Volume 35 (2016)
House Agriculture Appropriations Bill Passes Appropriations Committee
The House Appropriations Committee has released its draft bill and Committee Report for the fiscal year (FY) 2017 funding for the Department of Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies. The bill passed the Subcommittee by on April 13 and the full Commtitee on April 19. A list of amendments adopted during the full committee markup is available here (none affect the research and science agencies funded by the bill). Details on the bill’s proposed funding for the Department of Agriculture (USDA) agencies important to the social and behavioral sciences follow. Overall, the bill provides flat funding or very modest increases to…
National Academies Holds Workshop on ACS Respondent Burden
In March, the Committee on National Statistics (CNSTAT) of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine held a “Workshop on Respondent Burden in the American Community Survey,” which brought together experts from the Census Bureau and the broader statistical community to discuss how to make the American Community Survey (ACS) a more pleasant, less intrusive experience for respondents.
Funding Opportunity Announcements
AHRQ: AHRQ Announces Interest in Innovative Research in Primary Care (NOT-HS-16-011) DOJ: Office of Violence Against Women FY 2016 Research and Evaluation Solicitation (OVW-2016-9780) NIH Opportunities: NIH: Mechanisms, Models, Measurement, and Management in Pain Research (R21) (PA-16-187), (R01) (PA-16-188) [NINR, NCCIH, NIA, NIAMS, NIDA, NIDCR, NIMHD, NINDS] NIH: Mentored Research Scientist Development Award (Parent K01) (PA-16-190), [NCCIH, NHGRI, NIA, NIAAA, NIAID, NIAMS, NIBIB, NICHD, NIDA, NIDCD, NIDCR, NIMH, NINR, DPCPSI, ORIP] NIH: Mentored Clinical Scientist Research Career Development Award National Institutes of Health (Parent K08) (PA-16-191) [NCCIH, NCI, NEI, NHGRI, NHLBI, NIA, NIAAA, NIAID,NIAMS, NICHD NIDA, NIDCD, NIDCR, NIDDK, NIEHS,…
Events Calendar
22nd Annual CNSF Exhibition & Reception, Washington, DC, April 26, 2016 Global Issues Forum: Is mobile the future of evidence in development? Washington DC, April 27, 2016 Where Does the Time Go? Understanding Overwhelmed Working Families, Washington, DC, May 2, 2016 2016 Daniel Patrick Moynihan Lecture: Policy, Politics and Partisanship, Washington, DC, May 12, 2016 American Association for Public Opinion Research Annual Conference, Austin, TX, May 12-15, 2016 Law and Society Association Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, June 2-5, 2016 Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN, June 24-26, 2016 Joint Statistical Meetings, Chicago, IL,…
COSSA Washington Update, Volume 35 Issue 7
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…
2016 Golden Goose Awards Choose Landmark Add Health Study
The researchers behind the landmark National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health Study, otherwise known as Add Health, have been chosen to receive the first of the 2016 Golden Goose Awards. The study, conceived by Drs. Peter Bearman, Barbara Entwisle, Kathleen Mullan Harris, Ronald Rindfuss, and Richard Udry in the late 1980s and early 1990s while at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, is a federally-funded study designed to “illuminate the impact of social and environmental factors on adolescent health.” The Award honors “scientists whose federally-funded work may have seemed odd or obscure when it was first conducted but…
COSSA Submits FY 2017 CJS Testimony
COSSA has submitted its annual Outside Witness Testimony to the House and Senate Appropriations Subcommittees on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies (CJS). COSSA’s testimony for fiscal year (FY) 2017 addresses the need for strong funding of the National Science Foundation, Census Bureau, National Institute of Justice, and Bureau of Justice Statistics. Click here to read testimony submitted to the House, and here for the Senate. Back to this issue’s table of contents.
Members of Congress Submit Funding Requests for Social and Behavioral Science Agencies
Over the past several weeks, Members of Congress have been signing their names to “Dear Colleague” letters, formal requests to the House and Senate appropriations committees for specific funding levels for various federal agencies. COSSA has been tracking letters in support of strong funding for the agencies important to the social and behavioral sciences on our funding updates page. COSSA appreciates the efforts of all of the Members who have signed on to the letters below: House & Senate letters on FY 2017 appropriations for HEA-Title IV/Fulbright-Hays International Education and Foreign Language Studies programs House letter on FY 2017 appropriations…
Interagency Committee Releases National Nutrition Research Roadmap
The federal Interagency Committee on Human Nutrition Research (ICHNR) has released a five-year nutrition research plan, the National Nutrition Research Roadmap 2016-2021: Advancing Nutrition Research to Improve and Sustain Health. The Roadmap will help coordinate the nutrition research efforts funded by agencies across the federal government, as well as workforce development and training programs in support of nutrition research. The ICHNR is made up of representatives from agencies across the federal government, including the Economic Research Service (ERS) and National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) within the Department of Agriculture, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and…
More than 300 Social Science Students Selected as NSF Graduate Research Fellows
The National Science Foundation (NSF) recently announced the 2,000 winners of the annual Graduate Research Fellowship (GRF) program competition. Among the 2016 winners are 311 social and behavioral science researchers from across the U.S. The GRF program provides three years of financial support over a five-year fellowship period for graduate study that leads to a master’s or doctoral research degree in a STEM field, including social science. It is one of NSF’s flagship programs aimed at fostering the next generation of the STEM workforce and ensuring diversity within the workforce. The 2,000 awardees were chosen from about 17,000 total applications….
