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Volume 35 (2016)

December 12, 2016, Volume 35 Issue 23 | PDF

• Featured News
  • COSSA Releases 2017 Rankings of Social and Behavioral Science Funding at Colleges and Universities
• COSSA in Action
  • COSSA Joins Scientific Community in Calling for President-Elect to Name a Science Advisor
  • New Issue of “Setting the Record Straight on ‘Wasteful Research’”
• Congressional News
  • Congress Passes Stopgap Funding Bill, Adjourns
  • 21st Century Cures Act Becomes Law
  • Last-Ditch Effort to Pass “COMPETES” Legislation Falls Short
  • GOP Chairmen Send Letter of Support for NIH Director; Maryland Lawmaker Expresses Interest in Leading Agency
• Federal Agency & Administration News
  • Healthier Lives Through Behavioral and Social Sciences Research: NIH OBSSR Releases Strategic Plan for 2017-2021
  • U.S. Surgeon General Releases Landmark Report on Alcohol, Drugs, and Health
  • Interagency Working Group on Language and Communication Seeks Input on R&D Report
  • Federal Interagency Policy Group Targets Bias to Increase Diversity in STEM
  • NIH Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research Holds Inaugural Research Festival
  • HHS Office of Minority Health Releases Compendium of Publicly Available Datasets
• Publications & Community Events
  • Call for White Papers: Social and Behavioral Sciences for National Security
• Funding Opportunity Announcements
• COSSA Member Spotlight
  • AERA Holds Six-City Centennial Lecture Series
  • AAPSS Inducts 2017 Fellows
• Events Calendar

November 15, 2016, Volume 35 Issue 22 | PDF

• Featured News
  • Congress Returns for Lame Duck Session, Begins Organizing
• COSSA in Action
  • COSSA Letter to Conferees Advocates Funding for NSF, NIJ, BJS, and Census
• Federal Agency & Administration News
  • President-Elect Trump Begins Transition; Many Questions Remain for Science
  • Cancer Moonshot Task Force Report Released
  • EPA Seeks Research on “Behavioral Drivers” of Significant Carbon Reduction
  • IRS Statistical Agency Accepting Research Proposals
  • National Library of Medicine Seeks Input into Strategic Plan
  • NIGMS Analyzes RFI Response on Modernizing Biomedical Graduate Education
  • NIH Seeks Input on Data Management, Sharing, and Citation
• Publications & Community Events
  • Lawmakers and Advocates Urge Congress to Complete its Work on Behalf of NIH
• Funding Opportunity Announcements
• Events Calendar

November 1, 2016, Volume 35 Issue 21 | PDF

• Featured News
  • 2016 Presidential Candidates’ Science Policy Platforms
• COSSA in Action
  • COSSA and Coalitions Urge Strong Funding for SBS in Final FY 2017 Funding Negotiations
• Federal Agency & Administration News
  • Inaugural NIH Behavioral and Social Sciences Research Festival — December 2, 2016
  • IES Seeks Comments on NCER-NPSAS Grants
  • NASS Advisory Committee Accepting Nominations
  • Precision Medicine Initiative Cohort Program Renamed All of Us Research Program
  • NIH Releases Five-Year Rehabilitation Research Plan
  • NIH Seeks Information on Research Supplement to Promote Workforce Diversity in Small Business
  • NINDS to Hold Informational Webinars on Diversity Career Development Awards
• Publications & Community Events
  • O’Connell Named Next DBASSE Director
  • Social and Behavioral Scientists Among New National Academy of Medicine Inductees
  • Friends of NCHS-Sponsored Blog Post Explains Proposed NHIS Changes
  • NRMN Seeking Applicants for Grant Proposal Writing & Professional Development Coaching Groups
• Funding Opportunity Announcements
• COSSA Member Spotlight
  • Alan Krueger Wins 2017 Moynihan Prize
  • AAPSS Discussion Predicts Middle East Challenges for the Next Administration
• Events Calendar

