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

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

Notices of Funding Opportunities

The OBSSR encourages behavioral and social sciences research across the translational spectrum through involvement, coordination, and participation in NIH-wide notices of funding opportunities.

View Notices of Funding Opportunities.

The Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR) uses blogs to provide research and program updates.

Get regular updates from the OBSSR Director, William T. Riley, Ph.D., in the monthly Director’s Voice.

Interesting findings from recently published behavioral and social sciences research can be found in our monthly Research Spotlights.