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❑ This Month’s HEADLINES
❑ This Month’s DEEP DIVE: White House Science Policy Activities with OSTP’s Lisa Nichols
❑ This Month’s HOMEWORK: Actions you can take this month
March 12, 2020
Lisa NicholsAssistant Director for Academic Engagement, OSTP
Wendy NausExecutive Director, COSSA
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CONGRESS• Government, Science Orgs Respond to COVID-19
outbreak• More: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/6074
• Congress Holds Hearings on FY 2021 Appropriations• More: www.cossa.org/tag/fy-2021
EXECUTIVE BRANCH• Administration Plans to Eliminate Funding for DOD
Minerva Initiative• More: https://www.cossa.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/FY-2021-Budget-
Analysis-DOD-Supplement.pdf
• OSTP Requests Information on Open Access in Peer-Reviewed Publications• More: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/02/19/2020-
03189/request-for-information-public-access-to-peer-reviewed-scholarly-publications-data-and-code
• NSF Responds to JASON Research Security Report• More:
https://nsf.gov/news/special_reports/jasonsecurity/NSF_response_JASON.pdf
• NIH and OBSSR Requesting Comments on Strategic Plans• More: https://www.nih.gov/about-nih/nih-wide-strategic-plan• More: https://obssr.ideascale.com/
This Month’s Headlines
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CONGRESS• Government, Science Orgs Respond to COVID-19
outbreak• More: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/6074
• Congress Holds Hearings on FY 2021 Appropriations• More: www.cossa.org/tag/fy-2021
EXECUTIVE BRANCH• Administration Plans to Eliminate Funding for DOD
Minerva Initiative• More: https://www.cossa.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/FY-2021-Budget-
Analysis-DOD-Supplement.pdf
• OSTP Requests Information on Open Access in Peer-Reviewed Publications• More: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/02/19/2020-
03189/request-for-information-public-access-to-peer-reviewed-scholarly-publications-data-and-code
• NSF Responds to JASON Research Security Report• More:
https://nsf.gov/news/special_reports/jasonsecurity/NSF_response_JASON.pdf
• NIH and OBSSR Requesting Comments on Strategic Plans• More: https://www.nih.gov/about-nih/nih-wide-strategic-plan• More: https://obssr.ideascale.com/
This Month’s Headlines EXECUTIVE BRANCH (cont.)
• NCHS Taps BEA Director Brian Moyer to Lead Agency• More: https://www.cossa.org/tag/nchs/
COMMUNITY• National Academies Commemorate “Endless Frontier”
Anniversary• More: https://www.nap.edu/
• New National Academies consensus reports on Birth Settings in America and Social Isolation in Older Adults• More: https://www.nap.edu/
COSSA• COSSA Urges Advocates to Oppose FY 2021 Budget Cuts to Social
Science• More: https://www.cossa.org/advocacy/take-action/#/
• Economist Amanda Gregg Answers “Why Social Science?”• More: www.whysocialscience.com
• Updates about COSSA’s 2020 Advocacy Day• More: www.cossa.org/event/2020-advocacy-day
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OSTP UpdateConsortium of Social Science Associations Headlines
Dr. Lisa Nichols
Office of Science and Technology Policy
March 12, 2020
www.whitehouse.gov/ostp
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@WHOSTP
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SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19
* OSTP Director Dr. Kelvin Droegemeier named to the President’s Task Force addressing COVID-19
* OSTP and National Academy of Sciences establish a Standing Committee on Emerging Infectious Diseases and 21st Century Health Threats
- First meeting held on March 11, 2020
SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19
* Collaborations with science leaders from Australia, Brazil, Canada, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, Republic of Korea, Singapore, and the United Kingdom as well as the World Health Organization
* Leading an effort with interagency and academic technical experts on infectious disease modeling informing public health decision-making for the COVID-19 outbreak
Open Science/Public Access
Two Requests for Comment/Information:
* Public Access to Peer-Reviewed Scholarly Publications, Data and Code Resulting From Federally Funded Research – Comments requested by April 6 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2020-03-05/pdf/2020-04538.pdf
* Request for Public Comment on Draft Desirable Characteristics of Repositories for Managing and Sharing Data Resulting From Federally Funded Research –Comments requested by March 16 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2020-03-05/pdf/2020-04530.pdf
Open Science/Public Access
Stakeholder Meetings on the Future of Scholarly Communications
* University Research Offices and Libraries* Commercial and Nonprofit/Society Publishers* Federal and Nonfederal research funders* Investigators
What are the implications of global shifts to greater public access to publicly funded research?
How will the various stakeholders contribute?
Joint Committee on the Research Environment
Rigor and Integrity in Research
Safe, Inclusive Research
Environments (SIRE)Research Security
Reducing Administrative
Burden
NSTC Committee on S&T Enterprise
NSTC Committee on Science
Research Environment
CoS/CSTE:• OSTP• NSF• NIH• NIST• DOEMembers:• DoD• NASA• NSA
Research Environment Definition
Research Environment – Professional research settings including but not limited to laboratories, field sites, institutions, classrooms, conferences and workshops, and any location (physical or virtual) where scholarly colleagues interact.