October 18, 2016, Volume 35 Issue 20 | PDF

• Featured News
  • Emilio Moran Named to National Science Board
  • NSF SBE Directorate Releases Dear Colleague Letter on Robust and Reliable Research, Invites Proposal Submissions
• Congressional News
  • Congress in Recess until November 14
• Federal Agency & Administration News
  • NSF Seeks Deputy Division Director for Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences
  • NIH Recognizes Sexual and Gender Minorities as a Health Disparity Population
  • National Institute of Mental Health Releases Update of Strategic Research Priorities
  • NIA Alzheimer’s Disease Research: ‘A Wealth of New Opportunities’
  • NIH to Develop First NIH-Wide Nutrition Strategic Plan
  • NCHS Seeks Comments on Redesign of National Health Interview Survey
  • OMB Seeks Comments on Standards for Maintaining, Collecting, and Presenting Federal Data on Race and Ethnicity
• Publications & Community Events
  • National Academies, Director of National Intelligence, Host Summit on Social and Behavioral Sciences for National Security
  • Committee on National Statistics Releases Report on Reducing Burden in the American Community Survey
  • Nominations open for the 2017 SAGE-CASBS Award
• Funding Opportunity Announcements
• Events Calendar

October 4, 2016, Volume 35 Issue 19 | PDF

• Featured News
  • Congress Passes Stopgap Funding Bill, Returns to Campaign Trail
• COSSA in Action
  • COSSA Releases Third Issue of “Setting the Record Straight on ‘Wasteful Research’”
• Congressional News
  • Congressional Supporters of 21^st Century Cures Bill Hope for Passage by End of 114^th Congress
  • House Subcommittee Holds Hearing on Academic Research Regulatory Relief
• Federal Agency & Administration News
  • ABCD Study Begins Enrollment; Congressional Briefing Highlights Study’s Potential
  • GAO: Agencies Involved in the Indirect Cost Rate-Setting Process Need to Improve Controls
  • NIA Council Approves Continued Support of Health and Retirement Study and Other Research Programs
  • NIH Launches ECHO Program
  • NIGMS/NRMN Announces New Web-Based Platform for Mentoring; Highlights Special Journal Issue on Broadening Participation
  • NIGMS Director Updates Council on Second Phase of MIRA Pilot
• Publications & Community Events
  • Members of Congress, Scientific Community Celebrate Golden Goose Award Recipients
• Funding Opportunity Announcements
• COSSA Member Spotlight
  • ‘Statisticians Share Insights for Applicants and Reviewers’ with NIH Center for Scientific Review
• Events Calendar

September 20, 2016, Volume 35 Issue 18 | PDF

• Congressional News
  • Lawmakers Poised to Pass Stopgap Funding, Return to Campaign Trail
• Federal Agency & Administration News
  • NSF Releases Open Government Plan 4.0
  • Evidence-Based Policymaking Commission Seeks Input
  • Department of Education Seeks Nominations for National Assessment Governing Board
  • White House SBS Team Celebrates One-Year Anniversary
  • NIH Department of Bioethics Fellowship Opportunities Available for Fall 2017
  • Request for Information Solicits Input on International Trends in Cardiovascular Morbidity and Mortality
  • Nursing Institute Releases New Strategic Plan
  • DOD Seeks Candidates for Associate Director for Social Science Research
• Publications & Community Events
  • PCORI Challenge Offers Prize for Research Questions on Addressing Cardiovascular Disease
• Funding Opportunity Announcements
• COSSA Member Spotlight
  • AERA Releases “Ed-Talks”
• Events Calendar

