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COSSA advocates for sustainable federal funding for and widespread use of social and behavioral science research and federal policies that positively impact the conduct of research.

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Hot Topic Issue Briefs July 2, 2021

Competing Visions: The NSF for the Future Act and the U.S. Innovation and Competition Act

Hot Topic Issue Briefs October 30, 2020

Research Security Revisited: COVID-19 & Immigration

Hot Topic Issue Briefs January 16, 2020

Foreign Interference in the U.S. Research Enterprise & Policy Responses

Hot Topic Issue Briefs October 3, 2017

New NIH “Clinical Trials” Definition to Impact Basic Social and Behavioral Science Research

Hot Topic Issue Briefs January 24, 2017

HHS Announces Final Changes to Human Subjects Research Regulations

Hot Topic Issue Briefs August 5, 2016

Reducing the Regulatory Burden on Federally-Funded Researchers

Hot Topic Issue Briefs June 15, 2015

Scientific Organizations Reflect on Building “Trust in Science”