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COSSA Washington Update, Volume 35 Issue 14
Featured News Preliminary Details of House Labor-HHS Bill Released COSSA in Action COSSA and CJRA Host “Ask a Criminologist” Congressional Roundtable on Increasing Homicide Rates Congressional News Tri-Caucus Introduces 2016 Health Equity and Accountability Act Federal Agency & Administration News NSF Seeking Division Director for Undergraduate Education PCORI Announces Commitments in Support for Cancer Moonshot Initiative Video Shares Insights into NIH Grant Application and Peer Review Process Publications & Community Events Academies Report Recommends Abandoning Proposed Changes to the Common Rule National Academies Seeks New DBASSE Director CNSF Releases Statement on American Innovation and Competitiveness Act Congressional Briefing Explores Groundbreaking…
Preliminary Details of House Labor-HHS Bill Released
On July 7, the House Labor, Health and Human Services and Education (Labor-HHS) Appropriations Subcommittee passed its fiscal year (FY) 2017 appropriations bill for agencies and programs under its jurisdiction, which include the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Department of Education, and the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), among others. While text of the draft appropriations bill was released to coincide with the Subcommittee markup, the Committee Report is not expected to be released until the bill is marked up by the full Appropriations Committee on…
Tri-Caucus Introduces 2016 Health Equity and Accountability Act
On June 15, led by Representative Robin Kelly (D-IL), members of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC), and the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) introduced the Health Equity and Accountability Act (HEAA) (H.R. 5475). The groups, also known as the Congressional Tri-Caucus, have introduced versions of the legislation since 2007, which has served to inform other health-related legislation considered by the Congress, including the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Introducing the bill, Rep. Kelly, chair of the CBC Health Braintrust, noted that HEAA “is a reminder that there is much work to be done to improve health…
Congressional Briefing Explores Groundbreaking Research on the Health of the Aging
On June 30, the National Institute on Aging (NIA) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in collaboration with Friends of the National Institute on Aging (FoNIA) hosted an educational briefing on Capitol Hill on “Advancing the health of an aging population: Groundbreaking Research Supported by the NIA.” FoNIA is a broad-based coalition of aging, disease, research, and patient groups that supports the mission of the Institute; COSSA is a longstanding member. The briefing continues the series of annual FoNIA Congressional briefings designed to share the latest aging research with Congress and its staff. Presenters included NIA Director Richard Hodes; NIA Deputy…
Funding Opportunity Announcements
NSF: Dear Colleague Letter: Change Makers (NSF-16-109) NIH opportunities: NIH: Extramural Loan Repayment Program for Contraception and Infertility Research (LRP-CIR) (NOT-OD-16-115) NIH: Extramural Loan Repayment Program for Clinical Researchers (LRP-CR) (NOT-OD-16-116) NIH: Extramural Loan Repayment Program for Pediatric Research (LRP-PR) (NOT-OD-16-117) NIH: Extramural Loan Repayment Program for Health Disparities Research (LRP-HDR) (NOT-OD-16-118) NIH: Extramural Clinical Research Loan Repayment Program for Individuals from Disadvantaged Backgrounds (LRP-IDB) (NOT-OD-16-119) NIMH: Advanced Laboratories for Accelerating the Reach and Impact of Treatments for Youth and Adults with Mental Illness (ALACRITY) Research Centers (P50) (PAR-16-354) NIMHD/NCI: Social Epigenomics Research Focused on Minority Health and Health…
COSSA Washington Update, Volume 35 Issue 13
Featured News Senate Introduces “COMPETES” Reauthorization Bill Congressional News Appropriations Process Grinds to a Halt Lipinski Introduces Legislation to Improve Research Regulations Federal Agency & Administration News Impact Report Highlights Obama Administration’s Science Initiatives Acting Agricultural Statistics Board Chair Named Scientific Workforce Diversity Discussed at NIH Advisory Committee Meeting Census Scientific Advisory Committee Seeks Nominations Nominations Open for NSB Awards Publications & Community Events NAS Webinar Puts Recent “Advancing the Power of Economic Evidence” Report in International Context Funding Opportunity Announcements COSSA Member Spotlight CJRA & COSSA to Host “Ask a Criminologist” Roundtable on Homicide Rates Events Calendar
Funding Opportunity Announcements
ED: FY 2016 American Overseas Research Centers (AORC) Program (Application Technical Assistance Webinar: July 8) NIH: Science of Behavior Change: Use-inspired Basic Research to Optimize Behavior Change Interventions and Outcomes (Admin Supp) (PA-16-334) NIH: Advancing Basic Behavioral and Social Research on Resilience: An Integrative Science Approach (UG3/UH3) (PAR-16-326) [OBSSR, NCCIH, NCI, NIA, NIAAA, NIAMS, NIDA, NIEHS, NIGMS, NIMH] NCI: Linking the Provider Recommendation to Adolescent HPV Vaccine Uptake (R21) (PAR-16-336), (R03) (PAR-16-337), (R01) (PAR-16-338) NIMH: Availability of RAISE Data for Secondary Data Analysis (NOT-MH-16-006) Back to this issue’s table of contents.
