COSSA

U.S. Science Funding Bill Advances – With Raft of Restrictions
Investment
July 19, 2023

U.S. Science Funding Bill Advances – With Raft of Restrictions

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Social Science Can Reduce Firearm-Related Injuries
Insights
December 14, 2022

Social Science Can Reduce Firearm-Related Injuries

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Why Social Science? Because Vaccination is a Human—Not Technical—Process
Impact
October 19, 2021

Why Social Science? Because Vaccination is a Human—Not Technical—Process

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COSSA Offers Social Science Recommendations to New US President
Bookshelf
January 5, 2021

COSSA Offers Social Science Recommendations to New US President

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Seminar Links Social and Behavioral Insights on COVID with Policy

Seminar Links Social and Behavioral Insights on COVID with Policy

On October 9, a free online symposium will bring together social and behavioral science researchers in the United States whose work can inform public policies related to the pandemic with policymakers and public servants who are crafting and enacting legislation and other responses to COVID-19.

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Opportunity: COSSA Seeking Nominations for 2020 Impact Award

Opportunity: COSSA Seeking Nominations for 2020 Impact Award

COSSA is now seeking nominations for the 2020 COSSA Public Impact Award. If you know of individuals, groups, or organizations that are using social and behavioral science research to affect real change in society, consider nominating them!

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Societal Impact of Social Sciences and Humanities Conference

Societal Impact of Social Sciences and Humanities Conference

A conference bringing together researchers, policy makers, professional societies, evaluators, funders, private sector players, and a variety of stakeholders to talk about impact in the social sciences and humanities takes place later this month in Washington, D.C.

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Share Your Social Science Story

Share Your Social Science Story

COSSA is calling for the social science community to submit stories of social sciences successes, whether it be advances in research, an example of how social science is being used effectively in your community, an educational experience or teacher who shaped the trajectory of your social science career.

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COSSA, Others Fear Fallout from Census Including Citizenship Question

COSSA, Others Fear Fallout from Census Including Citizenship Question

UPDATED: Many academic groups that use U.S Census data for research fear the negative effects of including a question about citizenship on the 2020 count. “Adding a new citizenship question to the 2020 Census would destroy any chance for an accurate count, discard years of careful research, and increase costs significantly,” wrote The Leadership Conference, an umbrella group.

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COSSA Looks at the President’s Science Budget in Depth

COSSA Looks at the President’s Science Budget in Depth

The Consortium of Social Science Associations has taken a good look at the budget proposed by President Trump, and finds a particular concern: the disproportionate treatment of the NSF’s Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences Directorate in the request, which would see a cut of 9.1 percent from FY 2017.

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UNC, Michigan Once Again Tops in Federal R&D on Social Science

UNC, Michigan Once Again Tops in Federal R&D on Social Science

The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill and the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor continue to lead the United States in total federal social science research dollars, according to a just-released annual survey from the Consortium of Social Science Associations

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Archived Webinar: Social Science in the Age of Trump

Archived Webinar: Social Science in the Age of Trump

In the hour-long recorded conversation with Social Science Space editor Michael Todd, COSSA’s Wendy Naus discusses what individual social science scholars, students and their academic societies can do if they feel threatened by the currents in Washington, D.C.

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