Cutting NSF Is Like Liquidating Your Finest Investment
Look closely at your mobile phone or tablet. Touch-screen technology, speech recognition, digital sound recording and the internet were all developed using […]
Social Science Spending a Pawn in Budget Games
In the White House’s budget on the table in Washington, D.C. right now, NSF, NIH and other U.S. government funders of social and behavioral science research have built in extra money for grants, Howard Silver explains how that money, much of it marked as ‘mandatory,’ is anything but.
D.C. Event Helps Policymakers See Past the Abstract
Several recent reports from members of Congress that take potshots at what a quick look suggests is silly scientific research has led a pair of coalitions to explain just how important it is to look at whole story before rushing to judgment.
Social Science Gets Surprisingly Warm Reception on Hill
At the scene of many a dismal day for partisans of social and behavioral science, a hearing Tuesday on Capitol Hill saw proponents of the disciplines loud and proud. However, those hoping for an $8 billion budget next year for the NSF had less to be happy about.
Archived Webinar: US Funding Picture for 2016
In this archived version of a webcast held on February 17, Mark Vieth — senior vice president of the Washington government relations firm CRD Associates – addresses these issues and others, including what the just-released federal budget from the White House means for federally funded research.
Lamar Smith’s National Interest Bill Passes House
Legislation that requires that future grants made by the National Science Foundation meet a test for being in the ‘national interest’ passed the House of Representatives on Wednesday.
Omnibus US Funding Bill Smiles on Social Science
UPDATED with COSSA analysis: Social and behavioral science funded by the U.S. government appears to have received an early Christmas present as leaders in the House of Representatives unveiled a $1.1 trillion spending bill to keep the federal enterprise funded in 2016.
Bill That Seeks ‘National Interest’ Justifications for NSF Grants Advances
A bill that would require the National Science Foundation to justify, in writing, that every grant it makes is in the national interest and “worthy of federal funding” passed the science committee of the U.S. House of Representatives this morning.
Funding Social Science: A Primer on US Budgeting Process
Howard Silver examines the process in which federal research funding is arrived at — and points out how the process is, or isn’t, working in this Congress.
