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Volume 38 (2019)

December 10, 2019, Volume 38 Issue 24 | PDF

• Featured News
  • Congress Rushes to Finish FY 2020 as Schedule Fills
• COSSA in Action
  • December’s Headlines to Feature Deep Dive on Threats to Research Security
  • Advocacy Day Registration to Open Later this Month
  • Letters & Statements
• Congressional News
  • Members of Congress Request Feedback on Cures 2.0 Legislation
  • House Science Committee Holds Hearing on Improving Science and Technology Advice for Congress
• Federal Agency & Administration News
  • OSTP Seeks Input on Research Environment
  • Office of Evaluation Sciences Seeks 2020 Fellows
  • NIH Updates Diversity Statement
  • Funding Opportunities
  • Notices & Requests for Comment
  • Open Positions
  • Fellowships & Professional Development
• Community News & Reports
  • Nomination Opportunities
  • Funding Opportunities
  • Notices & Requests for Comment
• COSSA Member Spotlight
  • Nomination Opportunities
  • Fellowships & Professional Development
• Events Calendar

November 26, 2019, Volume 38 Issue 23 | PDF

• Featured News
  • President Signs One-Month Continuing Resolution, Temporarily Averting Government Shutdown
• COSSA in Action
  • COSSA Seeks Nominations for 2020 Public Impact Award
  • Rush Holt Answers “Why Social Science?”
  • Letters & Statements
• Congressional News
  • Senate Subcommittee Releases Report, Holds Hearing on Securing U.S. Research from Foreign Talent Recruitment Plans
• Federal Agency & Administration News
  • PCAST Holds First Meeting, Swears in New Members
  • NIH Requests Comments on Draft Policy for Data Management and Sharing
  • NEH Releases 2020 Summer Programs for Teachers
  • Nomination Opportunities
  • Funding Opportunities
  • Notices & Requests for Comment
  • Fellowships & Professional Development
• Community News & Reports
  • National Academies Launches Committee on Science and Innovation Leadership for the 21st Century
  • Nomination Opportunities
  • Funding Opportunities
  • Notices & Requests for Comment
• COSSA Member Spotlight
  • COSSA Welcomes the University of Arkansas
  • Nomination Opportunities
  • Fellowships & Professional Development
• Events Calendar

November 12, 2019, Volume 38 Issue 22 | PDF

• Featured News
  • Census Bureau Releases “Demonstration” Decennial Data Products, Working with National Academies to Collect Public Input
• COSSA in Action
  • November’s Headlines to Feature Deep Dive on 2020 Census
• Congressional News
  • FY 2020 Spending Still Uncertain, Continuing Resolution Likely Through December
  • House Committee Passes Higher Education Act Reauthorization
• Federal Agency & Administration News
  • White House Hosts Summit of the Joint Committee on the Research Environment
  • New Advisory Committee on Evidence Building Seeking Nominations
  • NIH to Host 2019 Behavioral and Social Sciences Research Festival
  • Nomination Opportunities
  • Funding Opportunities
  • Notices & Requests for Comment
  • Fellowships & Professional Development
• Community News & Reports
  • Sudip Parikh Named Next AAAS CEO
  • Nomination Opportunities
  • Funding Opportunities
  • Notices & Requests for Comment
• COSSA Member Spotlight
  • Nomination Opportunities
  • Fellowships & Professional Development
• Events Calendar

October 29, 2019, Volume 38 Issue 21 | PDF

• Featured News
  • National Academies Releases Review of Minerva Initiative
• COSSA in Action
  • NC State Psychologists Answer “Why Social Science?”
  • Letters & Statements
• Congressional News
  • Senate Continues to Debate Spending Bills as CR End Looms
  • Senate Science Subcommittee Holds Hearing on “Research and Innovation: Ensuring America’s Economic and Strategic Leadership”
• Federal Agency & Administration News
  • White House Reconstitutes President’s Council of Advisory on Science and Technology
  • OSTP Committee Releases Roadmap on Stemming the Opioid Crisis
  • Nomination Opportunities
  • Funding Opportunities
  • Recent Reports
  • Fellowships & Professional Development
• Community News & Reports
  • National Academy of Medicine Launches Healthy Longevity Global Competition
  • Nominations Solicited for 2020 Golden Goose Awards
  • Nomination Opportunities
  • Funding Opportunities
  • Recent Reports
  • Fellowships & Professional Development
• COSSA Member Spotlight
  • SSRC Launches MediaWell Platform on Disinformation Research
  • Nomination Opportunities
  • Fellowships & Professional Development
• Events Calendar

