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 […]
NSF Seeks Input on Research Ethics
In a ‘Dear Colleague’ letter released September 9, the NSF issued a ‘request for information,’ or RFI, from those interested in research ethics.
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.
