COSSA’s Save SBE Toolkit

As COSSA has been reporting, the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences Directorate (SBE) is currently at risk of being eliminated. The Trump Administration’s budget for fiscal year (FY) 2027 would zero out funding for SBE starting next fiscal year without providing notice or explanation to the research community. COSSA is working with friends across the scientific community to fight back.

We have created a Save SBE webpage with resources you can use in your own efforts to defend SBE and promote the work of the social and behavioral sciences. The latest resource is the SBE Messaging Guide. This document was prepared for you to use when communicating with Congress, other scientific communities, the general public, or with anyone else about the value of the social, behavioral, and economic sciences. You are welcome to use language directly from the guide in your own communications.

Be sure to bookmark the page as additional materials are being added regularly.