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 […]
Opportunity to Participate in RFI on Proposed National Secure Data Service
According to the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, scientific collaboration and diplomacy are key when trying to effectively address the […]
Spring 2024 Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences Advisory Committee Meeting
The advisory committee for the U.S. National Science Foundation’s Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences Directorate meets twice yearly to provide advice, recommendations […]
New Funding Opportunity for Criminal and Juvenile Justice Doctoral Researchers
A new collaboration between the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) and the U.S. National Science Foundation has founded the Graduate Research Fellowship […]
NSF Looks Headed for a Half-Billion Dollar Haircut
Funding for the U.S. National Science Foundation would fall by a half billion dollars in this fiscal year if a proposed budget the House of Representatives’ Appropriations Committee takes effect – the first cut to the agency’s budget in several years.
Economist Kaye Husbands Fealing to Lead NSF’s Social Science Directorate
Kaye Husbands Fealing, an economist who has done pioneering work in the “science of broadening participation,” has been named the new leader of the U.S. National Science Foundation’s Directorate for Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences.
NSF Responsible Tech Initiative Looking at AI, Biotech and Climate
The U.S. National Science Foundation’s new Responsible Design, Development, and Deployment of Technologies (ReDDDoT) program supports research, implementation, and educational projects for multidisciplinary, multi-sector teams
Prototype Database Explores Economic Impact of Investing in Emerging Technologies
A new project from the National Science Foundation and partners including the Social Science Research Council will examine the economic impact of NSF’s new technology directorate.
Philip Rubin: FABBS’ Accidental Essential Man Linking Research and Policy
As he stands down from a two-year stint as the president of the Federation of Associations in Behavioral & Brain Sciences, or FABBS, Social Science Space took the opportunity to download a fraction of the experiences of cognitive psychologist Philip Rubin, especially his experiences connecting science and policy.
