Cutting NSF Is Like Liquidating Your Finest Investment
Look closely at your mobile phone or tablet. Touch-screen technology, speech recognition, digital sound recording and the internet were all developed using […]
U.S. Science Funding Bill Advances – With Raft of Restrictions
Partisan touchstones like critical race theory and environmental, social, and governance investments are among the issues encrusting the funding bill for American science currently making the rounds on Capitol Hill.
History Offers Way Forward for Ukrainian Scientific System
Research shows that local and international policymakers can minimize the harm suffered by Ukrainian science by providing direct funding to researchers, creating remote research positions and offering research opportunities abroad to Ukrainian scientists.
Social Science Research Council Turns 100: Interview with President Anna Harvey
To celebrate the Social Science Research Council’s 100th anniversary, we interviewed SSRC president Anna Harvey.
Social Science Research Council Turns 100: Fellowship and Grant Recipients
To celebrate the Social Science Research Council’s 100th anniversary, we’re highlighting three scholars honored with SSRC fellowships and awards.
NSF and NOAA Seek Proposals For Climate Change Research Center
The National Science Foundation’s directorates of geosciences and of social, behavioral and economic sciences, in collaboration with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration are calling for proposals to create a center for catastrophic impact and risk assessment modeling related to climate change.
Human-Centered AI: Carnegie Mellon University Heads New NSF-Funded Institute For Societal Decision Making
Carnegie Mellon University has received a five-year, $20 million award from the U.S. National Science Foundation to lead an institute that will employ social scientists and artificial intelligence researchers to create human-centric AI tools to help people address challenges on the job.
NSF Reaching Out to High Schoolers Interested in Social, Behavioral Science
American high school students interested in the social, behavioral and economic (SBE) sciences won’t have to wait until college to gain hands-on research experience thanks to a new National Science Foundation initiative.
Social Science Research Council Turns 100: Examining Its Present-Day Impact
Children in Sierra Leone require five vaccinations by the age of one, but many parents—especially those who face a five to eight-mile […]
