Determinants of Representatives' Votes on the Flake Amendment to End National Science Foundation Funding of Political Science Research

2013 ◽  
Vol 46 (03) ◽  
pp. 557-561 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph E. Uscinski ◽  
Casey A. Klofstad
Keyword(s):  
Political Science ◽  
National Science Foundation ◽  
Science Research ◽  
American Political Science Association ◽  
Science Program ◽  
Science Funding ◽  
Initial Effort ◽  
National Science ◽  
American Political Science ◽  
Science Association

AbstractIn May 2012, political scientists learned of efforts by representative Jeff Flake (R-AZ) to eliminate political science funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) budget. The American Political Science Association (APSA) was caught off-guard, and concerned political scientists scrambled to contact their representatives and urge the amendment's defeat. Flake's initial effort to cut funds overall from the NSF was defeated, but a second measure, specifically to keep the NSF from funding political science, passed only hours later. This was the second time in three years that legislators targeted the NSF Political Science Program. Although these measures have been sponsored and widely supported by Republicans, some Democrats have supported these measures as well. This article examines the vote on the Flake Amendment to understand why individual representatives voted for or against cutting NSF funding for political science research.

Who Likes Political Science?: Determinants of Senators' Votes on the Coburn Amendment

2010 ◽  
Vol 43 (04) ◽  
pp. 701-706 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph E. Uscinski ◽  
Casey A. Klofstad
Keyword(s):  
Political Science ◽  
National Science Foundation ◽  
Bachelor's Degree ◽  
American Political Science Association ◽  
Institutional Characteristics ◽  
Logit Analysis ◽  
Science Funding ◽  
National Science ◽  
American Political Science ◽  
Science Association

AbstractIn October 2009, political scientists learned of a Senate amendment sponsored by Tom Coburn (R-OK) that would eliminate political science funding from the National Science Foundation budget. The American Political Science Association condemned the proposed amendment, and concerned political scientists contacted their senators to urge the amendment's defeat. On November 5, 2009, the amendment was defeated 36-62 after little debate. This article examines the vote on the Coburn Amendment to understand the role that senators' personal, constituency, and institutional characteristics played in their votes. Logit analysis reveals that even after controlling for party, several factors significantly predict the vote, including the number of top-tier political science Ph.D. programs in the senator's state and whether the senator graduated with a bachelor's degree in political science.

Political Science Faculty and Student Data

1979 ◽  
Vol 12 (03) ◽  
pp. 334-336
Keyword(s):  
Political Science ◽  
National Science Foundation ◽  
Population Based ◽  
American Political Science Association ◽  
Graduate Study ◽  
Science Faculty ◽  
National Science ◽  
Education Statistics ◽  
American Political Science ◽  
Science Association

This document provides estimates of the number and characteristics of political science faculty and students. The data utilized in this report are drawn from a number of sources: National Center for Education Statistics, National Research Council's Survey of Earned Doctorates; National Science Foundation; and two data collection devices of the American Political Science Association: The Guide to Graduate Study in Political Science and The Survey of Departments.In many cases the statistics presented are estimates of the relevant population based on information available on a sample of cases. We shall attempt to be explicit about our definitions and estimation procedures, so that the reader can draw his own conclusions on the usefulness of individual components of this report.

scholarly journals The 2011 National Science Foundation Political Science Awards

2012 ◽  
Vol 45 (01) ◽  
pp. 124-126
Keyword(s):  
Political Science ◽  
National Science Foundation ◽  
Research Training ◽  
Basic Research ◽  
Science Research ◽  
Fiscal Year ◽  
The Political ◽  
Science Program ◽  
Political Processes ◽  
National Science

The Political Science Program at the National Science Foundation (NSF) announces it awards for basic research support and dissertation improvement grants for fiscal year 2011. The Program funded 25 new projects and 44 doctoral dissertation improvement proposals. The Political Science Program spent $5,234,470 on these research, training and workshop projects and $483,822 on dissertation training grants for political science students. The program holds two grant competitions annually —Regular Research, August and January 15; Dissertation Improvement, September 16 and January 15— and constitutes a major source of political science research funding as part of fulfilling NSF's mission to encourage theoretically focused empirical investigations aimed at improving the explanation of fundamental social and political processes and structures.

Making DA-RT a Reality

2013 ◽  
Vol 47 (01) ◽  
pp. 72-77 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas M. Carsey
Keyword(s):  
National Science Foundation ◽  
Ad Hoc ◽  
Data Access ◽  
American Political Science Association ◽  
Funding Agencies ◽  
National Science ◽  
Research Transparency ◽  
New Guidelines ◽  
American Political Science ◽  
Science Association

Calls for greater data access and research transparency have emerged on many fronts within professional social science. For example, the American Political Science Association (APSA) recently adopted new guidelines for data access and research transparency. APSA has also appointed the Data Access and Research Transparency (DA-RT) ad hoc committee to continue exploring these issues. DA-RT sponsored this symposium. In addition, funding agencies like the National Institutes for Health (NIH) and the National Science Foundation (NSF) have expanded requirements for data management and data distribution. These pressures present challenges to researchers, but they also present opportunities.

