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Skip Lupia to Head NSF’s Social Science Directorate

By Social Science Space | Published: July 10, 2018

Noted science communicator and political scientist Arthur 'Skip' Lupia will take the reins of the National Science Foundation's Directorate for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences starting in September.

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NSF Honors Developmental Psychologist With Top Early Career Award

By National Science Foundation | Published: April 12, 2018

For the first time since 2005, a social scientist has won the Alan T. Waterman Award, the nation's highest honor for early career scientists and engineers bestowed by the U.S. National Science Foundation.

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US Budget Omnibus Increases Federally Funded Research Spending

By Social Science Space | Published: March 23, 2018

Months into the 2018 fiscal year, the U.S. Congress approved and the president today signed a $1.3 trillion spending plan for the existing fiscal year that increases National Science Foundation funding to $7.77 billion and does not cut social science research funding.

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UPDATE: Senate Request for NSF 2 Percent Below Current Year

By Social Science Space | Published: July 25, 2017

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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Report Says NSF Support of Social Sciences Vital to Nation

By National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine | Published: June 9, 2017

The National Science Foundation can do a lot more to articulate the transcendent value of the social, behavioral and economic sciences in both its portfolio and its outputs, says a new report from the National Academies.

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Washington and Social Science: News Bulletin No. 3

By Mark Vieth | Published: May 10, 2017

Topics this month include a look at Congress clearing the Fiscal Year 2017 budget- and rejecting the Trump-proposed cuts to NSF and NIH funding, and what's next for the science community after the heralded March for Science.

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Washington and Social Science: News Bulletin

By Mark Vieth | Published: April 7, 2017

Trump Administration Proposes Cuts to Science Agencies On March 16, the Trump Administration released its “skinny budget” for fiscal year 2018, a broad overview of spending priorities that is not as detailed as typical annual budget submissions. However, the scientific community was alarmed to see that the Administration is proposing a 20 percent cut in […]

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Washington and Social Science: News Bulletin

By Mark Vieth | Published: March 7, 2017

Starting this month Social Science Space will begin offering monthly updates on U.S. government actions that affect the social and behavioral sciences. In this first edition, we look at reauthorization of funding for the National Science Foundation, the effect of an Obamacare repeal on social science, and concerns for the American Community Survey and GIS data on housing.

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And So Power Passes: Whats Next for Federal Role in Social Science?

By Howard J. Silver | Published: February 1, 2017

Our Howard Silver looks over some of the personnel changes and rhetoric coming from the White House to see what lies down the road for U.S. government support of social and behavioral science and data collection.

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NSF Policy Bill, Without Budget Authorization, Looks Likely to Pass

By Social Science Space | Published: December 7, 2016

UPDATED WITH HOUSE PASSAGE: A bill that was the latest version of the beloved America COMPETES -- but which no longer authorizes funding for key federal science research agencies -- looks likely to land on the president's desk. The new version has lost a particularly toxic aspect of earlier versions.

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An Engineer at the NSF: Erich Bloch, 1925-2016

By Howard J. Silver | Published: December 2, 2016

Erich Bloch was the first non-academic to serve as director of the NSF. Although a computer engineer by background, he recognized the value of the social and behavioral sciences.

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Government Research Funding Falls for Fourth Year in US

By National Science Foundation | Published: November 22, 2016

For the fourth straight year, federal funding for research and development at institutions of higher education decreased in absolute terms, according to a new brief on the 2015 fiscal year the National Science Foundation released last week. Despite that overall fall, research and development funding for psychology and for fields identified as social science increased from 2014 to 2015.

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Tag: NSF

Skip Lupia to Head NSF’s Social Science Directorate

NSF Honors Developmental Psychologist With Top Early Career Award

US Budget Omnibus Increases Federally Funded Research Spending

UPDATE: Senate Request for NSF 2 Percent Below Current Year

Report Says NSF Support of Social Sciences Vital to Nation

Washington and Social Science: News Bulletin No. 3

Washington and Social Science: News Bulletin

Washington and Social Science: News Bulletin

And So Power Passes: Whats Next for Federal Role in Social Science?

NSF Policy Bill, Without Budget Authorization, Looks Likely to Pass

An Engineer at the NSF: Erich Bloch, 1925-2016

Government Research Funding Falls for Fourth Year in US

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