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Dueling Anecdotes in the Fight For Social Science Funding
Academic Funding
June 16, 2014

Dueling Anecdotes in the Fight For Social Science Funding

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Comparing Senate Calm, House Storm on SBE Front
Academic Funding
June 5, 2014

Comparing Senate Calm, House Storm on SBE Front

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When Did Social Science Stop Being Worthy?
Academic Funding
May 27, 2014

When Did Social Science Stop Being Worthy?

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NSF Funding Bill Report Includes Two Curious Items
Academic Funding
May 7, 2014

NSF Funding Bill Report Includes Two Curious Items

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Largest-Ever NSF Budget Passes First Test

Largest-Ever NSF Budget Passes First Test

With no controversy and the only discussion about how best to honor the retiring chairman of the panel, the subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee that oversees the unlikely bedfellows of justice, commerce and scientific agencies has approved a $7.4 billion budget for the National Science Foundation.

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National Science Board Critical of FIRST Elements

National Science Board Critical of FIRST Elements

National Science Board steps beyond its usual comfort zone to lodge a criticism of NSF re-authorization bill that would establish role for Congress in picking research funding winners and losers.

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NSF Boss Finds Friendly Reception in Appropriations Panel

NSF Boss Finds Friendly Reception in Appropriations Panel

Concerns about Chinese advances and US education declines, not internecine disputes between academic disciplines, marked the Hill debut of the agency-requested budget for the National Science Foundation.

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Cuts to Behavioral and Social Science Funding Threatened

Cuts to Behavioral and Social Science Funding Threatened

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.

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LSE Study Offers More Ammunition for Social Sciences’ Defense

LSE Study Offers More Ammunition for Social Sciences’ Defense

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.

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The Importance of Studying the Obvious

The Importance of Studying the Obvious

Everyone has experience being human, and so findings in social science coincide with something that we have either experienced or can imagine experiencing. The result is that social science all too often seems like common sense.

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