Could Distributed Peer Review Better Decide Grant Funding?
The landscape of academic grant funding is notoriously competitive and plagued by lengthy, bureaucratic processes, exacerbated by difficulties in finding willing reviewers. Distributed […]
Groundbreaking Archeologist Eduardo Matos Moctezuma Wins Asturias Social Science Prize
Citing his “extraordinary intellectual rigor in reconstructing the civilizations of Mexico and Mesoamerica,” the 2022 Princess of Asturias Award for Social Sciences has gone to Mexican archeologist and anthropologist Eduardo Matos Moctezuma.
White House Stands up ARPA-H, Names Anthropologist Adam Russell to Lead Launch
The United States has formally established the Advanced Research Project Agency for Health, or ARPA-H, as an independent entity within the National Institutes of Health. Anthropologist Adam H. Russell will head the new agency as acting deputy director
Criminologist Nancy La Vigne to Head U.S. National Institute of Justice
President Joe Biden has named criminologist Nancy La Vigne to head the National Institute of Justice, the arm of the U.S. Department […]
SSRC, NSF Team Up To Examine Impact of Public Health Guidance
In a new initiative with an initial $20 million budget, the U.S. National Science Foundation is partnering with the Social Science Research Council to identify and support science research into public health guidance and its impact.
David Williams on ‘The Virus of Racism’ at OBSSR’s Annual Matilda White Riley Event
Sociologist David R. Williams will address “The Virus of Racism” for the National Institutes of Health’s Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research annual celebration of the legacy of Matilda White Riley.
Timeline of Psychology: A Quick Slideshow
This interactive timeline of some of the most important achievements in the field of psychology field as presented at the Introduction to Psychology website. On […]
Nominations Sought for US National Medal of Science Candidates
The National Science Foundation is is accepting nominations for the U.S. National Medal of Science until May 20 and a webinar on March 30 will provide tips for submitting nominations.
Purdue Science and Tech Scholar Fouché Heads NSF Social and Economic Sciences Division
and a science and technologies studies scholar whose high-profile work often looks at the connection of sport and technology, has taken the reins of the National Science Foundation’s Social and Economic Sciences Division
