News and Announcements
February 2023 Census Project Update
Appropriations Update With the release of the President’s Fiscal Year 2024 budget postponed until March 9, there was very little appropriations news in February 2023. The most significant development was news from the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee confirming...
Upcoming listening sessions on the state of postdoctoral research training and career progression
Last week NIH announced a Request for Information (RFI) inviting the research community to give input on the state of postdoctoral research training and career progression infrastructure in biomedical science developed by a working group of the NIH Advisory Committee...
What’s New in DBASSE – February 2023
National Academies - Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education What's New in DBASSE Featured The new resources in this section focus on how we can make a more diverse, equitable, and inclusive society—from STEMM organizations, to human health and...
RSF Funding Opportunities
The Russell Sage Foundation has a number of funding opportunities for the year which might be of interest to members of the Association of Population Centers. Further if anyone is interested in updates from RSF, sign up for the newsletter here. RSF is hosting a...
COSSA Washington Update – February 21, 2023
Featured News COSSA Releases 2023 College & University Rankings for Social & Behavioral Science R&D Funding On February 8, COSSA released its annual College and University Rankings for Federal Social and Behavioral Science R&D, which highlight the top...
APC and PAA Testify before White House on Revisions to Federal Race and Ethnicity Data Collection Standards
On Thursday, February 16, the Interagency Technical Working Group on Race and Ethnicity, an inter-agency advisory group led by the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB), sponsored a (by invitation only) listening session to receive input on potential...
COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL STATISTICS February 2023
People News Passing of Tim Holt We are sad to report that Tim Holt, professor emeritus and former chair of social statistics at the University of Southampton, died suddenly on November 15, 2022, in the United Kingdom. He had a long and distinguished career in official...
NSF Launches the Accelerating Research Translation Program
New $60 million NSF program aims to increase the speed and scale of research solutions The Accelerating Research Translation program will support academic institutions to speed and scale their translational research activities to deliver impactful products, services,...
Census Bureau Releases Proof of Concept for Upcoming 2020 Census Product
Product Will Provide Detailed Racial and Ethnic Groups and American Indian and Alaska Native Tribes and Villages JAN. 31, 2023 — Today the U.S. Census Bureau released a “Proof of Concept” giving data users an opportunity to review how a new disclosure avoidance...
FRN for OMB Race/Ethnicity Standards
The Office of the Chief Statistician of the United States took a key step forward in its formal process to revise OMB’s statistical standards for collecting and reporting race and ethnicity data across Federal agencies by releasing a set of initial proposals in a...