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Volume 37 (2018)

December 11, 2018, Volume 37 Issue 24 | PDF

• Featured News
  • White House Releases STEM Education Strategic Plan
• COSSA in Action
  • December COSSA Headlines to Feature OBSSR Director
• Congressional News
  • Congress Passes Stop-Gap Spending Bill, Averting Partial Government Shutdown
  • House Republicans Announce Committee Leadership for the 116th Congress
• Federal Agency & Administration News
  • NSF Releases FY 2019 Program Solicitation for Future of Work at the Human-Technology Frontier
  • Funding Opportunities
  • Notices & Requests for Comment
  • Recent Reports
  • Open Positions
  • Fellowships & Professional Development
• Community News & Reports
  • Former Ag Statistics Head to Lead COPAFS
  • Notices & Requests for Comment
  • Recent Reports
  • Fellowships & Professional Development
• COSSA Member Spotlight
  • Fellowships & Professional Development
• Events Calendar

November 27, 2018, Volume 37 Issue 23 | PDF

• Featured News
  • Save the Date: Advocacy Day 2019
• COSSA in Action
  • Linguist Claudia Brugman Answers “Why Social Science?”
  • Letters & Statements
• Congressional News
  • Johnson Seeks Science Chairmanship, Announces Priorities for the New Congress
• Federal Agency & Administration News
  • Office of Evaluation Sciences Seeks Fellows
  • NEH Releases 2019 Summer Programs for Teachers
  • Funding Opportunities
  • Notices & Requests for Comment
  • Open Positions
  • Fellowships & Professional Development
• Community News & Reports
  • National Academies Establishes Standing Committee on Science Communication Research and Practice
  • National Collaborative on Gun Violence Research Seeks Recommendations for Areas of Study
  • Academies Releases “Science and Engineering for Grades 6-12”
  • Nomination Opportunities
  • Notices & Requests for Comment
  • Recent Reports
• COSSA Member Spotlight
  • Fellowships & Professional Development
• Events Calendar

November 13, 2018, Volume 37 Issue 22 | PDF

• Featured News
  • President Appoints Five New Members of the National Science Board, Reappoints Two Members
• COSSA in Action
  • Letters & Statements
• Congressional News
  • Democrats Take Control of the House in Midterm Elections, Congress Returns for Lame Duck Session
• Federal Agency & Administration News
  • Comments Sought on Federal Data Strategy Best Practices
  • White House Science Council Seeks Comments on Opioid R&D Roadmap
  • Funding Opportunities
  • Notices & Requests for Comment
  • Open Positions
• Community News & Reports
  • Notices & Requests for Comment
• COSSA Member Spotlight
  • COSSA Welcomes the University of Arizona
  • Fellowships & Professional Development
• Events Calendar

October 30, 2018, Volume 37 Issue 21 | PDF

• Featured News
  • Introducing HEADLINES: A monthly look at what’s new and noteworthy in social science policy
• COSSA in Action
  • COSSA Encourages Response to NIH Clinical Trials RFI
  • COSSA Seeks Interns for 2019
  • Disaster Researchers Brandi Gilbert and Nnenia Campbell Answer “Why Social Science?”
  • Letters & Statements
• Federal Agency & Administration News
  • Census Reissues Request for Input on 2020 Data Products
  • NSF Releases Dear Colleague Letter on Mid-Scale Research Infrastructure Opportunities
  • NIH Seeks Input on BRAIN Initiative
  • Funding Opportunities
  • Notices & Requests for Comment
  • Recent Reports
  • Open Positions
• Community News & Reports
  • Briefing Highlights Role of Vital Statistics in Protecting Maternal and Child Health
  • Notices & Requests for Comment
  • Recent Reports
• COSSA Member Spotlight
  • Carol Dweck Receives the 2018 SAGE-CASBS Award
  • Fellowships & Professional Development
• Events Calendar

October 16, 2018, Volume 37 Issue 20 | PDF

• Featured News
  • COSSA Endorses Bill to Combat Sexual Harassment in Science
• COSSA in Action
  • Letters & Statements
• Congressional News
  • Senate Panel Considers Dillingham Nomination for Census Director
• Federal Agency & Administration News
  • Nomination Opportunities
  • Funding Opportunities
  • Notices & Requests for Comment
  • Open Positions
• Community News & Reports
  • Academies Releases “How People Learn II”
  • Recent Reports
• COSSA Member Spotlight
  • Fellowships & Professional Development
• Events Calendar

