BSSR News and Announcements

Recent announcements from the OBSSR and NIH as well as recent stories in the news about OBSSR.

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A new quick turn-around opportunity for administrative supplements has been published today. As part of NIH’s Helping to End Addiction Long Term (HEAL) Initiative, NIH will support supplements to current HEAL awards to address the challenges for peop…
Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, researchers with existing longitudinal cohorts and survey samples have been developing and fielding new survey items assessing various COVID-19 specific domains such as symptoms, knowledge and attitudes, adherence t…
The NIH Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR) is seeking broad public input on important new directions for health-related behavioral and social sciences research (BSSR). Today (February 18), OBSSR released a R…
OBSSR has begun a series of visits to intramural researchers, programs, and branches; has participated in the NIH Bench-to-Bedside Program awards since 2009; and is developing a standardized process for intramural programs to request funding supp…
OBSSR announces the recipients of the R25 short courses on innovative methodologies and approaches in the behavioral and social sciences.