Social, Behavioral Scientists Eligible to Apply for NSF S-STEM Grants
Solicitations are now being sought for the National Science Foundation’s Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics program, and in an unheralded […]
A little bit of poli sci learning might be a tonic in Washington. But as Michael Harris points out, some legislators like Dr. Tom Coburn want to restrict funding for their ‘medicine.’
The former director of the U.S. Census and the current president the Consortium of Social Science Associations will be among the scholars joining the panel that oversees the National Science Foundation this August..
On May 29, the National Science Foundation issued an Important Notice to Presidents of Universities and Colleges and Heads of Other National […]
UPDATED: After last week’s flurry of activity in the House and with the Senate weighing in this week, where does social science stand in regard to continued U.S. government spending? The warning signs are more concerning than the current status.
Calling it only the “first step,” two prominent Republican congressmen called for freezing federal funding for social science research paid for by the National Science Foundation.
bad news for NSF funded social science — one bill wants to strip $50 million from the Social, Behavioral and Economic Science directorate, while a promised appropriations amendment would hold next year’s funding to this year’s level.
The funding seesaw for that corner of the federal government that pays for a majority of university-based social science in the United States swung lower on Wednesday afternoon.
The National Science Foundation, which funds the majority of university-based social science research in the United States, will see two different ideas of how its research budget should be overseen in play this week in the U.S. House of Representatives.