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Volume 34 (2015)

December 17, 2015, Volume 34 Special Issue | PDF

• Analysis of the FY 2016 Omnibus Appropriations Bill and Implications for Social and Behavioral Science Research

December 15, 2015, Volume 34 Issue 23 | PDF

• Featured News
  • FY 2016 Funding Debate Labors On
• Federal Agency & Administration News
  • NSF Defends Research Targeted in GOP Waste Reports
  • NIH Strategic Plan, PMI Cohort, HIV/AIDS, and Big Data Discussed at NIH Advisory Committee Meeting
  • NIH Launches Next Phase of ECHO/Children’s Study Follow-On
• Funding Opportunity Announcements
• COSSA Member Spotlight
  • SPSSI Seeks Applicants for James Marshall Public Policy Fellowship
• Events Calendar

December 1, 2015, Volume 34 Issue 22 | PDF

• Featured News
  • Deadline for Comments on Common Rule NPRM Extended
• Federal Agency & Administration News
  • BEA Releases State-Level Consumer Spending Data
  • NIH Issues Notice Clarifying its Health Economics Research Priorities
  • NIH Issues Funding Opportunity to Support the PMI Cohort Program Direct Volunteer Pilot Studies
• COSSA Member Spotlight
  • COSSA Members Respond to OBSSR Strategic Plan
• Events Calendar

November 17, 2015, Volume 34 Issue 21 | PDF

• Featured News
  • Save the Date: COSSA Annual Meeting & Advocacy Day, March 15-16
• Congressional News
  • Sam Farr, Ranking Member on House Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee, Announces Retirement
• Federal Agency & Administration News
  • NIH Seeks Input for Alzheimer’s Disease-Related Dementia 2016 Plan
  • NIDA Announces New Challenge: “Addiction Research: There’s an App for that”
  • NCATS Issues RFI for Input into Strategic Plan
  • OBSSR Hosts Seminar on Video Games and Neuroscience
• COSSA Member Spotlight
  • COSSA Members among World’s Top 100 Social Science Universities
  • AERA Hold Annual Brown Lecture on “Indigenous Pathways toward Justice”
• Events Calendar

November 3, 2015, Volume 34 Issue 20 | PDF

• Featured News
  • With Budget Deal in the Books, Work Turns to Finalizing 2016 Spending Bills
• Federal Agency & Administration News
  • NIH Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research Seeks Input on 2016-2020 Strategic Plan
  • OBSSR and AHRQ Release Population Health: Behavioral and Social Science Insights
  • NIH Announces Plans for ECHO Program
  • HHS Seeks Comments on New Objectives Proposed For Healthy People 2020
  • NCHS Releases First National Data on Electronic Cigarette Usage
  • NIH Blog Explains NIH Commons
  • NIA Director Reports on the Progress of Alzheimer’s Research and Funding
  • NIA Releases 10 Funding Opportunity Announcements Focused on Alzheimer’s disease Research
• Publications & Community Events
  • Organizations Form Friends of NIMHD, Hold Welcome Reception for New Director
• Funding Opportunity Announcements
• COSSA Member Spotlight
  • Kenneth Prewitt Receives SAGE-CASBS Award
• Events Calendar

October 20, 2015, Volume 34 Issue 19 | PDF

• Featured News
  • House Science Committee Advances “National Interest” Bill and Dyslexia Legislation
• Congressional News
  • Budget Talks Progressing Slowly Amid GOP Leadership Vacuum
• Federal Agency & Administration News
  • NIH/AHRQ Announce Policy Changes for Grant Applications
  • NSF Seeks Candidates for Division Director of Social and Economic Sciences
  • Census Bureau Marks World Statistics Day
• Publications & Community Events
  • Academies Report Calls for Better Integration of Social Science into the USGCRP
• Funding Opportunity Announcements
• Events Calendar

October 6, 2015, Volume 34 Issue 18 | PDF

• Featured News
  • Government Shutdown Averted, For Now
• Federal Agency & Administration News
  • NIH Associate Director for Data Science Discusses Opportunities and Challenges of Data Science
  • National Science Board Seeks Nominations for 2016 Class
  • Michael S. Lauer Named NIH Deputy Director for Extramural Research
  • NIH Seeks Comments on Strategic Plan to Advance Research on the Health and Well-Being of Sexual and Gender Minorities
  • USDA Starts Collecting Data on Post-Harvest Food Safety Practices
  • White House Holds Forum on Citizen Science and Crowdsourcing; OSTP Issues Memorandum to Agencies
• Publications & Community Events
  • CPR Briefing Highlights NIH Peer Review Process
  • SBE-Funded Researchers Receive “Genius” Grants
  • Friends of IES Briefing Highlights Research on Improving Early Math Education
  • NAS Releases New Reports on Immigrants, Forensic Science
• Funding Opportunity Announcements
• COSSA Member Spotlight
  • SRCD Seeks Applications for 2016-2017 Policy Fellowships
• Events Calendar