September 6, 2016, Volume 35 Issue 17 | PDF

• Featured News
  • Congress Returns with Much Left Undone
• COSSA in Action
  • COSSA Releases Second Issue of “Setting the Record Straight on ‘Wasteful Research’”
• Congressional News
  • Congressional Briefing on Violence Prevention
• Federal Agency & Administration News
  • NSF Seeks Input into Next Strategic Plan 
  • NIH Center for Scientific Review Seeks Director for Division of AIDS, Behavioral, and Population Sciences
  • Diana Bianchi Named director of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
  • NIH Seeks Input on Metrics to Assess Value of Biomedical Digital Repositories
  • NIOSH Requests Input on Motor Vehicle Safety Research Priorities
  • Candidates Sought for CDC Health Disparities Advisory Subcommittee
  • Webinar on NIJ Fellowships
• Publications & Community Events
  • New Social Science-Extreme Weather Research Alliance Being Formed, Input Sought
  • 2016 Golden Goose Award Ceremony
  • National Acadmies Seeks Comments on Indicators for Undergrad STEM Education
  • 2017 National Academies Workshop on Current and Future Training Needs in Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Academies National Security Study Committee Seeks Nominations
  • National Academies Releases Report on Science Literacy
  • Science of Behavior Change (SOBC) Program to Hold Technical Assistant Webinar
  • International Panel on Social Progress Releases Draft Report for Comment
• Funding Opportunity Announcements
• Events Calendar

August 9, 2016, Volume 35 Issue 16 | PDF

• Featured News
  • HOT TOPIC: Reducing the Regulatory Burden on Federally-Funded Researchers
• Federal Agency & Administration News
  • Joshua A. Gordon Named Director of National Institute of Mental Health
  • NIDCR Seeks Input on Proposed FY 2018 Research Initiatives
  • National Plan to Address Alzheimer’s Disease Updated; NIH Releases FY 2018 AD Bypass Budget
• Publications & Community Events
  • Academies Release Workshop Proceedings on “Framing the Dialogue on Race and Ethnicity to Advance Health Equity”
  • New Academies Report on Parenting Offers Recommendations for Future Research
• Funding Opportunity Announcements
• COSSA Member Spotlight
  • SBM/NCI to Host Webinar Highlighting Six New NCI Funding Opportunities
• Events Calendar

July 26, 2016, Volume 35 Issue 15 | PDF

• Featured News
  • State of Play: FY 2017 Funding for Social Science Research
• COSSA in Action
  • New COSSA Resource: Setting the Record Straight on “Wasteful Research”
• Federal Agency & Administration News
  • NIFA Seeks Feedback on Childhood Obesity Prevention Scientific Priorities
  • National Institute of Justice Seeking Applications in Forensics and Violence Research
  • NIH Aging Institute Seeking to Fill Vacancies
• Publications & Community Events
  • Nominations Open for New National Academy of Sciences Prize in Food and Agriculture Sciences
  • Congressional Briefing Highlights Research for Fighting the Opioid Epidemic
• Funding Opportunity Announcements
• COSSA Member Spotlight
  • CASBS Seeks Fellowship Applications
• Events Calendar

July 12, 2016, Volume 35 Issue 14 | PDF

• Featured News
  • Preliminary Details of House Labor-HHS Bill Released
• COSSA in Action
  • COSSA and CJRA Host “Ask a Criminologist” Congressional Roundtable on Increasing Homicide Rates
• Congressional News
  • Tri-Caucus Introduces 2016 Health Equity and Accountability Act
• Federal Agency & Administration News
  • NSF Seeking Division Director for Undergraduate Education
  • PCORI Announces Commitments in Support for Cancer Moonshot Initiative
  • Video Shares Insights into NIH Grant Application and Peer Review Process
• Publications & Community Events
  • Academies Report Recommends Abandoning Proposed Changes to the Common Rule
  • National Academies Seeks New DBASSE Director
  • CNSF Releases Statement on American Innovation and Competitiveness Act
  • Congressional Briefing Explores Groundbreaking Research on the Health of the Aging
• Funding Opportunity Announcements
• COSSA Member Spotlight
  • AERA Briefing Examines the Supreme Court Decision in Fisher v. UT Austin
• Events Calendar

