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 […]
NSF and NOAA Seek Proposals For Climate Change Research Center
The National Science Foundation’s directorates of geosciences and of social, behavioral and economic sciences, in collaboration with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration are calling for proposals to create a center for catastrophic impact and risk assessment modeling related to climate change.
Human-Centered AI: Carnegie Mellon University Heads New NSF-Funded Institute For Societal Decision Making
Carnegie Mellon University has received a five-year, $20 million award from the U.S. National Science Foundation to lead an institute that will employ social scientists and artificial intelligence researchers to create human-centric AI tools to help people address challenges on the job.
NSF Reaching Out to High Schoolers Interested in Social, Behavioral Science
American high school students interested in the social, behavioral and economic (SBE) sciences won’t have to wait until college to gain hands-on research experience thanks to a new National Science Foundation initiative.
Social Science Research Council Turns 100: Examining Its Present-Day Impact
Children in Sierra Leone require five vaccinations by the age of one, but many parents—especially those who face a five to eight-mile […]
Social Science Research Council Turns 100: The Early Years
This article is the first in a series celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Social Science Research Council—a New York City-based independent […]
Latest Defense Department Minerva Grants Look at AI, Misinformation, Climate
The Pentagon’s Minerva Research Initiative has funded six social science projects under its Defense Education and Civilian University Research banner.
President Biden’s 2024 Budget Request Calls for 18.6 Percent Increase in NSF Budget
Although it’s purely aspirational at best, the Biden administration is seeking an 18.6 percent increase in the budget for the National Science Foundation, the United States’ largest funder of academic social science research.
Europe’s Research Universities Call for Harnessing Breadth of Social Science and Humanities
A new report from a consortium of European research universities says if the European Union really wants to achieve its stated policy goals, it had better heed the advice of the consortium on including the “broadest possible range” of social science and humanities insights.