October 2, 2018, Volume 37 Issue 19 | PDF

• Featured News
  • NSF Seeks Nominations for the 2019 Alan T. Waterman Award
• COSSA in Action
  • SSRC’s Alondra Nelson Answers “Why Social Science?”
  • Letters & Statements
• Congressional News
  • Trump Signs Labor-HHS Bill/CR, Pushing Remaining FY19 Spending to Dec 7
• Federal Agency & Administration News
  • NSF Announces New Sexual Harassment Policy
  • NIH Studying Impacts of Recent Hurricanes on Health Risks and Resilience
  • NCHS Releases Health, United States
  • Nomination Opportunities
  • Funding Opportunities
  • Notices & Requests for Comment
  • Recent Reports
  • Open Positions
• Community News & Reports
  • COPAFS Launches Executive Director Search
  • Notices & Requests for Comment
  • Open Positions
• COSSA Member Spotlight
  • Fellowships & Professional Development
• Events Calendar

September 18, 2018, Volume 37 Issue 18 | PDF

• Featured News
  • Social Psychologists Among 2018 Golden Goose Award Recipients
• COSSA in Action
  • CJRA’s Peter Wood Answers “Why Social Science?”
  • Letters & Statements
• Congressional News
  • Congress Makes Progress on Appropriations as Fiscal Year Comes to a Close
  • Senate Committee Seeks Answers from USDA on ERS/NIFA Plans
• Federal Agency & Administration News
  • Nomination Opportunities
  • Funding Opportunities
  • Notices & Requests for Comment
  • Open Positions
• Community News & Reports
  • Recent Reports
• COSSA Member Spotlight
  • Social Science Research Council Issues Final “To Secure Knowledge” Report
  • Recent Reports
  • Fellowships & Professional Development
• Events Calendar

September 4, 2018, Volume 37 Issue 17 | PDF

• Featured News
  • USDA Announces Plans to Move NIFA and ERS out of DC, Realign ERS with Chief Economist
• COSSA in Action
  • New from “Why Social Science?”: Misinformation and “Ban-the-Box” Policies
  • Letters & Statements
• Congressional News
  • State of Play: FY 2019 Appropriations for Social Science Research
  • Senate Committee Considers Droegemeier Confirmation
  • Senate HELP Committee Hears Update on NIH Cures Implementation
• Federal Agency & Administration News
  • NIH Releases RFI, Delays Enforcement of New Clinical Trials Policy
  • White House Seeks Input on New Government Effectiveness Research Center
  • NSF Launches 2026 Idea Machine
  • White House to Appoint J. Scott Angle to Lead NIFA
  • NSF Taps Karen Marrongelle to Lead Education and Human Resources Directorate
  • OHRP Releases Information on Clinical Trial Consent Form Posting, GDPR Guidance
  • Nomination Opportunities
  • Funding Opportunities
  • Notices & Requests for Comment
  • Open Positions
• Community News & Reports
  • Fellowships & Professional Development
• Events Calendar

August 7, 2018, Volume 37 Issue 16 | PDF

• Featured News
  • Kelvin Droegemeier Nominated to Lead OSTP
• COSSA in Action
  • COSSA and 25 Science Organizations Call for Removal of Census Citizenship Question
  • The Lab @ DC Answers “Why Social Science?”
• Congressional News
  • House Holds Hearing on Cures Implementation
• Federal Agency & Administration News
  • White House Outlines FY 2020 R&D Budget Priorities
  • Census Bureau Seeks Input on 2020 Data Products
  • NSF Prepares to Launch the 2026 Idea Machine
  • Nomination Opportunities
  • Funding Opportunities
  • Notices & Requests for Comment
  • Fellowships & Professional Development
• Community News & Reports
  • Event Highlights State Evidence-Based Policymaking
  • Nomination Opportunities
  • Recent Reports
  • Fellowships & Professional Development
• COSSA Member Spotlight
  • Funding Opportunities
• Events Calendar

