This Project Grant award, funded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) program, provides $140,482 to support research to develop a new methodology for distinguishing between research findings that can be generalized across populations, places, and time, and those that cannot be generalized. The research aims to address a fundamental challenge in empirical research by introducing a rigorous approach to identify the environmental,...
The National Science Foundation Division of Social and Economic Science awarded a $264,424 Project Grant to the Arkansas Children's Research Institute under the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences program (CFDA 47.075). The grant will support maximizing the value of sex-inclusive research policies through analytical rigor in preclinical studies. Specifically, the grantee will conduct a large-scale analysis of biomedical literature to evaluate the impact of inappropriate statistical...
The National Science Foundation Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences awarded a $604,296 Project Grant to President and Fellows of Harvard College from July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2024. The grant is part of the NSF's Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences program (CFDA 47.075), which aims to support basic research and education in these fields as well as monitor science investments. Under the grant, Harvard will conduct research on social structure learning to contribute to the...
This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation will fund $321,072 in research at the Reed Institute under the Biological Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.074) from March 2022 through February 2025. The research aims to investigate the evolutionary and biological basis of physical and behavioral traits that are sex-biased toward male or female expression across multiple levels of biological organization. Researchers will study global hormone levels, metabolic enzymes, hormone...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) Project Grant award of $200,000 will fund research to examine the effects of gender composition on disruptive scientific teams. The project aims to achieve three key goals: Analyze the impact of gender composition on scientific disruption by examining over 49 million papers and 4 million patents across different fields over 50 years. This will provide empirical evidence of how diverse gender...
This $600,019 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) supports a collaborative research effort led by New York University (NYU) to investigate the structure and function of the X chromosome, with a focus on the process of X-chromosome inactivation. The research team, which also includes researchers from Harvard University and the New Mexico Consortium, will integrate high-resolution genomics data with advanced spatial modeling to...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $499,957 Project Grant under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) to President and Fellows of Harvard College to implement the "Design: Culture Change - Building a Relational and Inclusive Discipline through Genetics Engagement (CC-BRIDGE)" project. This two-year pilot aims to examine the role of public engagement in fostering a more diverse, inclusive, and equitable culture within the field of genetics. The project will...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (CFDA 47.074 Biological Sciences) provides $299,993 to President and Fellows of Harvard College (Harvard University) to pilot an interdisciplinary model for cultivating more ethical and equitable use of genetic technologies. The project will engage a cross-sector team, including policymakers, funders, genetics innovators, and community leaders, to examine the intended and unintended societal impacts of genetic innovations like...
This $462,400 National Science Foundation (NSF) Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) Project Grant award to the President and Fellows of Harvard College (Harvard University) aims to improve the design and implementation of matching mechanisms for various applications, such as school choice programs and physician residency assignments. The research objectives are to: 1) enhance empirical understanding of how diverse populations comprehend and interact with these mechanisms,...
President And Fellows of Harvard College was awarded a $332,169 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation under the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences program (CFDA 47.075) to conduct the State Health, Institutions, and Politics Survey from June 1, 2023 to May 31, 2025. The project will provide researchers access to large-scale, state-by-state survey data collected at multiple points in time to explore topics including public attitudes, trust in institutions, well-being, and...