October 15, 2019, Volume 38 Issue 20 | PDF

• Featured News
  • Nita Lowey, House Appropriations Chair, Announces Retirement
• COSSA in Action
  • Advocacy Day Hotel Block Opens
• Federal Agency & Administration News
  • OBSSR Seeks Nominations for Matilda White Riley Keynote
  • Nomination Opportunities
  • Funding Opportunities
• Community News & Reports
  • Jennifer Eberhardt Delivers 2019 Henry and Bryna David Lecture
  • Fellowships & Professional Development
• COSSA Member Spotlight
  • Fellowships & Professional Development
• Events Calendar

October 1, 2019, Volume 38 Issue 19 | PDF

• Featured News
  • Senate Makes Progress on FY 2020 Appropriations for NSF, Census, NIH, Education, USDA
• COSSA in Action
  • October’s Headlines Webchat to Feature Deep Dive on Challenges Facing USDA Research and Statistics
  • Adam Seth Levine of Researh4impact Answers “Why Social Science?”
• Congressional News
  • President Signs Continuing Resolution Keeping Government Open Until Thanksgiving
  • House Science Committee Hosts Hearing on Responding to Extreme Weather Events, Highlights Social & Behavioral Science Solutions
• Federal Agency & Administration News
  • NSF Social Science Director Releases Dear Colleague Letter on Repositioning
  • NICHD Releases 2020 Strategic Plan
  • NIH Evaluates Strategy on Countering Foreign Influence in Research
  • Nomination Opportunities
  • Funding Opportunities
  • Notices & Requests for Comment
  • Recent Reports
• Community News & Reports
  • AAAS Accepting Applications for 2020-21 Science & Technology Policy Fellowships
  • National Academies Hosts Official Launch of Decadal Survey for the Social and Behavioral Science for Advancing Intelligence Analysis
  • Recent Reports
  • Fellowships & Professional Development
• COSSA Member Spotlight
  • Fellowships & Professional Development
• Events Calendar

September 17, 2019, Volume 38 Issue 18 | PDF

• Featured News
  • OSTP Outlines Research Security Priorities
• COSSA in Action
  • Letters & Statements
• Congressional News
  • Senate Appropriations Efforts Slow to Start as End of Fiscal Year Looms
  • House Science Committee to Host Hearing on Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Work
• Federal Agency & Administration News
  • National Science Board Releases Report on the Skilled Technical Workforce
  • Nomination Opportunities
  • Funding Opportunities
  • Recent Reports
• Community News & Reports
  • Recent Reports
• COSSA Member Spotlight
  • Samantha Power to Receive 2019 Moynihan Prize & Deliver Lecturev
  • Fellowships & Professional Development
• Events Calendar

September 3, 2019, Volume 38 Issue 17 | PDF

• Featured News
  • White House Outlines FY 2021 R&D Budget Priorities
• COSSA in Action
  • COSSA & AESIS to Partner on Upcoming Conference on the Societal Impact of Social Sciences and Humanities
  • September’s Headlines Webchat to Feature Deep Dive with SBE Assistant Director
  • Arthur Lupia Answers “Why Social Science?”
• Congressional News
  • State of Play: FY 2020 Appropriations for Social Science Research
  • Schatz, Rep. Dean Introduce Legislation to Re-Establish Science Advisory Board at the Department of Justice
• Federal Agency & Administration News
  • IES Director Seeks Input on Topic Areas, Announces Possible Request for Applications
  • Nomination Opportunities
  • Funding Opportunities
  • Notices & Requests for Comment
  • Fellowships & Professional Development
• Community News & Reports
  • National Academies Release Report on Strengthening Support Systems for Military Families
• COSSA Member Spotlight
  • Fellowships & Professional Development
• Events Calendar

