Committee on Funded Research

[7/25/16 Update: Please also be aware of this meeting with NSF and NIH program officers on Tue, 8/2/2016, 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM in H-Grand Tradition. Organied by NSF and NIH program officers, it is intended as an informal “town hall” meet and greet to engage in a conversation about research and training in Statistics and Data Science.]

The ASA Committee on Funded Research (CFR) is hosting a meeting at JSM for attendees to learn about funding opportunities directly from representatives of funding agencies. "Funding Opportunities for Statistics" is scheduled for 12:15-1:45 pm on Sunday, July 31 in CC-W176c. Please watch this space for further details of location and confirmed speakers. This meeting has been very well attended in past years and I hope that you'll be part of it this year. 

The speakers lined up so far are the following (with order and approximate times): 

• 12:20: Peter Kozel, NIH Scientific Review Officer, Biostatistical Methods and Research Design Study Section (BMRD), to speak on BMRD and NIH peer review.  
• 12:35: Li Zhu, a Mathematical Statistician in the Surveillance Research Program at the National Cancer Institute of the NIH, slides 
• 12:50: Jason Gerson, Associate Director, CER Methods and Infrastructure, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI), slides
• 1:05: Henry Warchall, Senior Advisor, Division of Mathematical Sciences, slides.  
• 1:20: Cheryl Eavey, Program Director of the NSF Methodology, Measurement, and Statistics program in the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences Directorate, slides.
• 1:35: Q&A

If you have suggestions for funding for agencies/divisions not covered above, please let CFR Committee Chair Ming-Wen An know. 

Each representative will speak for approximately ten minutes with the rest of the 90 minutes for Q&A. 

The ASA Committee on Funded Research also sponsors the ASA Community Group Funding Opportunities where solicitations for various funding opportunities are circulated. You can join the group here. See also their webpage listing funding sources and advice. You can learn more about the Funding Opportunities group in this August 2014 Amstat News article: Funding Opportunities Group Enters Second Year. See also Funding Opportunities Timeline, a blog entry of recurring solicitation deadlines of possible interest to statisticians.

For the 2014 JSM funding opportunity meeting, see ASA Committee on Funded Research to Host Funding Opportunities Meeting at JSM. For 2015, see ASA Committee on Funded Research to Host Funding Opportunities Meeting at 2015 JSM.