September 22, 2015, Volume 34 Issue 17 | PDF

• Featured News
  • White House SBS Team Issues Inaugural Report; President Signs Executive Order
• Congressional News
  • Advocates Call for Budget Deal as End of Fiscal Year Nears
• Federal Agency & Administration News
  • NSF Seeks Nominations of Early-Career Researchers for Waterman Award
  • Senior Leadership Changes Occurring at NIH
  • NIH Releases Precision Medicine Initiative Framework for Cohort of One Million
  • Perez-Stable Joins NIMHD; Participates in First Advisory Council Meeting
  • Census Releases New ACS Estimates
• Publications & Community Events
  • Social Science Teams among 2015 Golden Goose Winners
• Funding Opportunity Announcements
• Events Calendar

September 8, 2015, Volume 34 Issue 16 | PDF

• Featured News
  • Congress Returns for a Busy Fall
• COSSA in Action
  • COSSA Comments on NSF Reauthorization; Senate Seeks Input on STEM Workforce
• Federal Agency & Administration News
  • HHS Releases Proposed Updates to the Common Rule
  • White House Chief Data Scientist Seeks Input
  • NIH Plans for Redirection of National Children’s Study Funds
  • OAR Outlines Overarching AIDS Research Priorities; Studies of Behavior and Social Conditions with Multiple Negative Outcomes Deemed Low Priority
  • NIH Issues Guidelines for HIV/AIDS Research Priorities
• Publications & Community Events
  • AAAS Seeks Stories on the Importance of Scientific Conferences
• Funding Opportunity Announcements
• Events Calendar

• Featured News
  • Congress is Home for Summer Break. Tell them #WhySocialScience
• COSSA in Action
  • COSSA’s State Funding Fact Sheets Now Updated with FY 2013 Data
• Congressional News
  • Evidence-Based Policymaking Bill Advances through House
• Federal Agency & Administration News
  • William T. Riley Appointed NIH OBSSR Director
  • NIH Office of Extramural Research Releases 2013-2014 Report
  • NIH Releases Alzheimer’s Disease Bypass Budget Proposal for FY 2017
• Publications & Community Events
  • AAAS Calls for Nominations for Scientific Freedom and Responsibility Award
  • DBASSE Seeks Science Education Program Officer
  • AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellows to Host Live Chat
• Funding Opportunity Announcements
• COSSA Member Spotlight
  • Congressional Briefing Explores the Impact of Education on Mortality
  • CASBS Is Accepting Applications for Its 2016-2017 Residential Fellowship
• Events Calendar
• COSSA Washington Update Returns September 8

July 28, 2015, Volume 34 Issue 14 | PDF

• Featured News
  • Why Social Science? Share Your Stories!
• Congressional News
  • Senate Committee Seeks Comments on COMPETES Revision
  • FY 2016 Process Stalled as Congress Heads for Summer Break
  • Senate Agriculture Appropriations Bill Advances through Committee
• Federal Agency & Administration News
  • NIH Seeks Input on Congressionally-Mandated Agency-Wide Strategic Plan
  • NIH Seeks Comments on Proposed Alternative to National Children’s Study
• Publications & Community Events
  • AAAS Collecting Stories to Highlight the Importance of Scientific Conferences
• Funding Opportunity Announcements
• COSSA Member Spotlight
  • COSSA Welcomes Virginia Tech
• Events Calendar

July 14, 2015, Volume 34 Issue 13 | PDF

• Featured News
  • COSSA Releases Statement on House & Senate Labor-HHS Appropriations Bills
• COSSA in Action
  • COSSA Joins Partners in Advocating for BTS, AHRQ
• Congressional News
  • 21^st Century Cures Act Passes the House with Bipartisan Support
• Federal Agency & Administration News
  • White House Issues Annual S&T Guidance for FY 2017 Budget
  • Congressionally-Mandated Strategic Plan, FY 2016 Budget Discussed by NIH Advisory Committee to the Director
  • NIH SMRB Working Group Approves Recommendations on Streamlining the NIH Grant Award Process
  • NIH Seeks Feedback on Using mHealth for the Precision Medicine Cohort
• Publications & Community Events
  • AAAS Seeks Nominations for Science Diplomacy Award
• Funding Opportunity Announcements
• COSSA Member Spotlight
  • AERA Holds Congressional Briefing on LGBTQ Issues in Education, Shares Research Agenda
• Events Calendar