Editor’s Note: Update Returns September 4

July 24, 2018, Volume 37 Issue 15 | PDF

• Featured News
  • Steven Dillingham Nominated to Lead Census Bureau
• COSSA in Action
  • Letters & Statements
• Congressional News
  • House Committee Approves FY 2019 Labor-HHS-Education Funding
• Federal Agency & Administration News
  • Draft Guidance Documents Related to Revised Common Rule Released
  • NSF Announces new STEM Education Advisory Panel
  • Nomination Opportunities
  • Funding Opportunities
  • Notices & Requests for Comment
  • Recent Reports
  • Fellowships & Professional Development
• Community News & Reports
  • Nomination Opportunities
  • Funding Opportunities
  • Recent Reports
  • Fellowships & Professional Development
• Events Calendar

July 10, 2018, Volume 37 Issue 14 | PDF

• Featured News
  • Arthur Lupia to Lead NSF’s Social Science Directorate
• COSSA in Action
  • Wendy Naus Discusses COSSA’s Fight for Social Science Research with UK Publication
  • Letters & Statements
• Congressional News
  • Senate Appropriations Committee Passes FY 2019 Labor, Health Human Services, Education Bill
• Federal Agency & Administration News
  • William Bryan Nominated to Lead DHS Science and Technology
  • Nomination Opportunities
  • Funding Opportunities
  • Notices & Requests for Comment
• Community News & Reports
  • Puerto Rico’s Statistical Agency Spared from Reorganization (For Now)
  • International Natural and Social Science Bodies Merge to Form “International Science Council”
  • Nomination Opportunities
  • Funding Opportunities
  • Recent Reports
  • Open Positions
  • Fellowships & Professional Development
• Events Calendar

June 26, 2018, Volume 37 Issue 13 | PDF

• Featured News
  • Trump Administration Releases Proposal to Reorganize the Federal Government
• COSSA in Action
  • COSSA Seeks Fall Interns
  • Letters & Statements
• Congressional News
  • Senate Appropriations Committee Approves FY 2019 Commerce, Justice, Science Bill
• Federal Agency & Administration News
  • Full Implementation of Common Rule Delayed through January 2019
  • Emilda Rivers Appointed to Lead NCSES
  • Nomination Opportunities
  • Funding Opportunities
  • Notices & Requests for Comment
  • Fellowships & Professional Development
• Community News & Reports
  • Innovation: An American Imperative Releases Progress Report
  • Academies Report Recommends Strategies to Address Sexual Harassment in Academia
  • Recent Reports
  • Open Positions
  • Fellowships & Professional Development
• Events Calendar

June 12, 2018, Volume 37 Issue 12 | PDF

• Featured News
  • NIH Releases Data Science Strategic Plan
• COSSA in Action
  • Letters & Statements
• Congressional News
  • Congress Moves Forward on FY 2019 Spending
• Federal Agency & Administration News
  • Census Issues Request for Comment on Decennial Data Collection
  • Minerva Initiative Releases 2018 Funding Opportunity Announcement, Topics of Interest
  • BLS Releases New Data on the “Gig Economy”
  • Nomination Opportunities
  • Funding Opportunities
  • Notices & Requests for Comment
  • Recent Reports
  • Open Positions
  • Fellowships & Professional Development
• Community News & Reports
  • NASEM Report Outlines Future of Graduate STEM Education
  • New NASEM Report Identifies “Indicators for Monitoring Undergraduate STEM Education”
  • Notices & Requests for Comment
  • Recent Reports
  • Fellowships & Professional Development
• Events Calendar

May 29, 2018, Volume 37 Issue 11 | PDF

• Featured News
  • House Panel Passes FY 2019 Funding for NSF, Census, NIJ
• COSSA in Action
  • COSSA Presents Rep. Dan Lipinski with Distinguished Service Award
  • Letters & Statements
• Congressional News
  • House and Senate Committees Approve FY 2019 Agriculture Funding
  • Senate Subcommittee Holds Hearing on 2019 NIH Budget
• Federal Agency & Administration News
  • Nomination Opportunities
  • Funding Opportunities
  • Notices & Requests for Comment
  • Open Positions
• Community News & Reports
  • CNSF Hosts 24^th Annual Capitol Hill Exhibition
  • Funding Opportunities
  • Open Positions
  • Fellowships & Professional Development
• Events Calendar

