Networks
July 8, 2013, Volume 32 Issue 12
- FY 2014 Appropriations Process Moves Forward
- Agriculture Bills Reflect House-Senate Differences
- NSF Publishes FY 2013 Current Plan Numbers
- SMRB Assesses the Value of Biomedical Research; Gets New Charge
- Sound Science Integral to Obama’s Climate Plan
- President Nominates Katherine O’Regan to lead HUD’s Policy and Research Office
- Howard Shelanski New Head of OIRA
- Results of “The Nation’s Report Card” Released for 2012
- NAS Committee on Law and Justice Holds Roundtable on Crime Trends
- Webinar Focuses on Native American Male Health Disparities
- Hamilton Project Hosts Forum on Economic Mobility and Expanding College Opportunity
- American Evaluation Association Joins COSSA
June 24, 2013, Volume 32 Issue 11
- NIH: Exploring New Approaches to Optimizing Peer Review
- Labor Markets after the Great Recession
- COSSA Congressional Briefing Discusses Aging in Rural America
- National Academies Committee on Law and Justice Forum on Reforming Juvenile Justice
- NAS Committee on Law and Justice Holds Seminar on Cannabis: Legal and Policy Questions and Research Opportunities
- Congressional Neuroscience Caucus Briefing on Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies for Brain Research
- Arts and Sciences Academy Produces Report on Humanities and Social Sciences
- NSF Wants Proposals Assessing Impacts of Changes in Federal Science Policy
- Strategies for Building a Diverse Scientific Workforce: A Congressional Briefing
June 10, 2013, Volume 32 Issue 10
- Save the Date: COSSA Colloquium on Social and Behavioral Science and Public Policy, November 4-5, 2013, Washington, DC
- Silver to Leave COSSA at End of 2013
- NSF Issues Statement on Implementing the Coburn Amendment
- NCHS Releases Annual Health, United States Report
- IOM/NRC Committee Reports on Priorities for Research to Reduce the Threat of Firearm-Related Violence
- NRC Workshop Evaluates the Risks of Natural Gas Fracking
- Congressional Briefing Discusses Research to Improve Math and Science Scores
May 28, 2013, Volume 32 Issue 9
- Attacking and Defending Science: It’s Been a Busy Month
- FY 2014 Appropriations Process Begins: House and Senate on Different Paths
- NIH Appears Before Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services to Discuss FY 2014 Budget
- SBE Advisory Committee Meets; Youth Violence, Future of Surveys, and Science of Learning Discussed
- NORC President John Thompson Nominated to Lead Census Bureau
- Administration Issues Open Data Policy
- NCHS Board of Scientific Counselors Meets
- New NCHS Reports: Health Behavior of Adults and Teen Birth Rates
- AHRQ Releases 2012 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports
- Congressional Briefing on Social Science Research on Disasters
- IOM and NRC Panel Meets to Help Set an Agenda for Public Health Research on Firearm-Related Violence
- William Julius Wilson, Harvard Scholar and Former COSSA President, Awarded Moynihan Prize
- Commerce Secretary Blank Helps IWPR Celebrate 25th Anniversary
- Coalition for National Science Funding Holds Annual Exhibition: Social/Behavioral Sciences Well Represented
May 13, 2013, Volume 32 Issue 8
- Proposed FY 2014 Budgets for Social and Behavioral Science
April 15, 2013, Volume 32 Issue 7
- President Obama Releases FY 2014 Budget
- Coburn Fallout and the Troubles Ahead
- Capitol Hill Briefing Discusses the Contributions of Economics Research to Health
- Assessing the Value of Research in Advancing National Goals
- BBCSS Workshop Explores Next Generation of Individual and Group Assessment
- Two New NCHS Data Reports: Premarital Cohabitation and Prescription Drug Costs
- COSSA Joins the April 8th Rally for Medical Research: “More Progress, More Hope, More Life”
- Research on Comparative Effectiveness and Implementation of HIV/AIDS and Alcohol Interventions
- Applications Wanted for Alcohol Use Disorders: Treatment, Services, and Recovery Research
- Innovation Research Methods: Prevention and Management of Symptoms in Chronic Illness
- NIDA Mentored Clinical Scientists Development Program Award in Drug Abuse and Addiction
- Addressing Health Disparities in NIDDK Diseases: Applications Wanted
- Drug Abuse Dissertation Research Awards Available
- Editor’s Note
March 25, 2013, Volume 32 Issue 6
- Coburn Amendment Restricts NSF Political Science Funding
- Congress Completes FY 2013 Appropriations Process
- NSF Director’s Farewell Appearance with Congress
- Causes and Correlates of Youth Violence Discussed at CJS Hearing
- COSSA Testifies to House CJS Appropriations Panel
- COSSA-Led Collaborative Releases Enhancing Diversity Report
- Changes to the Common Rule: The Implications for the Social and Behavioral Sciences
- NSF Seeks Proposals on Use and Functioning of the Civil Justice System
- COSSA Joins More Than 150 Organizations to “Rally for Medical Research” on April 8th in Washington
- NIH Office of Disease Prevention Seeks Input on Strategic Plan
