National Science Board Holds Spring Meeting, Honoring Waterman Award Winners and Outgoing Board Members
May 12, 2022
On May 5, the National Science Board (NSB) held a hybrid meeting, the first with an in-person component since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. The NSB is a 25-member body that oversees the National Science Foundation …
A Vision for Equitable Data: Recommendations from the Equitable Data Working Group
April 28, 2022
President Biden’s Executive Order on Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government (“Equity EO”) formed the Equitable Data Working Group. The goal of the Working Group is to collect appropriate data to …
White House Held a Virtual Summit on Evidence for Action
April 13, 2022
Last week, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) kicked off a yearlong series of discussions on “translating research evidence to practice and policy” with the …
Equity Guides Future of Education Research Report
On March 31, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) released recommendations for the Future of Education Research at the Institute of Education Sciences (IES). NASEM convened an expert committee, at the request of IES, to assess and …
NSF Establishes TIP Directorate
March 24, 2022
National Science Foundation (NSF) Director Sethuraman Panchanathan announced the launch of a new research Directorate for Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) on March 16th.
TIP will integrate new and existing programs focused on advancing emerging technologies, accelerating …
Congress Establishes Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health
March 24, 2022
In passing Fiscal Year 2022 government funding legislation, Congress took the next step toward creating an Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H), as proposed by President Biden. The initiative offers nimble funding mechanisms to support research …
