Scholars at Risk was established to respond to threats to higher education around the world. Because of member institutions such as the American Statistical Association, the organization has helped thousands of scholars and documented many hundreds of attacks on higher education in more than 100 countries.
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NSF Funds Digital Twins, AI, ML Research
Snigdhansu Chatterjee was awarded a grant to study neurodegenerative diseases using digital twin modeling. Digital twin modeling might yield new insights into neurodegenerative diseases and revolutionize their treatment and prevention.
ASA Biopharmaceutical Section Regulatory-Industry Statistics Workshop Provides Student Travel Grants
There is funding for a maximum of 10 student travel grants to support students’ participation in the workshop.
NSF Corner: Directorate for Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships
To strengthen the connection between the statistical community and National Science Foundation, we continue the series that poses questions to NSF program officers and awardees. This month’s program officer is Jemin George from the NSF Directorate for Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships and the awardee responses are from Yuzhou Chen of Temple University.
NIJ to Support New Research in 2024
The National Institute of Justice is the scientific research, development, and evaluation agency of the US Department of Justice. Each year, NIJ identifies needed topical research in the physical and social sciences, solicits proposals from universities and other research institutions to conduct that research, and awards grants to fund the selected proposals.
UCS’s Science for Public Good Fund Targets Projects with Local Impact
The Union of Concerned Scientists’ Science for Public Good Fund offers grants up to $1,500 to support science in service to the public, making it ideal for a wide range of data for good advocates and projects.
Insights from Program Officers, Awardee on Funding and Research Strategies
To strengthen the connection between the statistical community and National Science Foundation, we continue the series introduced in the May 2023 issue of Amstat News that poses questions to NSF program officers and awardees.
Po-Ling Loh Shares Insights on NSF CAREER Award
This month, awardee Po-Ling Loh tells us how she earned her CAREER award.
New Grants Available to Fund Faculty Research
The American Mathematical Society and Simons Foundation recently created a program to foster and support research by mathematicians at primarily undergraduate institutions.
AERA Grants Program Seeks Proposals for Dissertation Grants
The AERA Grants Program provides advanced graduate students with research funding and professional development and training.