June 28, 2016, Volume 35 Issue 13 | PDF

• Featured News
  • Senate Introduces “COMPETES” Reauthorization Bill
• Congressional News
  • Appropriations Process Grinds to a Halt
  • Lipinski Introduces Legislation to Improve Research Regulations
• Federal Agency & Administration News
  • Impact Report Highlights Obama Administration’s Science Initiatives
  • Acting Agricultural Statistics Board Chair Named
  • Scientific Workforce Diversity Discussed at NIH Advisory Committee Meeting
  • Census Scientific Advisory Committee Seeks Nominations
  • Nominations Open for NSB Awards
• Publications & Community Events
  • NAS Webinar Puts Recent “Advancing the Power of Economic Evidence” Report in International Context
• Funding Opportunity Announcements
• COSSA Member Spotlight
  • CJRA & COSSA to Host “Ask a Criminologist” Roundtable on Homicide Rates
• Events Calendar

June 14, 2016, Volume 35 Issue 12 | PDF

• Featured News
  • Senate Presses Forward on 2017 Spending Bills
• Congressional News
  • Lawmakers Call for CDC Gun Research
  • Senate Committee Approves Librarian of Congress Nominee
• Federal Agency & Administration News
  • NIJ to Host Seminar on Violence Against Indigenous Adults
  • NIGMS Seeks Input on “Strategies for Modernizing Biomedical Graduate Education”
• Funding Opportunity Announcements
• Events Calendar

May 31, 2016, Volume 35 Issue 11 | PDF

• Featured News
  • House Bill Includes Flat Funding for NSF, Boosts for NIJ, BJS, and Census
• COSSA in Action
  • Complete Archive of COSSA Washington Update Now Available
• Congressional News
  • Senate Appropriations Committee Approves FY 2017 Agriculture Bill
• Federal Agency & Administration News
  • OBSSR 2016-2020 Strategic Plan Discussed at NIH Council of Councils
  • White House Releases First-Ever Working Group Report on Language and Communication
  • John Haaga Named Director of NIA’s Division of Behavioral and Social Research
  • Maureen Goodenow Appointed NIH Associate Director for AIDS Research
  • NSF Accepting Applications for Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences Position
  • NIMH Seeks Perspectives on the State of Mental Illness Research
  • NIGMS Solicits Input on Approaches for Supporting Team Science
  • IES to Hold Webinars on FY 2017 Funding Opportunities
  • NIA Webinar to Provide Overview of Grants Process
• Publications & Community Events
  • National Science Board Elects New Leadership
• Funding Opportunity Announcements
• COSSA Member Spotlight
  • COSSA Welcomes North Carolina State University
• Events Calendar

May 17, 2016, Volume 35 Issue 10 | PDF

• Featured News
  • Senate Committee Discusses U.S. Science Investments; COMPETES Bill Expected Soon
• Federal Agency & Administration News
  • NIH Appoints Director of National Library of Medicine
  • NIJ Seeking Chief Research Advisor
  • Office of AIDS Research Issues RFI on Trans-NIH Plan for HIV-Related Research
  • NIMHD Accepting Applications for Health Disparities Research Institute
• Publications & Community Events
  • Mary Waters Delivers 2016 David Lecture
• Funding Opportunity Announcements
• COSSA Member Spotlight
  • SSRC Seeks Nominations for Hirschman Prize
• Events Calendar

May 3, 2016, Volume 35 Issue 9 | PDF

• Featured News
  • Senate Bill Seeks Flat Funding for NSF, NIJ for FY 2017
• Congressional News
  • Senate Health Committee Advance Biomedical Innovation Bills
  • NIH Appears Before Senate Appropriations Subcommittee
• Federal Agency & Administration News
  • AHRQ Names New Director
  • NIH Director Fills Vacancies for PMI Cohort and ECHO Programs
  • NCHS Releases Health, United States 2015
  • NIJ Identifies Additional Topics for School Safety Research Initiative
  • BTS Issues Quarterly National Transportation Statistics Update
• Funding Opportunity Announcements
• COSSA Member Spotlight
  • COSSA Welcomes the Council of Colleges of Arts and Sciences
• Events Calendar

