Social, Behavioral Scientists Eligible to Apply for NSF S-STEM Grants
Solicitations are now being sought for the National Science Foundation’s Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics program, and in an unheralded […]
Two pieces of upcoming legislation, the Frontiers in Research, Science, and Technology bill and American COMPETES, could include some unwelcome news for social and behavioral science if certain key legislators get their way.
Addressing the value of social science, Skip Lupia argues it’s absolutely fair for Congress to hold the disciplines’ feet to the fire, and absolutely necessary for researchers themselves to come to their own defense.
The benefits for social science of the just passed U.S. government budget is less what it adds and more what it doesn’t subtract.
A live-streamed panel discussion this week will officially launch a new effort to demonstrate the pocketbook benefits of social science in Britain and beyond.
Author’s note: I did this interview and originally published it in the American Association for the Advancement of Sciences Member Central blog. […]
Fifteen universities across the UK will receive £19.5 million to overhaul their social science teaching over […]
Recent events in Congress suggest the attacks on funding will not only continue but will intensify. It is also worth remembering that these attacks are just the latest in a long standing effort by conservatives to eliminate funding for social science.
The humanities and social sciences in America could use a white knight, but instead they got a white elephant.