- OppNet Seeks Revision Applications for Basic Social and Behavioral Research on Social, Cultural, Biological, and Psychological Mechanisms of Stigma
- Home and Family Based Approaches for the Prevention and Management of Overweight or Obesity in Early Childhood
March 11, 2013, Volume 32 Issue 5
- House Passes FY 2013 Appropriations Bill to Keep Government Open Past March 27; Senate Action This Week
- Duplication, Sequestration Main Themes of Appropriations Hearing with Public Health Research Agencies
- House Panels Hold Hearing on Cybersecurity; Hear About Importance of Human Behavior Research
- Ed Sondik to Leave NCHS
- AHRQ Report Identifies 22 Ways to Make Health Care Safer
- NSF Seeks Proposals to Transform Neuroscience and Cognitive Science
- Board on Environmental Change Discusses Climate Change Adaptation
- Social Workers’ Group Has New Leader
- DBASSE Has Two New Committee Directors
- Hamilton Project Suggests Rethinking the Federal Budget
- OPPNet — Short-Term Mentored Career Enhancement Award: Cross-Training at the Intersection of Animal Models and Human Investigation
- 2013 NIMHD Translational Health Disparities Course: August 5 – 16, 2013
- Planning Grants for the New NIH BUILD and NRMN Initiatives
- NIH Director’s Biomedical Research Workforce Innovation Award: Broadening Experiences in Scientific Training (BEST)
February 25, 2013, Volume 32 Issue 4
- And So It Comes to This Once More: Sequester on the Immediate Horizon
- SBE Prepares Report for Rep. Wolf on Youth Violence
- Administration Issues Open Access Policy Statement
- More Newcomers for the Second Term
- IES Oversight Board Meets
- EPA Solicits Nomination for its Board of Scientific Counselors
- HUD Requests Input on American Housing Survey Redesign
- New NCHS Data on Pharmaceutical Overdoses, Contraception, Nutrition
- American Community Survey Data Users Group Organized
- National Humanities Alliance to Hear Senators Durbin and Warren at Annual Meeting
- Interventions for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention in Native American Populations
- RFI: Implementation Plans for NIH ACD Biomedical Research Workforce Working Group’s Recommendations
- NIA Seeks Applications to Explain Regional and International Differences in Health and Longevity at Older Ages
- NIAAA Seeks Research on Alcohol and HIV/AIDS
February 11, 2013, Volume 32 Issue 3
- House Majority Leader Questions Federal Funding of Social Science Research
- NSF Director Suresh Steps Down; Will Become President of Carnegie Mellon
- Carolyn Clancy Leaving AHRQ
- National Climate Assessment Draft Open for Public Comment
- Supreme Allied Commander of NATO Calls for More Language and Cultural Training
- Healthy People 2020 Reviews Cancer and Genomics Progress
- AHRQ Report Shares Lessons on Advancing Patient-Centered Care through Health IT
- PCORI Governing Board Discusses Priority Setting for Patient Oriented Research
- NIJ Seeks Proposals for Research on Firearms and Violence
- William Julius Wilson Announced as Recipient of Moynihan Prize
- Sheldon Danziger Named New President of Russell Sage Foundation
- Sequester Looms Larger; NDD Coalition Assesses Current Fiscal Deal
- PAA Holds Congressional Briefing on Immigration
- AAAS Science and Human Rights Coalition Discusses Children’s Rights
- NSF, NEH, IMLS Join International Partners to Fund Another Round of Digging Into Data Challenge
- NSF Solicits Applications for Building Community and Capacity for Data-Intensive Research in the SBE Sciences
- Proposals Designed to Examine School Nutrition and Physical Activity Policies, Obesogenic Behaviors, and Weight Outcomes Wanted
- Policy Fellowship Opportunity at Human Research Protections’ Office
- AERA Solicits Applications for Institute on Statistical Analysis
- SAGE Makes Open Access Publications More Available to Social Science and Humanities Scholars
January 28, 2013, Volume 32 Issue 2
- Fiscal Trifecta Very Much in Play
- Collins Discusses Impact of FY 2013 Budget Process on NIH
- NIH SMRB Begin Discussion of the Value of Biomedical Research
- NICHD Holds 149th Advisory Committee Meeting
- BBCSS Considers Revisions to the Common Rule for Social and Behavioral Science Research
- EDM Forum & AHRQ Launch New Journal, eGEMs
- Brookings Foreign Policy Scholars Advise on “Big Bets and Black Swans
January 14, 2013, Volume 32 Issue 1
- Welcome to 2013
- The New Congress Continues to Organize
- Positions Filled in the Executive Branch
- NIH Data and Information Implementation Plan
- Overall Success Rate for NIH Research Grant Remains Static
- Justice Office Scientific Advisory Board Meets
- NSF to Alter Research Reporting Requirements
- DBASSE Holds Planning Meeting on Science of Team Science
- NAS Holds Workshop on the Design of the National Children’s Study
- Shorter Lives, Poorer Health: U.S. Losing Ground in the Control of Diseases, Injuries, and Other Sources of Morbidity
- PCAST Releases Agricultural Preparedness Report
- NIH Seeks Applications for Exploratory/Developmental Dissemination and Implementation Research in Health
- FDA Offers Fellowships to Work on Tobacco Regulation