eSource is a collection of online chapters that provide an introduction to selected behavioral and social science research approaches, including theory development and testing, survey methods, measurement, and study design.  eSource was developed for OBSSR around 2010 by the New England Research Institute (NERI) with contributions from topic experts.  These chapters have not been updated to reflect advances in the past decade, and the exercises are not interactive in PDF format, but OBSSR continues to make these chapters available online for those who wish to use them as supplemen

The journal articles listed are those for which OBSSR provided financial and/or staff support to develop, or are key government articles related to behavioral and social sciences.

OBSSR Strategic Plan 2017–2021

• OBSSR Strategic Plan 2017–2021 (November 2016)
• Strategic Plan Videos (November 2016)
• NIH's Transformative Opportunities for the Behavioral and Social Sciences (November 2016)
• Basic and Applied Behavioural and Social Sciences at the NIH (January 2017)

Overview

In 2016, NIH issued a policy establishing an expectation that all NIH-funded investigators and staff involved in conducting, overseeing, or managing clinical trials should be trained in Good Clinical Practice (GCP) and should refresh their training at least every three years.

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Commissioned by the

Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR)
Helen I. Meissner, Ph.D., Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research

By

The Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR) has identified training needs in several areas relevant to the behavioral and social sciences.