June 30, 2015, Volume 34 Issue 12 | PDF

• Featured News
  • House and Senate Appropriations Committees Approve FY 2016 Labor-HHS Bills
• COSSA in Action
  • COSSA Endorses Innovation Imperative
• Congressional News
  • House Agriculture Appropriations Bill Would Cut USDA Research and Statistics
• Federal Agency & Administration News
  • OBSSR Marks 20th Anniversary at NIH, on Capitol Hill
  • ACS Launches New Website
• Events Calendar

June 16, 2015, Volume 34 Issue 11 | PDF

• Featured News
  • HOT TOPIC: Scientific Organizations Reflect on Building “Trust in Science”
• Congressional News
  • Senate Committee Advances NSF, Census, Justice Spending Bill
  • House Passes FY16 NSF, Census, Justice Spending Bill
• Federal Agency & Administration News
  • Share Your Basic Research Success Stories
  • NIH Issues Notice on Enhancing Reproducibility
  • Members of Congress Address NIH Precision Medicine Working Group Workshop on Digital Health Data and Research Cohort Design
  • NIH Minority Health Institute Moves Ahead on Science Visioning of Health Disparities
• Publications & Community Events
  • 2015 Marks the 20th Anniversary of the Establishment of OBSSR
  • How People Learn II: The Science and Practice of Learning
• Events Calendar

June 2, 2015, Volume 34 Issue 10 | PDF

• Featured News
  • House Advances Bills to Cut Social Science Funding
• Federal Agency & Administration News
  • Census Bureau Outlines Content Changes to American Community Survey
  • NIH Requests Comment on Precision Medicine Cohort, Strategies to Address Community Engagement and Health Disparities
• Publications & Community Events
  • “Marshmallow Test” Researchers Named First 2015 Golden Goose Award Recipients
  • The Census Project Sheds Light on the American Community Survey
  • NRC Board on Children, Youth, and Families Seeks Director
• Funding Opportunities
• Events Calendar

May 19, 2015, Volume 34 Issue 9 | PDF

• Featured News
  • House to vote on COMPETES Act
• Congressional News
  • Analysis of the Draft 21^st Century Cures Act
  • House FY 2016 CJS Bill: Preliminary Analysis
• Federal Agency & Administration News
  • OMB Asks Agencies to Plan for 5 Percent Reductions in FY 2017
  • PCAST Hears Interim Report on Precision Medicine Initiative
  • NCHS Releases Health, United States, 2014
  • AHRQ Seeks Nominations for Advisory Council
  • NSF Requests Nominations to Advisory Committees
• Publications & Community Events
  • NRC Report Offers Guidance on Team Science
• Funding Opportunities
  • NIH: AIDS Research Center/Developmental Research Centers on Mental Health and HIV/AIDS
• Events Calendar

May 5, 2015, Volume 34 Issue 8 | PDF

• Featured News
  • Anti-Science COMPETES Bill Heads to House Floor
• COSSA in Action
  • COSSA and Partners Advocate for Social Science Funding and Sound Scientific Policies
• Congressional News
  • NIH Appears Before Senate Appropriations Subcommittee
  • House Energy and Commerce Committee Releases Second Version of 21^st Century Cures Draft
• Federal Agency & Administration News
  • ACS to Retain Marriage, Field of Degree Questions Proposed for Elimination
  • White House Seeks Input on Using Science and Technology to Improve the Lives of Older Americans
  • Eliseo J. Pérez-Stable Named Director of the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities
• Funding Opportunities
  • NIH: NIMHD Seeking Input for Health Disparities Science Vision
  • NIH: Input Sought on Precision Medicine Cohort
• Member Spotlight
  • APA Briefing Explains the Psychology behind False Confessions
• Events Calendar

April 21, 2015, Volume 34 Issue 7 | PDF

• Featured News
  • COSSA Remembers Janet Norwood
• COSSA in Action
  • COSSA and Partners Encourage Strong FY 2016 Appropriations
• Congressional News
  • Members of Congress Call for Increased FY 2016 Funding for NSF, International Education
  • House Subcommittee Discusses CDC Budget; Director Questioned on Gun Violence, HIV/AIDS Research
• Federal Agency & Administration News
  • Nominations Sought for USPSTF Members
  • White House Releases Antibiotic Resistance Action Plan
  • National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Strategic Visioning Initiative Seeks Scientific Community’s Input
  • RFI: Proposed Funding Priorities for Neuroscience Research, Input on High Impact and Cross-Cutting Opportunities
  • RFI: Optimizing Funding Policies and Other Strategies to Improve the Impact and Sustainability of Biomedical Research
  • Let Out Your Inner Behavioral & Social Scientist – OBSSR Issues Call for Videos
  • NIMH Releases Strategic Plan for Research
• Publications & Community Events
  • New AAAS Study Investigates the Social Responsibilities of Scientists
• Funding Opportunities
  • ED: Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Fellowship (April 28)
• Events Calendar

