Important Changes to the Common Rule on Human Subjects Research go into Effect
January 24, 2019
After many years in the making, the compliance date – January 21, 2019 – for the revised Federal Policy for the Protection of Human Subjects (45 CFR 46 Subpart A), known as the Common Rule, has finally …
NICHD Seeking Comments for Strategic Plan
January 24, 2019 (Updated Feb 22, 2019)
On January 2, 2019, The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) issued a Request for Information regarding their strategic plan for 2020 – 2024. The plan is …
Federal Office of Evaluation Services Seeks Research Fellows
November 16, 2018
Over the past for years, the Office of Evaluation Services (OES) within the General Services Administration has been working quietly and diligently to complete over sixty randomized evaluations of federal agency programs. Bringing insights from the behavioral …
Organizations Collaborate on Joint Response to NIH Registration and Reporting RFI
November 16, 2018
Twenty-three scientific societies and higher education associations, joined by an additional twenty-three higher education institutions, submitted a letter to NIH in response to the NIH Request for Information (RFI) on Registration and Reporting Standards for Prospective Basic …
Michael C. Frank Featured at NIH’s Behavioral and Social Sciences Meeting
October 30, 2018
At a recent meeting of the NIH’s Behavioral and Social Sciences Research Coordinating Committee, Michael C. Frank of Stanford University spoke to attendees about the need for more big data to understand early language development in children. …
Q & A with Arthur Lupia, NSF Assistant Director, on Challenges and Directions for SBE
October 30, 2018
Just after Labor Day, Arthur (Skip) Lupia, joined the National Science Foundation (NSF) as an Assistant Director and Director for the Social, Behavioral, and Economic (SBE) Sciences Directorate. We asked him about the challenges the Directorate has …
