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Social and Economic Systems Program Area

This program area addresses the social and behavioral sciences—including anthropology, economics, political science, psychology, and sociology—to understand and address complex relationships among people, communities, and their environments.

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The Role of Inducement Prizes

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Recently Completed

Best Practices for Implementation and Evaluation of a Suicide Prevention Grants Program: A Workshop and Meeting of Experts

Workshop

Recently Completed

Strategies to Enhance Pediatric Health Research Funded by NIH

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Recently Completed
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Peer Review of the Marine Recreational Information Program Data Standards

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Recently Completed

Workshop on Health and Disability among Working-Age Adults: Trends, Disparities, and Implications for Employment and Federal Programs

Workshop

Recently Completed

The Impact of Active Shooter Drills on Student Health and Wellbeing

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Recently Completed

Alcohol at Sea

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Recently Completed
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Federal Policy Impacts on Child Poverty

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Recently Completed

Understanding Breastfeeding Promotion, Initiation and Support Across the United States: An Analysis

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Recently Completed

Costs and Approaches for Municipal Solid Waste Recycling Programs

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Recently Completed

Cybercrime Classification and Measurement

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Recently Completed

Research and Application in Team Science

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Recently Completed

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Handling Missing Data on the Consumer Expenditure Surveys and Implications for the Consumer Price Index: A Meeting of Experts

Meeting of Experts

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Early Relational Health (ERH) Determinants of Future Health and Wellbeing

Consensus/Advisory Activity

In Formation

Social and Economic Systems Program Area

Oversight Unit

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Enhancing Scientific Integrity: Progress and Opportunities in the Social and Behavioral Sciences - A Workshop

Workshop

In Progress

Peer Review of the Marine Recreational Information Program Data Standards

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Recently Completed

A Data Infrastructure for Measuring the Care Economy

Consensus/Advisory Activity

In Progress

Perspectives on the Impact of Active Shooter Drills and Other School Security Measures: A Listening Session Series

Consensus/Advisory Activity

In Formation

Best Practices for Implementation and Evaluation of a Suicide Prevention Grants Program: A Workshop and Meeting of Experts

Workshop

Recently Completed

A Vision for the Manufacturing USA Program in 2030 and 2035

Consensus/Advisory Activity

In Progress

External Review of Environmental, Biosafety, and Biosecurity Considerations for Synthetic Cell Research and Development

Consensus/Advisory Activity

In Progress

Strategies to Enhance Pediatric Health Research Funded by NIH

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Recently Completed
A young Asian mother is holding her baby daughter on her lap. She is sitting on an examination table in a clinic. The woman has bought the child to a routine medical appointment. The pediatrician is a black woman. The doctor is using a stethoscope to check the baby's heart and lungs.

Perspectives on the Breastfeeding Journey: A Listening Session Series

Consensus/Advisory Activity

In Formation

Approaches for Assessing and Communicating the Quality of National Statistics: A Workshop

Workshop

Recently Completed

Evaluation of ARPA-E’s Mission and Goals

Consensus/Advisory Activity

In Progress

Implementing A New Vision for High Quality Pre-K Curriculum: A Workshop

Workshop

Completed
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