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Impact of public health guidance is focus of new NSF partnership with Social Science Research Council

'Strengthening American Infrastructure' expands, offers new funding opportunities

Rayvon Fouché to lead NSF’s Social and Economic Sciences Division

NSF and William T. Grant Foundation partner on youth-focused research

NSF supports infrastructure-focused research projects grounded in behavioral and social science

NSF builds scientific capacity at more than 20 minority-serving institutions in 12 states

Cold weather cost New England electric customers nearly $1.8 billion in one month

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Examining the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the rural American West

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Statement on the Nobel Prize for Economics 2020

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Researchers uncover strong link between sadness and smoking

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Statement on executive order to maintain American leadership in artificial intelligence

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Domestic violence interventions: Thoughts on what works to address this costly crime

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Intimate-partner domestic violence in the US: costs, consequences, causes and possible solutions

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NSF announces new measures to protect research community from harassment

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Mother’s Day Q&A: Science to help mothers in the workforce

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Women’s History Month: The science of broadening participation of women in STEM

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Failure to understand risks may lead to dangerous delay in seeking medical care

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8 ways the National Science Foundation supports our troops

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Note from the director: Broadening participation through NSF INCLUDES

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Analyzing how gun violence affects high-risk populations

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Video: What can we do about false confessions?

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Flint water crisis: For young engineers, a lesson on the importance of listening

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New electricity meters are smart -- but are they trusted?

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The source of statistics: New frontiers in survey methodology

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Cybersecurity research looks to guard networks from 'insider threats'

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When hackers talk, this research team listens

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Foreseeing US economic trends

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Justice intersects with research on federal review committee

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Earthquakes expose limits of scientific predictions

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Exploring the human side of climate change adaptation

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