Hi all!
Some of you may know that the ASA is a member of COSSA, or the Consortium of Social Science Associations. This week, we have come across two opportunities through COSSA and would like to share them with the community members.
The first is a request for Census Scientific Advisory Committee nominations. Here's what COSSA has to say...
The Census Bureau has issued a call for nominations for membership to the Census Scientific Advisory Committee. This committee advises the Director of the Census Bureau on statistical data collection, statistical analysis, econometrics, cognitive psychology, and a variety of other scientific areas pertaining to Census Bureau programs and activities. According to the notice in the Federal Register, "Nominees must have scientific and technical expertise in such areas as demography, economics, geography, psychology, statistics, survey methodology, social and behavioral sciences, Information Technology, computing, or marketing." The deadline for applications is July 15, 2016. More information is available in the Federal Register.
The second opportunity has to do with the Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research at the NIH. The OBSSR is in the final stages of shaping their strategic plan for the next five years, and the ASA has an opportunity to comment on the draft through COSSA. Please check out the link below... if you're interested in commenting, let me know!
https://obssr.od.nih.gov/still-time-to-help-shape-obssr-2016-2020-strategic-plan/
Thanks,
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Amy Nussbaum
Science Policy Fellow
American Statistical Association
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