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Social Science Space 2017 Round Up
News
January 10, 2018

Social Science Space 2017 Round Up

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Washington and Social Science: Bullets Dodged in 2017
Academic Funding
January 5, 2018

Washington and Social Science: Bullets Dodged in 2017

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UNC, Michigan Once Again Tops in Federal R&D on Social Science
Academic Funding
January 4, 2018

UNC, Michigan Once Again Tops in Federal R&D on Social Science

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Science vs. 2017: Five Essential Reads
News
December 28, 2017

Science vs. 2017: Five Essential Reads

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Tinkering With Symptoms: Why Britain’s Debate About Vice Chancellors’ Salaries Is Misguided

Tinkering With Symptoms: Why Britain’s Debate About Vice Chancellors’ Salaries Is Misguided

The last few weeks have seen a growing public debate about the pay packages of Britain’s academic CEOs. The vice chancellors at a number of universities, including Birmingham, Bath, Bath Spa and others, have come under heavy pressure to justify salaries that far exceed £100,000, Oddly, all the arguments for and against this start with the assumption that universities are just like any other business.

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FactCheck: Means, Ends and Absurd Science

FactCheck: Means, Ends and Absurd Science

Rand Paul used the ol’ ‘shrimp-on-a-treadmill’ example to disparage the ability of the NSF and NIH to make wise grant decisions while promoting his bill to put a non-scientific ‘taxpayer advocate’ on science grant-making panels. That poor crustacean gets more exercise being trotted out on Capitol Hill than he ever did in David Scholnick’s lab.

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Washington and Social Science: Bills on Evidence-Based Policy, Peer-Review

Washington and Social Science: Bills on Evidence-Based Policy, Peer-Review

While most eyes in Washington are focused on tax reform, two new bills that affect social science have been introduced: one that re configures how peer-review would be used for determining research grants, and another that would make use of recommendations from a bipartisan study on evidence-based policy.

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Canadian Policymakers, Please Follow Naylor Recommendations You Asked For

Canadian Policymakers, Please Follow Naylor Recommendations You Asked For

It is time, argues Andrew Craig, for the Canadian government to demonstrate they are moving ahead with all recommendations from the Naylor report — Canada’s Fundamental science review — to return balance and support Canadian science in all its wonderful diversity.

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House Science Committee Chairman Lamar Smith Will Not Seek Re-election

House Science Committee Chairman Lamar Smith Will Not Seek Re-election

Republican Congressman Lamar Smith, chairman of the House of Representatives science committee since 2013 and a burr in the side of countless social and climate scientists, will not seek re-election in 2018.

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Washington and Social Science: Back and Forth at NSF

Washington and Social Science: Back and Forth at NSF

After returning from summer recess, the House in September approved an Omnibus Appropriations Act comprised of several appropriations bills, including the Commerce-Justice-Science and Labor-Health and Human Services-Education Appropriations Act.

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Washington and Social Science: Slowdown for Recess

Washington and Social Science: Slowdown for Recess

The House approved the fiscal year 2018 National Defense Authorization Act and a security “minibus” that included fiscal year 2018 appropriations for the Departments of Defense, Energy and Homeland Security.  The House departed for its August recess, while the Senate plans to stay in session for the first two weeks of August.

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UPDATE: Senate Request for NSF 2 Percent Below Current Year

UPDATE: Senate Request for NSF 2 Percent Below Current Year

The U.S. Senate Apropriations Committee calls for a National Science Foundation budget just a hair below what the House has asked for. Both houses’ requests are far above what the president has requested.

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