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NSF Skips SBE Funding Opportunity, Limits GRFP Eligibility

Over the summer the National Science Foundation (NSF) took several actions that appear to further the Administration’s plans to shut down the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences Directorate (SBE). As…

New Action Alert: Urge Congress to Save NSF’s Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences Directorate!

As COSSA has been reporting, the Trump Administration has proposed eliminating the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (SBE) Directorate in FY 2027. Advocates have been working tirelessly…

House Passes CR Ahead of August Recess

As August recess rapidly approaches, the House Appropriations Committee passed a continuing resolution (CR) to extend current funding beyond the end of the fiscal year on September 30, to December…