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Experts Meet to Discuss NICHD Strategic Plan: Public Webinar to be Held October 31
October 30, 2018
On October 15 and 16, national experts appointed by the Director of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), Dr. Diana Bianchi , met in Washington, DC to discuss the Institute’s recently launched strategic planning exercise. Over two days, the Strategic Planning Working Group, comprised of approximately 80 scientists and NICHD program staff, met to identify research themes and scientific domains. During the meeting, the
read moreNIH to Release Parent FOA’s for Basic Experimental Studies with Humans
October 30, 2018
In the last step of its five-part plan to address scientists’ concerns about the inclusion of basic science within the clinical trial case studies, NIH plans to publish Parent Funding Opportunity Announcements (FOAs) for Basic Experimental Studies with Humans. Parent FOAs are broad funding opportunity announcements that allow applicants to submit investigator-initiated applications. On October 26th, NIH issued a “Notice of Intent” to publish these FOAs in late
read moreNSF Funding in Limbo For Now
October 30, 2018
With enthusiasm from many corners, Congress passed and the President signed a massive spending bill funding the Departments of Defense, Labor, Health, and Education a couple of days before FY 2019 would begin. Although agencies funded under the bill fared well, agencies such as the National Science Foundation have not received a budget for the current fiscal year.
NSF and other agencies continue their FY 2018 funding under a short-term continuing resolution (CR) that
read moreQ & 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 faced and his vision for SBE.
What are your priorities for the SBE Directorate in the upcoming year?
Thank you for asking. In many ways, it has never been a better time to be a social and behavioral scientist. When
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