August 6, 2019, Volume 38 Issue 16 | PDF

• Featured News
  • NIH Extends Enforcement Delay of Clinical Trials Policy Until September 2021
• COSSA in Action
  • August’s Headlines Webchat to Feature Deep Dive on Effectively Advocating from Home
  • AAPSS Answers “Why Social Science?
  • Letters & Statements
• Congressional News
  • Budget Deal Signed; Congress Leaves for Summer Recess with FY 2020 Outcome Unknown
  • House Subcommittee Holds OSTP Oversight Hearing; Senate Confirms Nominee for Chief Technology Officer
• Federal Agency & Administration News
  • NIH Establishes Research Network on Opioid Use Disorder in the Criminal Justice System
  • Nomination Opportunities
  • Funding Opportunities
  • Notices & Requests for Comment
  • Open Positions
  • Fellowships & Professional Development
• Community News & Reports
  • National Academies Releases Report on The Promise of Adolescence
  • Recent Reports
  • Fellowships & Professional Development
• Events Calendar

July 23, 2019, Volume 38 Issue 15 | PDF

• Featured News
  • Administration Ends Attempts to Add Citizenship to 2020 Census
• Congressional News
  • Congress and White House Strike Budget Deal Before Congress Leaves for Recess 
  • House Science Committee Holds Hearing on Scientific Integrity at Federal Agencies
• Federal Agency & Administration News
  • OMB Releases First Set of Evidence Act Guidance
  • NSF Releases Dear Colleague Letter on Research Protection
  • White House Announces Winners of Early Career Awards in Science and Engineering
  • Nomination Opportunities
  • Funding Opportunities
  • Notices & Requests for Comment
  • Recent Reports
  • Open Positions
• Community News & Reports
  • AAAS’ Rush Holt Retires, Alan Leshner Named Acting CEO as Search for Successor Continues
  • Nomination Opportunities
  • Fellowships & Professional Development
• Events Calendar

July 9, 2019, Volume 38 Issue 14 | PDF

• Featured News
  • Census Citizenship Question Saga Continues
• COSSA in Action
  • Save the Date for Social Science Advocacy Day 2020
  • July’s Headlines Webchat to Feature Deep Dive on 2020 Census
  • Letters & Statements
• Congressional News
  • House Nearly Finalizes Appropriations; Senate Movement Uncertain
  • House Science Committee Hosts Hearing on Societal and Ethical Implications of Artificial Intelligence
• Federal Agency & Administration News
  • National Science Board Seeks Nominations for 2020 Honorary Awards
  • Nomination Opportunities
  • Funding Opportunities
  • Notices & Requests for Comment
  • Open Positions
• Community News & Reports
  • Recent Reports
• Events Calendar

June 25, 2019, Volume 38 Issue 13 | PDF

• Featured News
  • President Issues Executive Order to Reduce Number of Federal Advisory Committees
• COSSA in Action
  • Communication Researchers Answer “Why Social Science?”
  • Letters & Statements
• Congressional News
  • House Passes First of FY 2020 Bills
  • House Science Committee Holds Hearing on Sexual Harassment in Science, Passes Bipartisan Bills
• Federal Agency & Administration News
  • OSTP Requests Information for Research Strategy to End Veteran Suicide
  • Administration Releases Updated Artificial Intelligence Research and Development Plan
  • Nomination Opportunities
  • Funding Opportunities
  • Notices & Requests for Comment
  • Open Positions
  • Fellowships & Professional Development
• Community News & Reports
  • Nomination Opportunities
  • Funding Opportunities
  • Notices & Requests for Comment
  • Recent Reports
• Events Calendar