2017 COSSA Science Policy Conference & Social Science Advocacy Day
COSSA held its 2017 Science Policy Conference and Social Science Advocacy Day on March 29-30 in Washington, DC. Sessions featured important discussions on social science within the context of the Trump Administration and the new Congress. The keynote address was delivered by University of California, Berkeley sociologist Arlie R. Hochschild, whose book Strangers in Their Own Land: Anger and Mourning on the American Right was a finalist for the 2016 National Book Award. The program also included an expert panel addressing the political and policy challenges of the day and strategies for addressing them, and discussions on the benefits of public engagement…
Senate Presses Forward on 2017 Spending Bills
The Senate Appropriations Committee has been making progress over the last several weeks on its fiscal year (FY) 2017 appropriations bills in an effort to pass as many of the bills as possible before heading home in mid-July for the party conventions and August recess (follow all of the developments on the COSSA website). The FY 2017 Commerce, Justice, Science (CJS) Appropriations Bill, which made it out of Committee on April 21, is expected to be on the Senate floor later this week. Stay tuned – COSSA will be closely monitoring the floor debate as this is when we could…
NIGMS Seeks Input on “Strategies for Modernizing Biomedical Graduate Education”
The National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has issued a Request for Information (RFI): Strategies for Modernizing Biomedical Graduate Education (NOT-GM-16-109) seeking the input of the scientific community and the general public “on how to catalyze the modernization of biomedical graduate education through NIGMS’s institutional predoctoral training grants program.” The Institute would like to receive input on such topics addressing changes that assure that future researchers have the knowledge, skills and abilities to navigate biomedical research; major barriers to pursuing this training through NIGMS training programs; and the key skills needed by…
Funding Opportunity Announcements
NIH Basic Behavioral and Social Science Opportunity Network: Advancing Basic Behavioral and Social Research on Resilience — An Integrative Science Approach (UG3/UH3) (PAR-16-326) [NCI, NCCIH, NIA, NIAAA, NIAMS, NIDA, NIEHS, NIGMS, NIMH, OBSSR] NICHD: Characterization of the Adolescent Reproductive Transition (R01) (PA-16-314), (R21) (PA-16-315), (R03) (PA-16-316) NCI: Intervening with Cancer Caregivers to Improve Patient Health Outcomes and Optimize Health Care Utilization (R01) (PAR-16-317), (R21) (PAR-16-318) NIDCD: Mentored Career Development Award for Postdoctorate Au.D./Ph.D. Audiologists (K01) (PAR-16-320) NIDCR: Mentored Career Development Award to Promote Diversity in the Dental, Oral and Craniofacial Research Workforce (K01) (PAR-16-321) Back to this issue’s table of…
Events Calendar
9th Matilda White Riley Behavioral and Social Sciences Day: Real Life, Labs, Research, Washington, DC, June 20, 2016 Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN, June 24-26, 2016 Joint Statistical Meetings, Chicago, IL, July 30-August 4, 2016 American Psychological Association Annual Convention, Denver, CO, August 4-7, 2016 Rural Sociological Society Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada, August 16-19, 2016 American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, August 20-23, 2016 A list of COSSA members’ annual meetings and other events can be found on the COSSA website. COSSA members who have an upcoming event they would like to see listed in…
COSSA Washington Update, Volume 35 Issue 11
Featured News House Bill Includes Flat Funding for NSF, Boosts for NIJ, BJS, and Census COSSA in Action Complete Archive of COSSA Washington Update Now Available Congressional News Senate Appropriations Committee Approves FY 2017 Agriculture Bill Federal Agency & Administration News OBSSR 2016-2020 Strategic Plan Discussed at NIH Council of Councils White House Releases First-Ever Working Group Report on Language and Communication John Haaga Named Director of NIA’s Division of Behavioral and Social Research Maureen Goodenow Appointed NIH Associate Director for AIDS Research NSF Accepting Applications for Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences Position NIMH Seeks Perspectives on the State of Mental…
John Haaga Named Director of NIA’s Division of Behavioral and Social Research
On March 24, National Institute on Aging (NIA) Director Richard Hodes announced the appointment of John Haaga as director of NIA’s Division of Behavioral and Social Research (BSR). Haaga has served as the Division’s acting director where he has served as deputy director for the past 11 years. Prior to joining NIA, Haaga held leadership positions at the Population Reference Bureau, the National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences, the Population Council, and the RAND Corporation. Back to this issue’s table of contents.
