The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) received a $399,967 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Biological Sciences Program (CFDA 47.074) to plan and facilitate a workshop on the benefits and risks of publishing studies involving in silico modeling and computational approaches to understand and design biological systems. The workshop aims to define critical issues associated with the publication of such studies, which may fall under the purview of the U.S. Government's Policy...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Biological Sciences (CFDA 47.074) Program grant award of $300,000.00 supports the development of a guide for ethical and effective practices in statistical graphics. The project, led by Northeastern University, aims to expand the educational framework for ethical research conduct to include teaching on how to create transparent, honest, and mindful data visualizations. The guide will be developed through interviews with practitioners and ethicists, as...
This Project Grant award of $100,000 from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) program will fund a research project to study ethical research practices for investigators working in armed conflict zones. The project, titled "Ethical and Responsible Social Science Research in Armed Conflict Contexts," aims to map existing knowledge about the ethics of research in conflict settings, document current practices for research...
This $209,826 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences Directorate (CFDA 47.075) aims to expand access to research ethics training approaches and materials across academic institutions, particularly at primarily undergraduate institutions (PUIs) that often lack dedicated research education infrastructure.
The research team will develop and disseminate open-access, customizable training modules on responsible and ethical conduct...
This $226,924 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) program aims to develop and evaluate innovative training approaches to enhance ethical decision-making skills among early-career researchers in the social sciences. The primary goals are to create text and video-based ethical dilemmas, incorporate real-time expert feedback, and compare the effectiveness of different computer-based training procedures....
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $240,900 Project Grant under its Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.070) program to The Regents of the University of Colorado to develop educational resources for the ethical use of pervasive data. The 3-year project aims to address the lack of research ethics training for computing students and junior researchers working with large-scale digital data from online platforms. In Phase 1, the team will survey current...
The Department of Energy's Office of Science awarded a $600,000 Project Grant to the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) to provide partial support for a Consensus Study on Foundation Models for Scientific Discovery and Innovation: Potential Applications and Fundamental Limitations. The study, with a performance period from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2025, will be conducted under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049). As a prestigious non-profit organization...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $259,129 Project Grant under the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) program to the Trustees of Boston College. The grant supports a research project entitled "Collaborative Research: Science and Information Integrity: Strategies for Rebuilding Trust in Science". The project aims to advance theory and knowledge about enhancing the public value of scientific findings and scientific communities, and to offer...
The National Science Foundation Office of Integrative Activities awarded $187,214 to the National Academy of Sciences under a Project Grant to support the "RAPID: Leading Practices for Improving Accessibility and Inclusion in Field and Laboratory Science – A Conversation Series" effort from July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2022. This funding supports the Geosciences program (CFDA #47.050), which aims to strengthen the national scientific enterprise through expanding fundamental knowledge...
This Project Grant award of $265,000 from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) supports a consensus study on the frontiers of statistics in science and engineering for 2035 and beyond. The study, to be conducted by the National Academy of Sciences (NAS), will explore the vitality of statistical research, highlight recent discoveries and emerging trends, and assess the role of statistics in advancing fields such as public health,...