AHRQ Accepting Advisory Council Nominations
In November 2016, seven vacancies will open on the National Advisory Council for Healthcare Research and Quality, the advisory body to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). The council is seeking nominations for new members who have expertise in: “(1) The conduct of research, demonstration projects, and evaluations with respect to health care; (2) the fields of health care quality research or health care improvement; (3) the practice of medicine; (4) other health professions; (5) representing the private health care sector (including health plans, providers, and purchasers) or administrators of health care delivery systems; (6) the fields of…
NCCIH Seeks Input on Draft 2016-2021 Strategic Plan
The National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NICCIH) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is seeking input on its draft NCCIH Strategic Plan for Fiscal Years 2016-2021. Following up on a previous request for information (RFI), along with the response provided by its National Advisory Council for Complementary and Integrative Health and the NCCIH staff, this RFI is intended to seek the input of the larger public, including researchers and scientific/professional organizations, among others. NCCIH specifically is seeking comments on the five strategic objectives and the six high priorities contained in the plan. Comments will be accepted through…
NIMH Seeks Input on Tasks and Measures for the RDoC
The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is seeking input from stakeholders, the scientific community, and the general public related to its Research Domain Criteria (RDoC) framework. RDoC is defined as a “new way of classifying mental disorders based on dimensions of observable behavior and neurobiological measures.” Specifically, the Institute is seeking input regarding “existing tests with known construct validity, and also general suggestions on the most important criteria to consider when selecting candidate tests.” NIMH’s National Advisory Mental Health Council will convene a workgroup “charged with the task of recommending a list…
CPR & CNSF to hold Congressional Exhibition and Reception: “Wasteful” Research? Looking Beyond the Abstract
Why would a scientist put a shrimp on a treadmill? Can text messages really serve as a health intervention? You may have heard or read about some of these projects, but for the full story, come and speak to the scientists themselves. The COSSA-led Coalition to Promote Research (CPR) and the Coalition for National Science Funding (CNSF) are cosponsoring a reception and poster session for policymakers to provide a closer look at research grants that have been highlighted in recent congressional and media reports. In addition, see posters explaining how the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the National Science Foundation (NSF) choose…
New Academies Study on Advancing Social and Behavioral Science within the Weather Enterprise Seeks Committee Members
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine has announced a new study, “Advancing Social and Behavioral Science Research and Application within the Weather Enterprise,” and is seeking nominees to serve on the study committee. The goal of the study is to “to develop a framework for generating and applying social and behavioral science (SBS) research within the context of meteorology, weather forecasting, and weather preparedness and response.” The Academies is particularly interested in candidates with expertise in the following fields: weather forecasting, meteorological research, behavioral economics, communication research, decision making, risk perception, assessment and communication, human factors and product…
Events Calendar
NIH and the Science of Science and Innovation Policy: A Joint NIH-NSF Workshop, Bethesda, MD, April 7-April 8, 2016 Midwest Political Science Association Annual Conference, Chicago, IL, April 7-April 10, 2016 American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, April 8-April 12, 2016 Progress Reversed: The Importance of Health, Mortality and Poverty for Public Policy, Washington, DC, April 11, 2016 “Wasteful” Research? Looking Beyond the Abstract, Washington, DC, April 13, 2016 Southern Sociological Society Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, April 13-17, 2016 22nd Annual CNSF Exhibition & Reception, Washington, DC, April 26, 2016 2016 Daniel Patrick Moynihan Lecture: Policy, Politics and…
Funding Opportunity Announcements
NIJ: Research and Evaluation on Victims of Crime (NIJ-2016-9600) NIJ: FY 2016 Comprehensive School Safety Initiative (NIJ-2016-9093) ED/IFLE: Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation for Research Abroad FDA: Development, Implementation, and Management of a Funding System to Advance Conformance with the Voluntary National Retail Food Regulatory Program Standards (VNRFRPS) (U18), (RFA-FD-16-016) FDA: Strengthen and Promote the Role of Local Health Departments in Retail Food Safety Regulation (U50), (RFA-FD-16-019) FDA: Strengthening Partnerships with State Legislatures to Promote the Safety of FDA Regulated Products and Advance Public Health (U18), (RFA-FD-16-041) AHRQ: AHRQ Announces Interest in Research that Uses Shared Decision Making as a Tool to…
House Science Committee Discusses FY 2017 NSF Budget; Social Science Highlighted
On March 22, the House Science, Space and Technology Subcommittee on Research and Technology held an oversight hearing to discuss the fiscal year (FY) 2017 budget request for the National Science Foundation (NSF). NSF Director France Córdova and Chair of the National Science Board, Dan Arvizu, testified before the Subcommittee. Rep. Barbara Comstock (R-VA) chaired the hearing. In his opening statement, Ranking Member Daniel Lipinski (D-IL), a PhD political scientist, expressed the importance getting more people to understand the critical role NSF plays, especially across all disciplines of science. In addition, and noting that the discussion could turn to the…
COSSA Washington Update, Volume 35 Issue 6
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…
Recap of the 2016 COSSA Annual Meeting
COSSA held its 2016 Annual Meeting on March 15th in Washington, DC. Meeting sessions focused on topics like congressional attacks on federally-funded research, social science and the media, use of social and behavioral science in industry, and how to communicate the value of social and behavioral science research. In addition, participants heard updates on activities at federal agencies, including the National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Justice, Environmental Protection Agency, and Bureau of Labor Statistics. Click here to read COSSA’s summary of the meeting’s sessions. You can also check out our social media recap, which covers…