News and Announcements
Job Posting – Associate Director, University of Notre Dame
Job Title: Associate Director Institution or company: University of Notre Dame Job Description: Notre Dame Population Analytics (ND Pop) is seeking a strategic, mission-driven, and experienced professional who is passionate about the power of data to drive insights...
National Institute on Aging’s Behavioral and Social Research (BSR) Newsletter – June 2025
Behavioral and Social Science Funding Opportunities from NIA and NIH NOT-CA-24-031: Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Validation of Digital Health and Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning Tools for Improved Assessment in Biomedical and Behavioral Research....
State of World Population 2025 report: The Real Fertility Crisis
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) launched its State of World Population 2025 report, which reveals how the most consequential reproductive decision a human being can make — when, whether and with whom to have a child — is being undermined by economic and social...
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...