Pre-decisional-FOUOJCORE:
NSTC Committee on Science + Committee on S&T Enterprise
RIGOR AND INTEGRITY IN RESEARCH
Members: DHS, DOD, DOE, DOT, FDA,NASA,
NIH, NSA, NSF, NIST, SI, State, USDA, USGS
RIGOR AND INTEGRITY SCOPE
16
Standards & Validation
for Materials &
Methods
Training &
Messaging
Effective
Mechanisms for
Peer Review
Replication Studies &
Dissemination of
Negative Results
Research
Misconduct
Incentives for Research
Volume Over Rigor
Workforce Imbalance /
Hypercompetition
Replicable,
Reproducible,
Trustworthy
Research
Inherent
uncertainty,
Misinterpretation
RIGOR AND INTEGRITY SUBCOMITTEE
Establish cross-agency principles and priorities
• Assess current and planned agency efforts, reports and recommendations and stakeholder feedback.
o What are the factors that facilitate research rigor and what actions can be taken to promote positive behaviors?
Principles and priorities that institutions could consider to enhance research quality, reproducibility and replicability
• Develop through a collaborative process
Identification and implementation of mechanisms to incentivize reporting of negative research findings
RIGOR AND INTEGRITY SUBCOMITTEEJoint Meeting on February 28, 2020:
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Roundtable on Aligning Incentives for Open Science held a joint meeting on aligning incentives in support of research integrity, reproducibility, and openness
* Research has its widest impact and is most trustworthy when its methodology and analysis are well-designed and the interpretation and reporting of results are clearly and transparently articulated
* As stakeholders in the research endeavor, Federal agencies, academic institutions, philanthropic organizations, and publishers should work to ensure that the performance and reporting of the research that we fund, support, and communicate is consistent with this view of impact
RIGOR AND INTEGRITY SUBCOMITTEEJoint Meeting on February 28, 2020:
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Roundtable on Aligning Incentives for Open Science held a joint meeting on aligning incentives in support of research integrity, reproducibility, and openness
* The consistency and impact of research would be maximized by aligning our credit and reward systems, such as hiring and tenure and promotion processes, with rigorous, transparent, and open research practices
* Federal agencies, academic institutions, philanthropic organizations, and publishers could enhance research rigor, integrity, openness, and transparency by actively aligning these systems and striving to coordinate policies and procedures
Coordinating Administrative Requirements for Research
Members:
DHS, NIST, NOAA, DOD, DOE, DoED, DOT, EPA,
NIH, NASA, NSA, NSF, OMB, USDA, and FDA
Reducing Administrative workload• Section 201 of the 2017 American
Innovation and Competitiveness Act (AICA) directed OMB, in coordination with OSTP, to establish an interagency working group to reduce administrative burdens on federally funded researchers
• RBM reconvened to execute the Working Group responsibilities. Report submitted to Congress in May 2018
Reducing Administrative Workload: Current Efforts
Financial Conflict of Interest
American Innovation and Competitiveness Act of 2017:“Post-award administrative costs have increased as Federal research agencies have continued to impose agency-unique…requirements”
21st Century Cures Act – Section 2034 – Reducing Administrative Burden for Researchers:“…review by research funding agencies of all regulations and policies related to the disclosure of financial conflicts of interest, including the minimum threshold for reporting financial conflicts of interest;” “make revisions, as appropriate, to harmonize existing policies and reduce administrative burden…”
• Assess variations across federal agencies • Assess the 2011 revisions to the PHS FCOI regulations
Reducing Administrative Workloads: Current Efforts
Grant Application Process
• Preliminary proposals;• Increased use of “Just in Time”;• Simplified initial budget proposals;• Centralized researcher profile database, ORCID data exchange,
unique identifiers• Review of pilot efforts
o Assessing opportunities to streamline and coordinate agency application requirements
o Use of SciENcv and ORCID to pre-populate forms o Coordinating agency guidance and disclosure requirements
associated with research security
* Regional Meetings at Universities/Research Institutes
* Speaking at higher education and society meetings
* JCORE Summit
* JCORE RFI
Engagement
Discussion
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Homework Assignment
❑ WASH YOUR HANDS
❑ Check in with your professional associations and consider responding to OSTP RFIs
❑ Respond to OBSSR strategic plan and participate in 25th Anniversary events
❑ Write to your Representatives! www.cossa.org/advocacy/take-action
Protect NIH funding! Protect funding for federal statistics!
Protect NSF funding! Protect Dept. of Education funding!
Next Month:
❑ April’s HEADLINES
❑ DEEP DIVE TBD
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April 9, 2020
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PREVIOUS DEEP DIVE TOPICS: • Feb 20: The Trump Administration’s FY 2021 Budget Request• Jan 20: 2019 Policy Wrap-Up and a Look Ahead• Dec 19: Understanding Threats to U.S. Research Security• Nov 19: 2020 Census • Oct 19: USDA’s Economic Research Service • Sept 19: Social Science at NSF: What’s New and What’s Next• Aug 19: How and Why to Advocate from Home • July 19: 2020 Census and the Citizenship Question • June 19: Policy Updates from COSSA• May 19: National Academies’ Decadal Survey of Social Science Applications for Intelligence Analysis• April 19: FY 2020 Social Science Budgets – Part II• March 19: FY 2020 Social Science Budgets – Part I• Feb 19: Evidence-Based Policymaking and the Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act of 2018• Jan 19: COSSA’s 2019 Legislative Agenda and Advocacy Resources
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