June 11, 2019, Volume 38 Issue 12 | PDF

• Featured News
  • Comments Sought on Federal Data Strategy Action Plan
• COSSA in Action
  • COSSA Creates New Portal to Collect Social Science Success Stories
  • COSSA Executive Director Featured in “When Science Speaks” Podcast
  • Still Time to Register for June’s Headlines Webchat
  • COSSA Submits Testimony to Senate in Support of Funding for NIH, CDC, ED, BLS
• Congressional News
  • FY 2020 Agriculture Bill Advances in House
  • Senate Finance Committee Holds Hearing on Foreign Threats to Taxpayer-Funded Research
• Federal Agency & Administration News
  • NSF Seeks Input into 2026 Idea Machine Entries
  • NCES Releases Condition of Education Report
  • Nomination Opportunities
  • Funding Opportunities
  • Notices & Requests for Comment
  • Recent Reports
  • Fellowships & Professional Development
• Community News & Reports
  • Nomination Opportunities
  • Funding Opportunities
  • Notices & Requests for Comment
• COSSA Member Spotlight
  • COSSA Welcomes SAGE Publishing
  • CJRA and COSSA to Host “Ask a Criminologist” Panel Exploring the Connection Between Immigration and Crime
• Events Calendar

May 28, 2019, Volume 38 Issue 11 | PDF

• Featured News
  • House Panel Approves FY 2020 Funding for NSF, Census, BJS, and NIJ
• COSSA in Action
  • Letters & Statements
• Congressional News
  • Joint Economic Committee Holds Hearing on 2020 Census and Business Impacts
  • International Education Reauthorization Bills Introduced in Both Chambers
• Federal Agency & Administration News
  • Nomination Opportunities
  • Funding Opportunities
  • Notices & Requests for Comment
  • Fellowships & Professional Development
• Community News & Reports
  • AAAS Accepting Nominations for 2020 Awards & Prizes
  • National Academies Release New Report on Adolescent Development
  • Nomination Opportunities
  • Funding Opportunities
  • Notices & Requests for Comment
  • Recent Reports
• Events Calendar

May 14, 2019, Volume 38 Issue 10 | PDF

• Featured News
  • COSSA Holds Largest-Ever Social Science Advocacy Day
• COSSA in Action
  • May’s Headlines to Feature Deep Dive on Academies’ Decadal Survey of Social Science Applications for Intelligence Analysis
  • COSSA Submits FY 2020 Testimony to Senate Appropriations Committee in Support of Social Science Funding for NSF, Census, NIJ, and BJS
• Congressional News
  • House Committee Approves FY 2020 Spending for NIH, CDC, BLS, AHRQ, ED
  • House Science Committee Holds Hearing on NSF Fiscal Year 2020 Budget Request
• Federal Agency & Administration News
  • National Science Board Accepting Nominations
  • NSF Convergence Accelerator Seeks Next Topics
  • White House Announces New Joint Committee on U.S. Research Community
  • Minerva Initiative Releases 2019 Funding Opportunity Announcement, Topics of Interest
  • OBSSR Releases Revised Definition of “Behavioral and Social Sciences Research”
  • Nomination Opportunities
  • Funding Opportunities
  • Notices & Requests for Comment
• Community News & Reports
  • NASEM Report Analyzes Factors for Reproducibility and Replicability in Scientific Research
  • Funding Opportunities
  • Notices & Requests for Comment
  • Recent Reports
  • Fellowships & Professional Development
• Events Calendar

April 30, 2019, Volume 38 Issue 9 | PDF

• Featured News
  • May 1 Is Social Science Advocacy Day!
• COSSA in Action
  • COSSA Issues Statement Calling for Budget Deal
  • Development Scholar Joseph Assan Answers “Why Social Science?”
  • Letters & Statements
• Congressional News
  • Congress Returns; Subcommittees Begin Marking Up Spending Legislation
• Federal Agency & Administration News
  • OBSSR Seeks Examples of Behavioral and Social Science Accomplishments
  • NSF Seeks Nominations for Advisory Committees
  • Nomination Opportunities
  • Funding Opportunities
  • Notices & Requests for Comment
  • Recent Reports
• Community News & Reports
  • National Academies Seeking Community Input on First Phase of Alzheimer’s Decadal Survey
  • Nomination Opportunities
  • Funding Opportunities
  • Notices & Requests for Comment
  • Fellowships & Professional Development
• Events Calendar