NIMH Seeks Perspectives on the State of Mental Illness Research
The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is inviting “perspectives on the state of mental illness research” and the institute’s role in development of the research. The institute is seeking the input of the extramural community to “develop briefing materials that represent the full diversity of perspectives on mental illness research in preparation for the next NIMH director.” Comments are solicited on such topics as: basic neuroscience, translational, intervention, clinical, and services research; Research Domain criteria initiative (RDoc), global mental health, diversity and training of the workforce; advocacy and outreach efforts; and translational…
NIGMS Solicits Input on Approaches for Supporting Team Science
The National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is seeking input “on team-based scientific research and the manner in which this activity could be supported by the Institute.” Accordingly, NIGMS has issued a request for information (RFI), Approaches for Supporting Team Science in the Biomedical Research Community (NOT-GM-16-107), to assist it in “considering needs and opportunities in team science at the multi-investigator, institutional, regional, and national level.” The Institute plans to examine the “benefits and challenges of team science and is considering how to best support this mode of scientific research.” The RFI…
NIA Webinar to Provide Overview of Grants Process
The National Institute of Aging (NIA) recently announced that the institute will host an “NIH 101” webinar explaining the NIH’s grants process to interested researchers. Chyren Hunter, deputy director of NIA’s Division of Extramural Activities and NIA training officer will present the June 14 webinar. Hunter is expected to explain each step of the application and review process. The webinar is part of a series sponsored by the NIA’s Office of Special Populations. The registration form is available here. Back to this issue’s table of contents.
Funding Opportunity Announcements
AHRQ: Developing New Clinical Decision Support to Disseminate and Implement Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Findings (R18) (PA-16-282) AHRQ: Scaling Established Clinical Decision Support to Facilitate the Dissemination and Implementation of Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Findings (R18) (PA-16-283)
Events Calendar
Law and Society Association Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, June 2-5, 2016 9th Matilda White Riley Behavioral and Social Sciences Day: Real Life, Labs, Research, Washington, DC, June 20, 2016 Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN, June 24-26, 2016 Joint Statistical Meetings, Chicago, IL, July 30-August 4, 2016 American Psychological Association Annual Convention, Denver, CO, August 4-7, 2016 Rural Sociological Society Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada, August 16-19, 2016 American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, August 20-23, 2016 A list of COSSA members’ annual meetings and other events can be found on the COSSA website….
COSSA Washington Update, Volume 35 Issue 10
Featured News Senate Committee Discusses U.S. Science Investments; COMPETES Bill Expected Soon Federal Agency & Administration News NIH Appoints Director of National Library of Medicine NIJ Seeking Chief Research Advisor Office of AIDS Research Issues RFI on Trans-NIH Plan for HIV-Related Research NIMHD Accepting Applications for Health Disparities Research Institute Publications & Community Events Mary Waters Delivers 2016 David Lecture Funding Opportunity Announcements COSSA Member Spotlight SSRC Seeks Nominations for Hirschman Prize Events Calendar