News and Announcements
NICHDevelopments: September 2023
NIH establishes Maternal Health Research Centers of Excellence The National Institutes of Health has awarded $24 million in first-year funding to establish Maternal Health Research Centers of Excellence. Part of NIH’s Implementing a Maternal health and PRegnancy...
CNSTAT Newsletter September 2023
Upcoming Meetings September 21 11:00 am – 12:00 pm Policies and Programs to Reduce Intergenerational Poverty Report Release Webinar. For more information and to register for this virtual webinar, go here. September 29 12:00 – 12:45 pm What is the Future of Behavioral...
Ad Hoc Group Round Up
News Senate HELP Committee to Hold Hearing on NIH Nomination in October In a Sept. 8 statement, Chair of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Bernie Sanders (I.-Vt.) indicated that the committee will hold a confirmation hearing on the...
National Science Board 2024 Honorary Awards Nominations
The National Science Board welcomes nominations for its 2024 Honorary Awards! Our Vannevar Bush Award honors exceptional lifelong leaders in science and technology while our Science & Society Award recognizes those who enhance public understanding of science and...
Census Bureau Seeks Nominations for new 2030 Census Advisory Committee
The Census Bureau recently announced the establishment of a new 2030 Census Advisory Committee in the Federal Register. The Bureau is seeking to fill 30 slots on this new committee. More information about the nominations process is posted here. Nominations are due...
COSSA Washington Update September 2023
COSSA Marks One Year of CHIPS and Science Act August 9 marked the one year anniversary of enactment of the CHIPS and Science Act (P.L. 117-167), sweeping legislation aimed at reinvestment in and advancement of the U.S. scientific enterprise. Countless activities have...
Division Director, Division of Social and Economic Sciences (SES) at NSF
The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences is seeking leading candidates to fill the position of Division Director, Division of Social and Economic Sciences (SES) at NSF. The deadline for applications is...
Postdoctoral Scholars Opportunity – Health Disparities Research Scholars at University of Wisconsin, Madison
The HDRS Postdoctoral Scholars Program has been funded since 2007 by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health &Human Development and supported by the Department of Population Health Sciences at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine...
July 2023 Census Project Update
Appropriations Update On July 28, the U.S. Congress adjourned for its traditional August district work period without completing action on the 12 Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 appropriations bills, including the Commerce, Justice, Science (CJS) bill, which funds the Census...
Population Scientists Discuss Baby Boomers on Capitol Hill
On July 20, the Population Association of America (PAA), in cooperation with the Association of Population Centers (APC), sponsored its first in-person briefing since 2019, “Happy Birthday, Baby—Boomers!” on Capitol Hill. The briefing featured a panel of experts who...