April 16, 2019, Volume 38 Issue 8 | PDF

• Featured News
  • COSSA to Honor Leaders in Evidence-Based Policymaking with 2019 Awards
• COSSA in Action
  • COSSA Submits FY 2020 Testimony to House Appropriations Committee in Support of Science Funding
  • Letters & Statements
• Congressional News
  • Talks Continue as Congress Attempts to Raise Budget Caps
  • Congress Holds Hearings on FY 2020 NIH Budget
• Federal Agency & Administration News
  • OMB Seeks Feedback on Length of Executive Branch Comment Prohibition for Release of Economic Indicators
  • Nomination Opportunities
  • Funding Opportunities
  • Notices & Requests for Comment
• Community News & Reports
  • Funding Opportunities
  • Notices & Requests for Comment
• Events Calendar

April 2, 2019, Volume 38 Issue 7 | PDF

• Featured News
  • Administration Releases FY 2020 Budget Request; Read COSSA’s Analysis of Social Science Impacts
• COSSA in Action
  • Read COSSA’s 2018 Annual Report
  • Congressman Paul Tonko Answers “Why Social Science?”
  • Letters & Statements
• Congressional News
  • Release of President’s Budget Puts Pressure on Congress to Raise Caps; COSSA Urges Advocates to Take Action
  • Congressional Appropriators Get to Work; NSF Director Testifies
• Federal Agency & Administration News
  • IES Requests Comment on Proposed Priorities
  • NSF Releases Dear Colleague on Research on Sexual Harassment in STEM
  • Nomination Opportunities
  • Funding Opportunities
  • Notices & Requests for Comment
  • Fellowships & Professional Development
• Community News & Reports
  • Notices & Requests for Comment
  • Recent Reports
• COSSA Member Spotlight
  • Recent Reports
• Events Calendar

March 19, 2019, Volume 38 Issue 6 | PDF

• Featured News
  • Details of President’s FY 2020 Budget Request Emerge
• COSSA in Action
  • COSSA Urges Action on Non-Defense Discretionary Spending
  • COSSA Asks OMB to Remove Census Citizenship Question
  • Letters & Statements
• Federal Agency & Administration News
  • National Science Foundation Invites Participation in Convergence Accelerator Pilot
  • William Beach Confirmed as BLS Commissioner
  • Nomination Opportunities
  • Funding Opportunities
  • Notices & Requests for Comment
  • Open Positions
  • Fellowships & Professional Development
• Community News & Reports
  • National Academies Releases Decadal Survey of the Social and Behavioral Science for Applications to National Security
  • Nomination Opportunities
  • Notices & Requests for Comment
• COSSA Member Spotlight
  • Recent Reports
• Events Calendar

March 5, 2019, Volume 38 Issue 5 | PDF

• Featured News
  • NIH Seeks Input on the Need for an Administrative Data Enclave
• COSSA in Action
  • March’s Headlines Webchat to Feature Deep Dive on FY 2020 Budget Request
  • Anthropologist Lee Hoffer Answers “Why Social Science?”
  • Letters & Statements
• Congressional News
  • Trump Administration to Release FY 2020 Budget Request Next Week
• Federal Agency & Administration News
  • NIH Publishes Update on Efforts to Address Sexual Harassment in Science
  • Nomination Opportunities
  • Funding Opportunities
  • Notices & Requests for Comment
  • Open Positions
  • Fellowships & Professional Development
• Community News & Reports
  • NASEM Report Evaluates Strategies for Reducing Child Poverty
  • Notices & Requests for Comment
  • Recent Reports
  • Fellowships & Professional Development
• Events Calendar

