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On November 18, National Institutes of Health (NIH) director Francis Collins released a statement announcing that on November 15 he received the formal recommendation of the NIH Scientific Review Board to create a new NIH institute for substance use, abuse and addiction research and related public health initiatives, and the dissolution of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) and the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). NIH Director: 'A New Institute Focusing On Substance Use, Abuse, and Addiction Research. As the great philosopher Yogi Berra said, perhaps 'It is dГ©jГ vu all over again.' The Senate, still in Democratic hands, as is the White House, can stop these policy recommendations, but much work will need to be done.Д¬OSSA was established as an advocacy group in 1981 when President Reagan took office and in his FY 1981 budget called for reducing funding for the social and behavioral sciences at NSF by 80 percent. However, Boehner and Cantor will be in charge of the House and can push through recommendations with their huge Republican majority. Of course, this was 2009 and next year will be 2011. Reducing spending for BCS and SES programs by 50% would save taxpayers $99 million next year and $495 million over five years. Legislatures, Collaborative Research on Team versus Individual Play, Study of the Archives of Andean Knotted-String Records: The Khipu Database Project, Accuracy in the cross-cultural understanding of others' emotions, The Cultural Politics of Fair Trade Coffee: Commodifying Social Justice, and Social Relationships, and Reproductive Strategies of Phayre's Leaf Monkeys. Past NSF awards have included: Policy Positions and Policy Choice in U.S. Unlike NSF's other hard science programs (such as engineering and biological sciences) these soft science programs are often more controversial and less directly related to NSF's core mission. The National Science Foundation intends to spend $198 million next year on Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences (BCS) and Social and Economic Sciences (SES). Refocus the National Science Foundation on Hard Sciences

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In June 2009, soon-to-be Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH) and soon-to-be Majority Leader Eric Cantor, acting in their capacity as leaders of the then Republican minority, sent a letter to President Obama outlining their proposals for cutting the federal budget to reduce the deficit.ДЄmong a series of recommendations in the letter was the following: Individuals who will be or hope-to-be in leadership positions in the new Congress have also made proposals, plans, including rolling back federal spending to FY 2008 levels.ДЄnother proposal emanates from the new House leadership in the 112 th Congress and could have dire consequences for the social and behavioral sciences. In addition, groups continue to release their plans to reduce the deficit and debt. If an Omnibus is impossible to enact, the CR may simply get extended into early 2011 or for the whole year. The current Continuing Resolution (CR) funding government agencies and programs at FY 2010 levels expires on December 3. Discussions continue on trying to finish the FY 2011 appropriations process with an Omnibus legislative vehicle that would include all twelve spending bills. The 111 th Congress returned for its lame-duck session on November 15. Science of Research on Discrimination and Health: A Call for Papers NIH Health Economics for Health Care Reform Funding OpportunitiesДЄHRQ: Advances in Patient Safety through Simulation Research: Applications WantedДЄHRQ: Patient Safety and Medical Liability Reform Planning Projects NIH Awards Recovery Act Grants to Foster Scientific Workforce Diversity Institute of Medicine Celebrates 10th Anniversary of 'Neurons to Neighborhoods.'ДЄdministration Issues Executive Order on Controlled Unclassified Information Baird's Valedictory at APA Science Leadership Conference

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NIH Director: 'A New Institute Focusing On Substance Use, Abuse, and Addiction Research Makes Scientific Sense' Republicans Push for Spending Cuts: One Possible Scenario is Significant Reductions in NSF SBE Research