Information & Analysis from COSSA
- Fighting COVID-19 with Social Science: Resources for Congressional Offices
- Fighting COVID-19 with Social Science: Examples from the Research
- COSSA's Letter to the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee on Science Priorities within COVID-19 Legislation, April 13, 2020
- COSSA's Analysis of COVID-19 Supplemental Funding Legislation, March 31, 2020
- COSSA Headlines Webinar - May 2020, featuring University of Florida epidemiologist Natalie Dean, May 14, 2020
- COSSA Headlines Webinar - April 2020, featuring deep dive on communication strategies in an emerging public health crisis, April 9, 2020
- COSSA Headlines Webinar - March 2020, featuring OSTP, March 12, 2020
- COVID-19 Coverage in the COSSA Washington Update
- Note from COSSA on the Coronavirus Pandemic
Coalition and Intersociety Letters & Requests
- Letter led by Representatives Diana Degette and Fred Upton calling for relief funding for the research community, April 29, 2020
- A Call to Higher Education Administrators Regarding Student Educational Progress During COVID-19, April 22, 2020
- Multisociety letter on stigmatization of Asians, April 20, 2020
- CNSF letter to the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee on Science Priorities within COVID-19 Legislation, April 13, 2020
- Letter on data priorities within the COVID-19 response, April 3, 2020
Share Your COVID-19 Research with COSSA
The coronavirus pandemic underscores the importance of understanding social and behavioral phenomena. COSSA is collecting examples of social and behavioral science research associated with the COVID-19 outbreak. As we work to explain to policymakers the impacts of our sciences on crises such as this, it would be helpful to know the research questions currently being addressed throughout the social and behavioral science community. Simply email us to share your research. We will not use any content provided without your consent.
Browse below for more resources from the social science community:
- Resources from COSSA Member Associations
- Information & Guidance from Federal Agencies for Researchers and Educators
- Opportunities for Researchers
- Sources of Science-Backed News & Information
- Repositories of Social Science Research
- Data Sources
- Resources for Teaching Social Science Online
- General Guidance about COVID-19
- Further Reading
Resources from COSSA Member Associations
- American Anthropological Association: COVID-19 Resources
- American Educational Research Association: Coronavirus Pandemic and Relevant Education Research Resources
- American Political Science Association: Resources for Coronavirus Response
- American Psychological Association: COVID-19 Information and Resources
- American Sociological Association: COVID-19 Resources for Sociologists
- National Council on Family Relations: Resources About the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)
- Society for Research in Child Development: SRCD Commons
- Association for Public Policy Management and Analysis: COVID-19 Member Resources, Data and Research Collaboration Hub
- Social Science Resource Council: COVID-19 and the Social Sciences
- Population Association of America: Population Scientists' Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic
Information & Guidance from Federal Agencies for Researchers and Educators
- Council on Government Relations: Research Impact Under COVID-19
- NIH: Guidance for Applicants Preparing Applications for Fall 2020 Due Dates During COVID-19 Pandemic
- NIH: NIH-Wide Strategic Plan for COVID-19 Research
- JASON: Managing the Risk From COVID-19 During a Return to On-Site University Research
- OMB: Memorandum 20-26: Extension of Administrative Relief for Recipients and Applicants of Federal Financial Assistance Directly Impacted by the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) due to Loss of Operations
- NIH: Implementation of OMB Memorandum M-20-26
- NSF: Implementation of OMB Memorandum M-20-26
- Chronicle of Higher Education: Colleges’ Plans for Reopening in the Fall
- National Science Foundation: Coronavirus Information
- National Institutes of Health: Coronavirus (COVID-19)
- Department of Education: COVID-19 ("Coronavirus") Information and Resources for Schools and School Personnel
- Department of Defense Basic Research: Frequently Asked Questions for DOD Research Proposers and Awardees Impacted
- Office of Human Research Protections: Guidance on COVID-19
- Congressional Research Service: Effects of COVID-19 on the Federal Research and Development Enterprise, April 10, 2020
- Congressional Research Service: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
- Minerva-funded Researchers on COVID-19
Opportunities for Researchers
- Research to Policy Collaboration: COVID-19 Call for Action
- Emergent Ventures (George Mason University Mercatus Center): Fast Funding for COVID-19 Science
- NSF: Dear Colleague Letter on the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) — RAPID
- NIFA: Rapid Response to Novel Coronavirus (SARS-Cov-2): Impacts Across Food and Agricultural Systems