February 19, 2019, Volume 38 Issue 4 | PDF

• Featured News
  • Compromise on FY 2019 Funding Reached, Averting Second Shutdown; Read COSSA’s Analysis of the Omnibus
• COSSA in Action
  • COSSA Submits Comments on Draft NICHD Strategic Plan
  • COSSA Endorses Census Idea Act
  • Letters & Statements
• Congressional News
  • Pingree Reintroduces Bill to Block USDA Research Moves
• Federal Agency & Administration News
  • Supreme Court to Decide Fate of Census Citizenship Question
  • Department of Commerce Seeks Input on 2020 Census Data Collection
  • Nomination Opportunities
  • Funding Opportunities
  • Notices & Requests for Comment
  • Open Positions
  • Fellowships & Professional Development
• Community News & Reports
  • AAAS CEO Rush Holt to Retire in 2019; Search Underway for Successor
  • Fellowships & Professional Development
• Events Calendar

February 5, 2019, Volume 38 Issue 3 | PDF

• Featured News
  • Social Scientists Encouraged to Explore NSF’s Ten Big Ideas Solicitations
• COSSA in Action
  • February’s Headlines Webchat to Feature a Deep Dive on Evidence-Based Policymaking
  • COSSA Releases 2019 Rankings of College and University Social Science Investment
  • The Research-to-Policy Collaboration Answers “Why Social Science?”
  • Letters & Statements
• Congressional News
  • Government Reopens; Final Funding for FY 2019 Still Unclear
• Federal Agency & Administration News
  • Nomination Opportunities
  • Funding Opportunities
  • Notices & Requests for Comment
  • Recent Reports
  • Open Positions
  • Fellowships & Professional Development
• Community News & Reports
  • National Academies Seeking Nominations for New Decadal Survey of Social and Behavioral Science Research Related to Alzheimer’s Disease—DUE FEBRUARY 6
  • COSSA Joins Call for Department of Education to Halt Proposed Title IX Amendments
  • Nomination Opportunities
  • Fellowships & Professional Development
• Events Calendar

January 22, 2019, Volume 38 Issue 2 | PDF

• Featured News
  • Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act Becomes Law
• Congressional News
  • Committees Begin to Announce Leadership, Membership as FY 2019 Funding Remains Uncertain
  • Chairwoman Johnson Introduces Gun Violence Research Act
• Federal Agency & Administration News
  • NSF Releases Information for Proposers and Grantees During Government Shutdown
  • NIH Requests Input on Updated Definition of “Behavioral and Social Sciences Research”
  • OHRP Releases Draft Guidance for Transitioning Studies to Revised Common Rule; Comments Requested
  • Nomination Opportunities
  • Funding Opportunities
  • Notices & Requests for Comment
  • Open Positions
  • Fellowships & Professional Development
• Community News & Reports
  • Nomination Opportunities
  • Funding Opportunities
  • Fellowships & Professional Development
• COSSA Member Spotlight
  • Fellowships & Professional Development
• Events Calendar

January 8, 2019, Volume 38 Issue 1 | PDF

• Featured News
  • Government Shutdown Continues into Third Week, Leaving Uncertainty for FY 2019
• COSSA in Action
  • Early Bird Registration Opens for Social Science Advocacy Day
  • Register for January’s Headlines Webchat Featuring a Deep Dive on Advocacy Resources
  • Letters & Statements
• Congressional News
  • Evidence-Based Policymaking Bill Awaiting President’s Signature
  • Droegemeier and Dillingham Confirmed in Final Hours of 115th Congress
  • Science Committee Leadership Finalized; First Bills Introduced
• Federal Agency & Administration News
  • NSF Releases Solicitation for “Ideas Labs” for Data-Intensive Research in Science and Engineering
  • Nomination Opportunities
  • Funding Opportunities
  • Notices & Requests for Comment
  • Fellowships & Professional Development
• Community News & Reports
  • Golden Goose Awards Solicits Nominations
  • Gun Violence Research Collaborative Releases First Request for Proposals
  • Nomination Opportunities
  • Funding Opportunities
• COSSA Member Spotlight
  • Fellowships & Professional Development
• Events Calendar