May 15, 2018, Volume 37 Issue 10 | PDF

• Featured News
  • House Appropriations Subcommittees Begin Marking Up Spending Legislation
• COSSA in Action
  • CJRA and COSSA to Host “Ask a Criminologist” Panel on How the Opioid Epidemic and Police-Community Relations Impact Homicides
  • Letters & Statements
• Congressional News
  • Congress Questions Commerce, Census on Citizenship Question
• Federal Agency & Administration News
  • National Science Board Elects New Leadership
  • NSF and Air Force Sign Letter of Intent
  • Nomination Opportunities
  • Funding Opportunities
  • Notices & Requests for Comment
• Community News & Reports
  • Funding Opportunities
  • Recent Reports
• Events Calendar

May 2, 2018, Volume 37 Issue 9 | PDF

• Featured News
  • Recap of the 2018 COSSA Science Policy Conference
• COSSA in Action
  • Social Science Advocates Take to Capitol Hill
  • COSSA Submits Testimony in Support of Science Funding
  • Letters & Statements
• Congressional News
  • Senators Join Together in Support of the Institute for Education Sciences
• Federal Agency & Administration News
  • Common Rule Agencies Release Proposal for 6-Month Delay of Revisions, Optional Implementation of “Burden-Reducing” Provisions; Comments Sought for 30 Days
  • Nomination Opportunities
  • Funding Opportunities
  • Notices & Requests for Comment
• Community News & Reports
  • Funding Opportunities
• COSSA Member Spotlight
  • Nomination Opportunities
• Events Calendar

April 17, 2018, Volume 37 Issue 8 | PDF

• Featured News
  • Psychologist Kristina R. Olson Receives Alan T. Waterman Award
• COSSA in Action
  • Less Than Two Weeks Until COSSA’s Science Policy Conference and Advocacy Day
  • Letters & Statements
• Congressional News
  • Jerry Moran Tapped to Lead Senate CJS Subcommittee
  • House Subcommittee Discusses 2019 NIH Budget
• Federal Agency & Administration News
  • NIH Launches HEAL Initiative to Address the Opioid Epidemic
  • NIH Takes Next Steps in Agency Reorganization Plans
  • Nomination Opportunities
  • Funding Opportunities
  • Notices & Requests for Comment
• Community News & Reports
  • Funding Opportunities
  • Recent Reports
• COSSA Member Spotlight
  • PAA Congressional Briefing Explores Factors Affecting Life Expectancy
  • Nomination Opportunities
• Events Calendar

April 3, 2018, Volume 37 Issue 7 | PDF

• Featured News
  • 2020 Census to Ask About Citizenship; COSSA Releases Statement and Action Alert
• COSSA in Action
  • Science Policy Conference Program Taking Shape; Hotel Block Extended to April 6
  • COSSA to Present 2018 Distinguished Service Award to Rep. Dan Lipinski, NIH’s Bill Riley
  • COSSA Seeking Undergraduate Summer Interns
  • The American Statistical Association Answers “Why Social Science?”
  • Letters & Statements
• Congressional News
  • Congress Approves Fiscal Year 2018 Funding; Cochran Retires
  • House Members Join Together to Support NIH, Title VI International Education in Dear Colleague Letters
• Federal Agency & Administration News
  • Office of Management and Budget Releases President’s Management Agenda
  • Nomination Opportunities
  • Funding Opportunities
  • Notices & Requests for Comment
  • Recent Reports
• COSSA Member Spotlight
  • AERA & AAPSS Briefing Focuses on Inequality and Public Education
  • Nomination Opportunities
• Events Calendar

March 20, 2018, Volume 37 Issue 6 | PDF

• Featured News
  • COSSA Releases 2018 Edition of State Fact Sheets, New Federal Funding Dashboard
• COSSA in Action
  • Read COSSA’s 2017 Annual Report
  • Webinar Highlights Graduate Training in the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Letters & Statements
• Congressional News
  • FY 2018 Nearing Completion; House Members Join Together to Support NSF in FY 2019
  • House Science Committee Holds Hearing on NSF Fiscal Year 2019 Budget Request
• Federal Agency & Administration News
  • OSTP Publishes Report on “Science & Technology Highlights” in the Trump Administration
  • Nomination Opportunities
  • Funding Opportunities
  • Notices & Requests for Comment
  • Recent Reports
• Community News & Reports
  • Recent Reports
• COSSA Member Spotlight
  • Nomination Opportunities
  • Recent Reports
  • Fellowships & Professional Development
• Events Calendar

