Revisions to the Common Rule for the Protection of Human Subjects in Research in the Behavioral and Social Sciences
This project will be conducted in two phases. In Phase I, an ad hoc committee will plan and conduct a public workshop, following which a designated rapporteur will prepare an individually-authored...

Addressing Priority Technical Issues for the Next Decade of the American Community Survey
An ad hoc panel will conduct a study to address priority technical issues for the American Community Survey (ACS) as the survey enters its next decade. The panel will consider how the Census Bureau...

Advances in Biodemography: Cross-Species Comparisons of Social Environments, Social Behaviors, and their Effects on Health and Longevity: A Planning Meeting

A two-day planning meeting will be organized by an ad hoc committee to scope a future workshop project that would feature topical presentations and discussion on recent advances in biodemography an...

Assessing the Value of Research in Advancing National Goals
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Barriers and Opportunities in Completing Two and Four-Year STEM Degrees
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Causes and Consequences of High Rates of Incarceration

The study will explore the causes of the dramatic increases in incarceration rates since the 1970s, the costs and benefits of the nation's current sentencing and incarceration policies, and whetherthere...

Climate Change Education Roundtable
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Commercial Sexual Exploitation and Sex Trafficking of Minors in the United States
The U.S. Department of Justice has requested that the Institute of Medicine and the National Research Council convene a committee of experts to conduct a study on the commercial sexual exploitation...

Commercial Sexual Exploitation and Sex Trafficking of Minors in the United States
The U.S. Department of Justice has requested that the Institute of Medicine and the National Research Council convene a committee of experts to conduct a study on the commercial sexual exploitation...

Committee for the Five Year (2009-2013) Summative Evaluation of the District of Columbia Public Schools

The National Research Council (NRC) will establish an ad-hoc committee to write a comprehensive five-year summative evaluation report for Phase Two of the initiative to evaluate the District of Colmbia’s...

Mine Safety: Essential Components of Self-Escape
An ad-hoc committee will be appointed to identify and synthesize the literature relevant to understanding “self-escape” in the context of mine safety. The committee will review literature in areas...

Communicating Chemistry in Informal Settings
The proposed activity will characterize current efforts to communicate chemistry in informal settings and draw on existing research in order to develop a framework for effective communication.  This...

Developing A New National Survey on Social Mobility

The NRC will convene an ad-hoc panel that will be charged with organizing an open workshop on the key decision points associated with launching a new national level survey of social mobility. The wrkshop...

Developing Assessment of Science Proficiency in K-12

The committee will make recommendations for strategies for developing assessments that validly measure student proficiency in science as laid out in the new K-12 science education framework. The comittee...

Developing Science, Technology, and Innovation Indicators for the Future
An ad hoc panel, convened under the Committee on National Statistics (CNSTAT), in collaboration with the Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy (STEP), proposes to conduct a study of the...

Establishing and Promoting a Culture of Safety in Academic Laboratory Research
The National Research Council, through its Board on Chemical Science and Technology and Board on Human Systems Integration, will examine laboratory safety in chemical research in non-industrial...

External Evaluation of NIDRR and its Grantees
An ad hoc committee will conduct an evaluation of National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR)-funded grants. The committee will develop an overall framework and evaluation...

Fifth Edition of Principles and Practices for a Federal Statistical Agency
In response to recurring requests for advice on what constitutes an effective federal statistical agency, CNSTAT issued the first edition of Principles and Practices for  a Federal Statistical Agency...

Learning Evolution through Human Examples
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Long-Run Macro-Economic Effects of the Aging U. S. Population -- Phase II
This study will build on the recently completed first phase of the NRC study on the Long-Run Macro-Economic Effects of the Aging U.S. Population (DEPS-BMSA-10-01), whose report entitled "Aging and the...

Measuring and Collecting Pay Information from U.S. Employers by Gender, Race, and National Origin

The National Research Council through its Committee on National Statistics (CNSTAT) will convene a panel of experts to review methods for measuring and collecting pay information from U.S. employer...

Measuring Human Capabilities: Performance Potential of Individuals and Collectives
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Measuring Rape and Sexual Assault in Bureau of Justice Statistics Household Surveys

An ad hoc panel, sponsored by the Bureau of Justice Statistics, will examine conceptual and methodological issues surrounding survey statistics on rape and sexual assault and recommend to the Burea...

Measuring Social and Civic Engagement and Social Cohesion in Surveys
The purpose of this study is to identify measurement approaches that can lead to improved understanding of civic engagement, social cohesion, and social capital—and their potential role in explaining...

Phase 1 Panel on Measuring Subjective Well-Being in a Policy Relevant Framework
An ad hoc panel will review the current state of research and evaluate methods for the measurement of subjective well-being (SWB) in population surveys. On the basis of this evaluation, the panel...

Priorities for a Public Health Research Agenda to Reduce the Threat of Firearm-Related Violence

A new IOM/DBASSE study aims to develop a proposed public health research agenda to improve knowledge of the causes of gun violence, the interventions that prevent gun violence, and strategies to miimize...

Public Access to Federally-Supported Research and Development Data and Publications: Two Planning Meetings

The America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010 (ACRA; Public Law 111-358), calls for coordination of Federal science agency research and policies related to the dissemination and long-term stewarship...

Reducing Maternal and Neonatal Mortality in Indonesia
The United States National Research Council and the Indonesian Academy of Science will together form an expert study committee that will carry out the following tasks: (1) Compile and evaluate the...

Research Gaps and Opportunities for Exploring the Relationship of the Arts to Health and Well-Being in Older Adults

An ad hoc committee will organize a public workshop on research gaps and opportunities for exploring the relationship of the arts to health and well-being in older adults. The presentations and disussions...

Review of the 2010 Census
An ad hoc panel of experts will conduct a comprehensive evaluation of the statistical methods and operational procedures for the 2010 census.  The panel will address, in particular, methods and...

Risk Management and Governance Issues in Shale Gas Development

A steering committee established by the National Research Council will organize two workshops to examine the range of social and decision-making issues in risk characterization and governance relatd...

Roundtable on Crime Trends

The Roundtable discussions will focus on crime trends, such as the crime decline of the past 20 years, explore its policy and operations implications and relevance for future prevention and enforceent...

Science of Science and Innovation Policy Principal Investigators' Workshop

An ad hoc committee will plan and conduct a two-day public workshop to foster intellectual exchange among funded researchers of the National Science Foundations’ (NSF) Science of Science and nnovation...

Sports-Related Concussions in Youth
An ad hoc committee will conduct a study and prepare a report on sports-related concussions in youth, from elementary school through young adulthood, including military personnel and their...

Staffing Needs of Systems Specialists in Aviation

In February 2012, President Obama signed into law the reauthorization act for the FAA, entitled the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of2012...

Committee on Strengthening Science Education through a Teacher Learning Continuum
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Sustainability Science: Preparing for 9 Billion on the Planet

The planning committee will plan the workshop and select presenters.  The result will be a single-authored workshop summary.

The Context of Military Environments: Social and Organizational Factors
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The Science of Team Science

The NRC will conduct a consensus study on the science of team science to recommend opportunities to enhance the effectiveness of collaborative research in science teams, research centers, and instiutes....

Theory and Application of Reliability Growth Modeling to Defense Systems
The proposed project on reliability growth modeling is the latest in a series of studies at the National Research Council (NRC on improving the statistical methods used in defense systems testing and...

Toward Integrated STEM Education: Developing A Research Agenda
An ad hoc committee will conduct a consensus study whose goal is to develop a strategic research agenda for determining the approaches and conditions most likely to lead to positive outcomes of...