BSSR News - Archived Posts

Archived announcements from the OBSSR and NIH as well as archived stories in the news about OBSSR.

Archived BSSR News posts by Year

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New Funding Opportunity: NIH HEAL Initiative Announcement for Stigma in the Context of Chronic Pain Management and Opioid Use
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…
COVID-19 Specific Survey Items Now Available on PhenX and the NIH Disaster Research Response (DR2) Platforms
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…
Identify Important New Directions for Health-Related Behavioral and Social Science Research by April 30, 2020
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 Can Help with Your Behavioral and Social Sciences Research
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…