On January 2, 2019, the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) released a Request for Information (RFI) seeking input on its Strategic Plan 2020-2024. From a collaborative ...
Reflections on Behavioral and Social Sciences at the NIH in 2018
The behavioral and social sciences continue to play an integral role in the mission of the NIH. In FY2018, NIH funding for grants meeting the RCDC criteria for behavioral and social sciences research was $4.83 billion, a ...
New Funding Opportunities for Basic Experimental Studies Involving Humans
NIH released new funding opportunity announcements for Basic Experimental Studies Involving Humans. These funding opportunities are for studies that meet the definition of basic research and are subject to clinical trial ...
Celebrating the behavioral and social sciences at the NIH
On November 27, 2018, the NIH Behavioral and Social Sciences Research Coordinating Committee (BSSR-CC) and the Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR) will host the third NIH Behavioral and Social Scien ...
Behavioral and Social Scientists Lead Scientific Replication Efforts
Last month, a group of researchers representing labs from five institutions and the Center for Open Science published findings on the replication of 21 studies previously published in Nature and Science. ...
The Behavioral and Social Clinical Trials Template: A New Resource!
This blog was co-authored by Dr. Carrie D. Wolinetz, Director of the NIH Office of Science Policy (OSP). More information about OSP can be found at https://osp.od.nih.gov. ...
NIH Releases Notice Delaying Enforcement of Clinical Trials Policies for Basic Research
On July 20, 2018, the NIH released Guide Notice NOT-OD-18-212, “Delayed Enforcement and Short-Term Flexibilities for Some Requirements Affecting Prospective Basic Science Studies Involving Human Participants.” ...
A Better Lens for Viewing NIH Funding of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research
“Let’s not fly blind” has been a frequent call to action at OBSSR in recent years. We are responsible for coordinating the behavioral and social sciences research (BSSR) at the NIH but that is a difficult task without th ...
Celebrating the Behavioral and Social Sciences at the Matilda White Riley Honors
Congratulations to our 11th NIH Matilda White Riley Distinguished Lecturer and our Early Stage Investigator Paper Awardees. ...
Opioid Crisis Requires Social and Behavioral Research Solutions
Each day, more Americans die from drug overdoses (175) than from motor vehicle accidents (110). Many of these overdoses are accidental, and some are intentional, but nearly all are the result of social and behavioral fac ...
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