April 19, 2016, Volume 35 Issue 8 | PDF

• Featured News
  • Researchers Discuss Projects Targeted by Wastebooks at Capitol Hill Poster Exhibition
• COSSA in Action
  • COSSA Submits FY 2017 Testimony on NIH, CDC, Education, and Other Agencies
• Congressional News
  • House and Senate Get Moving on 2017 Spending Bills
  • House Agriculture Appropriations Bill Passes Subcommittee
• Federal Agency & Administration News
  • OBSSR to Hold Webinars to Present 2016-2020 Strategic Plan
  • NASS Launches New Local Foods Survey
  • NSF Seeks Nominations for Advisory Committees
  • Nominations Sought for U.S. Preventive Services Task Force
  • EPA Seeks Scientific Advisory Committee Members
• Publications & Community Events
  • National Academies Holds Workshop on ACS Respondent Burden
• Funding Opportunity Announcements
• Events Calendar

April 5, 2016, Volume 35 Issue 7 | PDF

• Featured News
  • 2016 Golden Goose Awards Choose Landmark Add Health Study
• COSSA in Action
  • COSSA Submits FY 2017 CJS Testimony
• Congressional News
  • Members of Congress Submit Funding Requests for Social and Behavioral Science Agencies
  • House Science Committee Discusses FY 2017 NSF Budget, Social Science Highlighted
• Federal Agency & Administration News
  • Interagency Committee Releases National Nutrition Research Roadmap
  • More than 300 Social Science Students Selected as NSF Graduate Research Fellows
  • AHRQ Accepting Advisory Council Nominations
  • NCCIH Seeks Input on Draft 2016-2021 Strategic Plan
  • NIMH Seeks Input on Tasks and Measures for the RDoC
• Publications & Community Events
  • CPR & CNSF to hold Congressional Exhibition and Reception: “Wasteful” Research? Looking Beyond the Abstract
  • New Academies Study on Advancing Social and Behavioral Science within the Weather Enterprise Seeks Committee Members
• Funding Opportunity Announcements
• Events Calendar

March 22, 2016, Volume 35 Issue 6 | PDF

• Featured News
  • Recap of the 2016 COSSA Annual Meeting
• COSSA in Action
  • Social Science Advocates Take Capitol Hill
  • COSSA Presents Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson with Distinguished Service Award
• Congressional News
  • House Subcommittee Discusses FY 2017 NSF Budget, Funding for All Disciplines of Science
  • NIH Makes Annual Appearance Before House Labor-HHS Appropriations Subcommittee
• Federal Agency & Administration News
  • DARPA Announces Next Generation Social Science Program; Abstracts Due March 31
  • HHS Seeks Members for Healthy People 2030 Advisory Body
• Publications & Community Events
  • Friends of IES Briefing Highlights Research on Supporting Students with Disabilities Transition to Adulthood
• Funding Opportunity Announcements
• COSSA Member Spotlight
  • LSA Releases Annual Report on State of Linguistics in Higher Ed
• Events Calendar

March 8, 2016, Volume 35 Issue 5 | PDF

• Featured News
  • Preview of the COSSA Annual Meeting, March 15-16 – Still Time to Register!
• COSSA in Action
  • COSSA and Partners Urge Strong FY 2017 Funding for Science Agencies
• Federal Agency & Administration News
  • OBSSR to Develop “Revised, Contemporary Definition of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research”
  • National Children’s Study Archive Available to Investigators
  • NIA Requests Input on Alzheimer’s Disease Bypass Budget Implementation
• Funding Opportunity Announcements
• COSSA Member Spotlight
  • NCA to Hold Discussion on Citizenship in America
• Events Calendar