- NIH: Funding Opportunities Specific to COVID-19
- Federation of American Scientists: Ask a Scientist Sign-Up Form
- Social Science Research Council: Rapid-Response Grants on Covid-19 and the Social Sciences
- Social Science Research Council: Social Data Initiative Fellowships
- CONVERGE (University of Colorado Boulder Natural Hazards Center): COVID-19 Global Research Registry for Public Health and Social Sciences
Sources of Science-Backed News & Information
- NASEM/SEAN: Encouraging Participation and Cooperation in Contact Tracing
- NASEM/SEAN: Encouraging Adoption of Protective Behaviors to Mitigate the Spread of COVID-19: Strategies for Behavior Change
- NASEM/ SEAN: Evaluating Data Types: A Guide for Decision Makers using Data to Understand the Extent and Spread of COVID-19
- EBSCO: COVID-19 Information
- U.K. Campaign for Social Science: Social sciences responding to COVID-19
- AAAS SciLine: COVID-19 Resources for Reporters
- Science Magazine: Coronavirus: Research, Commentary, and News
- Inside Higher Ed: Coronavirus Coverage
- The Conversation: COVID-19
- Social Science Space: The Social and Behavioral Response to Coronavirus
- Child-Trends: COVID-19
- SSRC/MediaWell: News and Research on COVID-19 Mis- and Disinformation
- Federation of American Scientists: Coronavirus Project
Repositories of Social Science Research
- National Academy of Medicine: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) News and Resources
- Wiley: COVID-19: Novel Coronavirus Content Free to Access
- PubMed Central: Public Health Emergency COVID-19 Initiative
- SAGE Publishing: Coronavirus (COVID-19) Research - free medical, social, behavioral science articles
- American Educational Research Association: Coronavirus, Education Research, and Education: Relevant AERA Journal Articles
- COVID-19 Social Science Research Tracker - new research about COVID 19, including published findings, pre-prints, projects underway, and projects at least at proposal stage
- Society for Research in Child Development: The Science of Learning and Teaching at Home
- University of Massachusetts Amherst: Social Science Research on the Impacts of COVID-19
Data Sources
- Penn Wharton Budget Model: Coronavirus Policy Response Simulator
- Census Bureau: Household Pulse Survey
- Census Bureau: Small Business Pulse Survey
- National Center for Health Statistics: Excess Deaths Associated with COVID-19
- The COVID Tracking Project
- AWS: COVID-19 Data Lake
- Data Foundation: COVID Impact Survey
- COVID-19 Open Research Dataset
- Census Bureau: COVID-19 Demographic and Economic Resources
- Societal Experts Action Network: COVID-19 Survey Archive
- University of Southern California Center for Economic and Social Research: Understanding Coronavirus in America tracking survey
- Northwestern University: COVID-19 Social Change Survey
- University of Washington, Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation: COVID-19 Projections
Resources for Teaching Social Science Online
- American Economic Association: Teaching Economics Online
- American Political Science Association: APSA Educate - Political science's teaching resource library
- American Sociological Association: Teaching Online
- National Communication Association: Resources for online instruction
- American Psychological Association: Education, Training and Distance Learning
- Social Science Research Council: #coronavirussyllabus
General Guidance about COVID-19
- White House Coronavirus Task Force
- U.S. Government Response to Coronavirus, COVID-19
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Coronavirus (COVID-19)
- Food and Drug Administration: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
- Department of State Travel Information: COVID-19 Country Specific Information
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases: Coronaviruses
- National Governor’s Association: Coronavirus: What You Need to Know
- World Health Organization: Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) Pandemic
Further Reading
- NAS and NAM Presidents Alarmed by Political Interference in Science Amid Pandemic, Marcia McNutt & Victor J. Dzau, September 24, 2020
- Social Scientists on COVID-19, Colleen Flaherty, Inside Higher Ed, May 26, 2020
- Social scientists can play a key role in stopping the coronavirus, Sandro Galea, Times Higher Education May 7, 2020
- Pandemics Call for Systems Approaches to Research and Funding, Jennifer Kuzma, Khara D. Grieger, Christopher L. Cummings, Zachary S. Brown, Issues in Science and Technology, May 4, 2020
- We desperately need sound data to understand COVID impacts, Nick Hart & Charlie Rothwell, The Hill, April 28, 2020
- Social Science Research in a COVID-19 World, Northwestern University Institute for Policy Research, April 8, 2020
- Congress Needs More Scientific Expertise to Fight COVID-19, Ali Nouri, Scientific American, April 6, 2020
- Seven crucial research findings that can help people deal with COVID-19, Kirsten Weir, American Psychological Association, March 16, 2020
- The pandemic is bad, we need the capability to measure just how bad, Nick Hart & Nancy Potok, The Hill, March 25, 2020