News and Announcements
NICHDevelopments: June 2022
Selected Funding Opportunities Requests for Applications, Program Announcements NIH Request for Information (RFI) on Interdisciplinary Research Opportunities that Bridge Neuroscience and Environmental Health Science Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Mentored Career...
Notice of Special Interest: Administrative Supplements to NIH-funded T32 and TL1 Training Grants to Better Integrate Behavioral and Social Sciences (BSS) with other Health-Related Sciences
Notice Number NOT-OD-22-141 Key Dates First Available Due Date: July 11, 2022 Expiration Date: July 12, 2022 Purpose OBSSR is interested in supporting the integration of health-related behavioral and social sciences (BSS) with other biomedical methodological and...
COSSA Washington Update – June 21, 2022
Featured News Kellina Craig-Henderson Tapped to Lead Social Science Directorate at NSF On June 16, the National Science Foundation (NSF) announced that Dr. Kellina Craig-Henderson has been selected to serve as the Assistant Director for the Social, Behavioral, and...
Human Networks and Data Science (HNDS) Proposal Deadline
Full Proposal Deadline Date: July 14, 2022 Deadline for direct submissions to Human Networks and Data Science Core Research (HNDS-R) only. Program Guidelines: NSF 22-505 Synopsis The Human Networks and Data Science program (HNDS) supports research that enhances...
NSF selects Kellina Craig-Henderson to lead its Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences Directorate
The U.S. National Science Foundation has selected Kellina Craig-Henderson to serve as Assistant Director of its Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences Directorate. She had been serving as acting assistant director since January. Craig-Henderson is a former professor...
Statement: Implications of Restricting Access to Abortion
The Population Association of America and Association of Population Centers have not issued an official position on the legal, ethical, or moral implications of abortion. However, as scientists, we encourage policymakers to consider the strong evidence revealed by...
COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL STATISTICS June 2022
Upcoming Events The National Academies is holding some meetings in person and virtually for some events, but virtual options are available. All times are Eastern. June 21-22, 2022 Hybrid Public Workshop on 2020 Census Data Products: Housing and Demographic...
Census Project Update May 2022
Appropriations Update Fiscal Year 2023 Hearings Held In May 2022, the House and Senate Commerce, Justice, Science (CJS) Appropriations Subcommittees held hearings featuring Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo. At hearings held on May 11 and 12, select subcommittee...
COPAFS May 2022 Stakeholder Report
COPAFS News 2022 ICPSR Summer Program: Stats and Methods Courses Registration is now open for the 2022 ICPSR Summer Program in Quantitative Methods of Social Research. Founded in 1963, the ICPSR Summer Program offers rigorous, hands-on training in statistics,...
Statement regarding 2020 Census Post Enumeration Survey
Population scientists, including demographers, economists, and sociologists, rely on data collected and disseminated by the U.S. Census Bureau to inform their scientific and applied research and research training activities on a wide range of topics, including...