February 23, 2016, Volume 35 Issue 4 | PDF

• Featured News
  • COSSA’s Analysis of the President’s FY 2017 Budget
  • There’s Still Time to Register for the 2016 COSSA Annual Meeting on March 15-16!
• Congressional News
  • “National Interest” Bill Passes the House
• Federal Agency & Administration News
  • NCHS Seeks Input on Update to NHIS
  • NIJ to Hold Webinars on Upcoming Solicitations
• Publications & Community Events
  • Join COSSA for a Celebration of Social and Behavioral Science on March 15
• Funding Opportunity Announcements
• COSSA Member Spotlight
  • Haskins, Sawhill Win 2016 Moynihan Prize
• Events Calendar

February 9, 2016, Volume 35 Issue 3 | PDF

• Featured News
  • President Rolls Out FY 2017 Budget Request, Kicks Off Annual Funding Battle
  • Preliminary Agenda Released for COSSA Annual Meeting; Rates Increase February 15!
  • NEW! University Rankings for Social Science Funding
• COSSA in Action
  • Not Yet a COSSA Member? Join the Team!
  • COSSA Updates State SBS Funding Fact Sheets
  • COSSA Joins the Call for OAR Working Group on HIV/Substance Use Disorders Research
• Congressional News
  • “National Interest” Bill Heads for House Vote
  • Dyslexia Research Bill Heads to the President’s Desk
• Federal Agency & Administration News
  • White House Announces National Cancer Moonshot Task Force
  • Human Subjects Advisory Committee Seeking New Members
  • OBSSR Convenes Expert Panel to Provide Input into Strategic Plan
  • NIDDK Publishes Annual Report of Recent Advances and Emergent Opportunities
  • NSF Releases 2016 Science & Engineering Indicators
  • FDA Tobacco Regulatory Science Fellowship Accepting Applications
• Funding Opportunity Announcements
• COSSA Member Spotlight
  • AAPSS Inducts 2016 Fellows
  • SPSSI Accepting Applications for Summer Minority Policy Fellowship
• Events Calendar

January 26, 2016, Volume 35 Issue 2 | PDF

• Featured News
  • Legislative Action Freezes to a Halt
• Congressional News
  • Senate HELP Committee Begins Consideration of Companion Legislation to the House 21st Century Cures Act
• Federal Agency & Administration News
  • NIH Highlights FY 2016 Legislative Mandates in Effect for the Agency
  • NSF Director Thanks Community for Support in FY 2016
  • NIH Office of Disease Prevention to Create an Electronic Directory of Prevention Experts
  • National Advisory Dental and Craniofacial Research Council Approves Concept Clearances
  • America’s Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, 2015
• Funding Opportunity Announcements
• Events Calendar

January 12, 2016, Volume 35 Issue 1 | PDF

• Featured News
  • Second Session of 114^th Congress Gavels In, Funding Debates Quick out the Gate
• COSSA in Action
  • COSSA and Members Comment on Proposed Revisions to the Common Rule
  • Registration now OPEN for 2016 COSSA Annual Meeting & Advocacy Day
• Federal Agency & Administration News
  • OBSSR Responds to Concerns about NIH Guidance on the Funding of Health Economics Research
  • White House SBS Team Seeks Fellows
  • NIA Director Expresses Appreciation for NIH and NIA FY 2016 Budgets
  • NIH Discusses the Science of Self-Management
  • Documenting Endangered Languages Webinar – January 19
  • BTS Releases 2016 Pocket Guide to Transportation
  • President Obama Proclaims January 2016 National Mentoring Month
• Funding Opportunity Announcements
• COSSA Member Spotlight
  • Albert Bandura to be Awarded National Medal of Science
• Events Calendar