John Bartko has provided a scholarship so students and early-career statisticians will be able to actively participate in the professional community.
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FY16 Budget Request Position NIH, NSF, and Federal Statistical Agencies Well for Congressional Deliberations
President Obama’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2016 (FY16) contains healthy increases for the NIH, NSF, and many federal statistical agencies, but realizing proposed increases will be a challenge with sequestration levels back in place.
FY15 Budgets for NIH, NSF, Federal Statistical Agencies Finalized
Here is the breakdown of the final FY15 budgets for NIH, NSF, and other primary statistical agencies.
FY15 Budget Request Provides Mixed News for NIH, NSF, Statistical Agencies
Delayed a month because of the broader budget negotiations, the Obama Administration’s FY15 budget request was released in March. The ASA’s director of science policy explains how it will affect the statistical agencies.
NIH, NSF, Statistical Agencies Receive Final FY14 Budgets
Just over three months into the current fiscal year, Congress and the president finalized the fiscal year 2014 (FY14) budgets, a move facilitated by the December budget deal easing sequestration for both FY14 and FY15.
Fellowships for Graduate Study
The September issue of Amstat News featured Q&As with recipients of National Science Foundation (NSF) and National Institutes of Health (NIH) postdoctoral fellowships and program officers. This month, we focus on graduate fellowships.
Post-doc Fellowships, Programs, and Opportunities
In an effort to help ASA members interested in finding and funding post-doctoral positions, the American Statistical Association is running a short series about recipients of federal post-doctoral fellowships, program officers, and potential host scientists. For our inaugural piece, we feature Q&As with four members who have received National Science Foundation (NSF) or National Institutes of Health (NIH) post-doctoral fellowships and program officers from NSF and NIH.
Congress Finalizes FY13 Budgets
Weeks before President Obama released his FY14 budget request and six months into the fiscal year, Congress finalized the FY13 budget. For the most part, the budgets for the National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Science Foundation (NSF), and federal statistical agencies are their FY12 budgets reduced by the sequestration cut of 5.1%. The cuts will mean fewer and smaller grants for NIH and NSF and program cuts, hiring freezes, and reduced travel for the federal statistical agencies.
Tips for Writing a Statistical Analysis Plan
Amy Herring presents tips for writing an excellent statistical analysis plan or biostatistical core for a biomedical or public health research grant with a primary focus outside of biostatistics.
Statistical Research Grants from the NIH
Jeremy M G Taylor describes the process of writing and submitting a grant application.