March 6, 2018, Volume 37 Issue 5 | PDF

• Featured News
  • NSF Releases Additional Details of FY 2019 Budget Request
• COSSA in Action
  • Sian Beilock, President of Barnard, to Keynote COSSA Conference; Other Speakers Announced
  • The Council on Social Work Education and The Society for Social Work and Research Answer “Why Social Science?”
  • Letters & Statements
• Federal Agency & Administration News
  • National Institute of Justice Seeking Peer Reviewers
  • Nomination Opportunities
  • Funding Opportunities
  • Notices & Requests for Comment
  • Recent Reports
• Community News & Reports
  • AAAS Accepting Nominations for Awards and Prizes
  • DC Social Science Team Highlights Research on Improving District Programs
  • Nomination Opportunities
  • Notices & Requests for Comment
• COSSA Member Spotlight
  • Nomination Opportunities
• Events Calendar

February 20, 2018, Volume 37, Issue 4 | PDF

• Featured News
  • Trump Releases FY 2019 Budget Request; Read COSSA’s Analysis of Social Science Impacts
• COSSA in Action
  • Don’t Forget to Register for COSSA Science Policy Conference & Advocacy Day
• Congressional News
  • Congress Passes Bipartisan Budget Deal to Raise Spending Caps, Keep Government Open Until March 23
• Federal Agency & Administration News
  • NSF Issues 2018-2022 Strategic Plan
  • Nomination Opportunities
  • Funding Opportunities
  • Notices & Requests for Comment
  • Fellowships & Professional Development
• Community News & Reports
  • Notices & Requests for Comment
• COSSA Member Spotlight
  • American Academy of Arts and Sciences Issues Perceptions of Science in America Report
• Events Calendar

February 6, 2018, Volume 37 Issue 3 | PDF

• Featured News
  • Senate Commerce Committee Hears Updates from NSF, NIST Leaders
• COSSA in Action
  • COSSA Kicks Off the Second Year of “Why Social Science?”
  • Catch Up on COSSA’s Advocacy Twitter Chat with MPSA
  • Letters & Statements
• Congressional News
  • Government Funding Remains Uncertain; Another Stopgap Likely
• Federal Agency & Administration News
  • OBSSR Research Soliciting Papers for 11th Annual Matilda White Riley Honors
  • National Science Board Releases Policy Statement on U.S. STEM-Capable Workforce
  • Nomination Opportunities
  • Funding Opportunities
  • Notices & Requests for Comment
  • Recent Reports
  • Fellowships & Professional Development
• Community News & Reports
  • Notices & Requests for Comment
  • Recent Reports
• COSSA Member Spotlight
  • ASA Launches New “Count on Stats” Initiative
  • Nomination Opportunities
• Events Calendar

January 23, 2018, Volume 37 Issue 2 | PDF

• Featured News
  • After Three-Day Shutdown, Congress Passes Funding through February 8
• COSSA in Action
  • Reduced-Price Registration Available to Students Attending COSSA Conference
• Federal Agency & Administration News
  • Common Rule Implementation Delayed Six Months; Further Delays Likely
  • Chief Statistician Seeks Information on Combining Data
  • NSF Releases 2018 Science & Engineering Indicators
  • Funding Opportunities
  • Requests for Comment
  • Recent Reports
  • Fellowships & Professional Development
• Community News & Reports
  • Nomination Opportunities
  • Requests for Comment
  • Recent Reports
• COSSA Member Spotlight
  • Nomination Opportunities
  • Fellowships & Professional Development
• Events Calendar

January 9, 2018, Volume 37 Issue 1 |PDF

• Featured News
  • Early Bird Registration Open for 2018 COSSA Science Policy Conference
• COSSA in Action
  • COSSA Releases 2018 Rankings of College and University Social Science Investment
  • COSSA Board Chair Felice J. Levine Answers “Why Social Science?”
• Congressional News
  • Congress Returns from Recess Focused on Funding
  • Senators Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Reauthorize International Education Programs
• Federal Agency & Administration News
  • Delay to Common Rule Implementation Likely
  • NIH Continues to Tweak Policy for Investing in Young Researchers
  • NIH “Clinical Trials” Definition Moving Forward: Researchers Take Notice
  • Trump Appoints James Woodworth to as Commissioner of Education Statistics
  • Recent Reports
  • Open Positions
  • Fellowships & Professional Development
• Community News & Reports
  • National Academies Launches Reproducibility and Replicability Study
  • Requests for Comment
  • Fellowships & Professional Development
• COSSA Member Spotlight
  • Fellowships & Professional Development
  • Events Calendar