March 24, 2015, Volume 34 Issue 5 | PDF

• Featured News
  • Summaries Available from COSSA Annual Meeting
• COSSA in Action
  • COSSA Joins Coalitions Requesting Strong FY 2016 Appropriations
• Congressional News
  • House Funding Panel Discusses NSF Budget, Social Science Funding
  • House Appropriations Funding Panel Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services Discusses NIH Budget
  • Senate HELP Committee Examines ‘U.S. Leadership in Medical Innovation,’ NIH/FDA Budgets
  • House Panel Discusses Department of Education’s FY 2016 Budget Request
• Federal Agency & Administration News
  • NSF Releases Public Access Plan
  • NIGMS Releases 2015-2020 Strategic Plan
  • White House Social and Behavioral Sciences Team Seeks Fellows and Associates
• Publications & Community Events
  • COSSA/CPR Sponsor “NIH 101” Congressional Briefing
  • NRC Workshop Discusses Changing Social Norms
• Funding Opportunities
  • NIH: Research Education Program Funding Opportunities
  • NIH: Mobilizing Research – A Research Resource to Enhance mHealth
• COSSA Member Spotlight
  • COSSA Welcomes Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies
• Events Calendar

March 13, 2015, Volume 34 Issue 4 | PDF

• COSSA in Action
  • COSSA Annual Meeting and Advocacy Day Attracts Over 100
  • COSSA Resources Illustrate Value of Social Science Research
• Congressional News
  • Science Subcommittee Discusses FY 2016 NSF Budget, Social Science Funding
• Federal Agency & Administration News
  • Nominations Sought for National Medal of Science and National Medal of Technology and Innovation
  • FDA, OHRP Seek Comment on Proposed Guidance on Electronic Consent
• Events Calendar
• Next COSSA Washington Update: March 24

February 24, 2015, Volume 34 Issue 3 | PDF

• Featured News
  • COSSA Annual Meeting & Advocacy Day, March 9-10 – Still Time to Register!
  • COSSA’s Analysis for the President’s FY 2016 Budget Request
• COSSA in Action
  • COSSA Develops State by State Funding Fact Sheets
  • COSSA & NDD Partners Call for End to Sequester
• Congressional News
  • Congress Introduces Flurry of “Health” Bills
  • Senators Release Innovation for Healthier Americans Report, Request Feedback
  • HELP Committee Approves Strengthening Education through Research Act
• Federal Agency & Administration News
  • New NIJ Director Sworn In
  • NSF Releases Report on Women, Minorities, and Persons with Disabilities in Science and Engineering
  • NCHS Seeks Health Statistics Service Fellow
• COSSA Member Spotlight
  • COSSA Welcomes Fielding Graduate University
  • ACJS Introduces Policy Notes
• Events Calendar

January 27, 2015, Volume 34 Issue 2 | PDF

• Featured News
  • COSSA Annual Meeting & Advocacy Day, March 9-10 – Register Today!
• Congressional News
  • Congressional Committees Take Shape
• Federal Agency & Administration News
  • President’s FY 2016 Budget Request Expected February 2
• Publications & Community events
  • Rebecca Blank Named 2015 Moynihan Prize Winner
  • NRC Committee on Law and Justice Seeks New Director
  • Science and Human Rights Coalition Explores the Risks and Promise of Big Data
  • Nominations Sought for Science Communication Awards
• Funding Opportunities
  • NIH: Four Opportunities in the Science of Behavior Change​
  • NSF: Resource Implementations for Data Intensive Research in the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences
• COSSA Member Spotlight
  • APA Seeks New Executive Director for Science
• Events Calendar

January 13, 2015, Volume 34 Issue 1 | PDF

• From the Executive Director
• Featured News
  • COSSA Annual Meeting & Advocacy Day, March 9-10 – Registration now open
• Congressional News
  • 114th Congress Gavels In; Committee Leaders Appointed
• Federal Agency & Administration News
  • President’s FY 2016 Budget Request to be Released February 2
  • SACHRP Seeks Nominations for New Members
  • Public Comment Sought for Death Master File Certification Program
  • Profile of New BEA Director in Amstat News
• Publications & Community Events
  • NRC Roundtable Discusses Need for Improved Public Understanding of Social Science Research
• Funding Opportunities
  • NSF: Science of Learning Collaborative Networks
  • NIH: BD2K Biomedical Science Training Coordination Center
  • NIH: BD2K MOOC on Data Management for Biomedical Big Data
  • NIJ: Forensic Science and Elder Abuse
• COSSA Member Spotlight
  • COSSA Welcomes New Members in 2015
• Events Calendar