The National Institutes of Health is seeking comments on the draft NIH policy for data management and sharing. ...
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Social and Behavioral Sciences Key to Research Funded by the NIH HEAL Initiative to Tackle the National Opioid Crisis
The National Institutes of Health has awarded $945 million in total fiscal year 2019 funding for grants, contracts and cooperative agreements across 41 states through the Helping to End Addiction Long-term Initiative or ...
Continuing to Work with the Community on Registration and Results Reporting for Basic Experimental Studies involving Humans
This blog was co-authored by Drs. Michael Lauer, Deputy Director for Extramural Research, and Carrie Wolinetz, Associate Director for Science Policy. Dr. Michael Lauer The research that NIH funds doesn’t always fal ...
2019 Matilda White Riley Honors Event Highlights Innovative Behavioral and Social Sciences Research
On June 6, 2019, the Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR) hosted the 12th NIH Matilda White Riley Behavioral and Social Sciences Honors. Each year, this honors event commemorates the contributions of ...
High-Risk, High-Reward Research of the Behavioral and Social Sciences
This blog was co-authored by Dr. Elizabeth (Betsy) Wilder, Director of the NIH Office of Strategic Coordination (OSC). More information about OSC and The Common Fund can be found here. Dr. Betsy Wilder The National ...
Accomplishments of the Behavioral and Social Sciences – Let’s Generate a Comprehensive List
For a number of years, OBSSR has made available a fact sheet (PDF, 1,071 KB) that lists some key accomplishments of health-related behavioral and social sciences research. That fact sheet, developed in 2013, is becoming ...
The Protocol Template for Behavioral and Social Sciences Research Involving Humans: A New Community 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 here. Dr. Carrie D. Wolinetz A few months ago, back in August 2018, ...
Implementation Science Underpins the HHS Initiative on Ending the HIV Epidemic
In the State of the Union Address, the President announced the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) initiative on Ending the HIV Epidemic. The goals are bold, to reduce new infections by 75% in 5 years and by 9 ...
NICHD Seeks Input on Strategic Plan
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 ...
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