GAO Issues Reports on Rigor of Research Practices, Impact of Funding Interruptions and Research Competitiveness
September 8, 2022
The mission of the Government Accountability Office (GAO) is to provide Congress, heads of executive agencies, and the public with timely, fact-based, non-partisan information that can be used to improve government and save taxpayers billions of dollars. …
NASEM Hosts Workshop on Psychology and Behavioral Economics
August 18, 2022
The Consensus Committee of the National Academies (NASEM) hosted the Workshop on Behavioral Economics: Exploring Applications & Research Methods on July 18-19 (see the video recording and materials here). The event sought to identify opportunities to apply …
White House Releases Memo to Guide Research Priorities
August 18, 2022
Leaders of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) released the Multi-Agency Research and Development Priorities for FY 2024 on July 22nd. The Administration’s annual memo …
Bill to Accelerate Cognitive Research in COVID-19 Passes the House
August 18, 2022
The House of Representatives passed the Brycen Gray and Ben Price COVID–19 Cognitive Research Act on July 26th. This bill, introduced by Rep. Anthony Gonzalez (R-OH), authorizes $1,000,000 for the National Science Foundation (NSF) to fund research …
Impending CR as Senate Releases Draft Appropriation Bills
On July 28, Senate Appropriations Committee Democrats released draft appropriations bills. Despite optimism earlier this year, this is a sign that bipartisan talks have not progressed as well as hoped. It is now highly unlikely that Congress will pass appropriations …
Biden Signs Historic Science Legislation
On August 9, President Biden signed the CHIPS and Science Act into law. This historic and long awaited $280 billion dollar package aims to supercharge America’s international economic competitiveness, overhauling high-tech industrial policy, bolstering domestic manufacturing, and accelerating research and …
