News and Announcements
May 2025 Census Project Update
Census Stakeholder Community Mourns the Loss of Census Champions On May 9, John Thompson, who served as the 24th Director of the U.S. Census Bureau from 2013 to 2017, passed away at his home in Bend, Oregon. He worked at the U.S. Census Bureau for 27 years and also...
OBSSR Connector – May 2025
DIRECTOR’S SPOTLIGHT by Jane M. Simoni, Ph.D. Associate Director for Behavioral and Social Sciences Research and Director, Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research Ethics and Behavioral and Social Sciences Research Ethicists—people trained in the theory and...
Application Deadline May 26: Free Workshop on Measuring Systemic Oppression
Applied Methods for Studying Structural Racism, Sexism, and Other Systems of Oppression: Data, Measurement, and Modeling Date: July 22-24, 2025 In-person only (University of Michigan) This workshop provides practical, theory-driven guidance on methods for studying...
NIH Extramural NEXUS May 2025
Top Stories New NIH Foreign Subaward Structure Enhances Integrity, Accountability, Oversight, and National Security of NIH Funded Research Effective with the next NIH award cycle, all NIH-funded research involving foreign subawards must be structured as subprojects...
PRB Launches Federal Data Forum Amid Rising Threats to Public Data
New online community will foster connection and collaboration among federal data users across sectors and states Amid ongoing changes to how public data are collected and shared, PRB launched the Federal Data Forum, a new online hub designed to unite the diverse...
April 2025 Census Project Update
Appropriations Update Nearly 60 local, state and national organizations and companies joined a Census Project letter to Congressional appropriations leaders on April 3, 2025 "to support robust funding for the U.S. Census Bureau, specifically $2 billion as recommended...
National Institute on Aging’s Behavioral and Social Research (BSR) Newsletter
Research Spotlight: University of Southern California U.S. Cost of Dementia Project The United States Cost of Dementia Project provides comprehensive, national, annual estimates of the total cost of dementia and builds the capacity of researchers and policymakers to...
March 2025 Census Project Update
Appropriations Update As reported in a recent Census Project blog, on March 13, by a vote of 54-46, the U.S. Senate passed H.R. 1968, the Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025. This continuing resolution (CR) funds all federal agencies,...
Early Relational Health: A Foundation for Healthy Development Across the Lifespan
Director’s Spotlight: When asked to recall our earliest memories, many of us are not able to pinpoint exactly when or where they occurred. However, we can often remember who was there. Go ahead and try it—what is one of the earliest moments you can recall?...
NICHDevelopments
News NICHD publishes new strategic plan on research goals and strategies for advancing human health NICHD’s new five-year strategic plan reflects new opportunities for scientific discovery, such as advances in computational biology, artificial intelligence, advanced...