2009 National Science Foundation Political Science Program Awards

2010 ◽  
Vol 43 (01) ◽  
pp. 159-162
Keyword(s):  
Political Science ◽  
National Science Foundation ◽  
Research Training ◽  
Basic Research ◽  
Science Research ◽  
Fiscal Year ◽  
The Political ◽  
Science Program ◽  
Political Processes ◽  
National Science

The Political Science Program at the National Science Foundation (NSF) announces it awards for basic research support and dissertation improvement grants for fiscal year 2009. The program funded 56 new projects and 34 doctoral dissertation improvement proposals. (Additional program funds were spent on continuing grant increments. These result from awards that were made in previous fiscal years, but where funds are being disbursed on a yearly basis instead all up front.) The Political Science Program spent $10,461,799 on these research, training, and workshop projects and $383,238 on dissertation training grants for political science students. In addition, the program contributed $345,000 to support three Graduate Research Fellowships. The program holds two grant competitions annually (Regular Research, August and January 15; Dissertation Improvement, January 15) and constitutes a major source of political science research funding as part of fulfilling NSF's mission to encourage theoretically focused empirical investigations aimed at improving the explanation of fundamental social and political processes and structures.

Report on Political Science Grant Support from the National Science Foundation

1979 ◽  
Vol 12 (03) ◽  
pp. 326-328
Author(s):  
Gerald C. Wright
Keyword(s):  
Political Science ◽  
Political Institutions ◽  
National Science Foundation ◽  
Science Research ◽  
Theoretical Research ◽  
The Political ◽  
Economic Science ◽  
Science Program ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
National Science

The Political Science Program at the National Science Foundation provides support for basic empirical and theoretical research on political institutions and processes. The goal of the program is to facilitate the development of scientific theory and knowledge on political behavior, the operation of political systems, and the actions of governments. The program seeks to meet this goal by supporting research on a very wide range of substantive topics falling under the rubric of politics. As part of its long-range planning, the program attempts to identify areas of intellectual growth for program emphases. In making funding decisions, however, the determining factor is the scientific merit of the proposed work rather than topical or methodological closeness to the major emphases in program plans.Support for basic political science research has been growing at a faster rate than overall NSF support for the social sciences. From fiscal 1977 to 1979 the Political Science Program allocation grew 35 percent compared to a 17 percent increase in the overall funding for the Division of Social and Economic Science.

Recent Political Science Research in American Universities

1952 ◽  
Vol 46 (2) ◽  
pp. 470-485 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claude E. Hawley ◽  
Lewis A. Dexter
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
United States ◽  
Political Science ◽  
Science Research ◽  
The United States ◽  
American Political Science Association ◽  
American Universities ◽  
Science Departments ◽  
American Political Science ◽  
Science Association

This report is based upon a survey of research in progress in political science departments of American universities in the spring of 1950. Undertaken jointly by the Committee on Research of the American Political Science Association and the Division of Higher Education of the United States Office of Education, the survey was essentially an analysis of questionnaires sent to the chairmen of 112 departments of political science believed to be in a position that would enable them particularly to emphasize research. Seventy-five of the 112 chairmen replied to the questionnaire, fourteen merely to state that no research was being conducted in their departments. Although several leading institutions did not reply, it is a fair guess that at least seventy-five per cent of the research being conducted by or in departments of political science was reported and subsequently analyzed.

The APSA Confidentiality in Social Science Research Project: A Final Report

1976 ◽  
Vol 9 (04) ◽  
pp. 416-419
Author(s):  
James D. Carroll ◽  
Charles R. Knerr
Keyword(s):  
Social Science ◽  
Political Science ◽  
Social Science Research ◽  
Science Research ◽  
American Political Science Association ◽  
Final Report ◽  
Research Subjects ◽  
Research Project ◽  
American Political Science ◽  
Science Association

In 1973 a research project was initiated by the American Political Science Association to investigate problems surrounding the establishment and maintenance of confidential relationships between scholarly researchers and research subjects. The effort was funded by the Russell-Sage Foundation and co-sponsored by all the various national social science associations.

2012 National Science Foundation Political Science Program Awards

2013 ◽  
Vol 46 (02) ◽  
pp. 409-411
Keyword(s):  
Political Science ◽  
National Science Foundation ◽  
Basic Research ◽  
Science Research ◽  
Fiscal Year ◽  
Science Program ◽  
Research Support ◽  
Political Processes ◽  
National Science ◽  
Made In

The political science program of the National Science Foundation (NSF) announces its awards for basic research support and dissertation improvement grants for fiscal year 2012. The program funded 68 new projects and 30 doctoral dissertation improvement awards. Additional program funds were spent on continuing grant increments, which result from awards that were made in previous fiscal years, but for which funds are being disbursed on a yearly basis instead of upfront. The program holds two grant competitions annually—Regular Research, August and January 15; and Dissertation Improvement September and January 15—and constitutes a major source of political science research funding as part of fulfilling NSF's mission to encourage theoretically focused empirical investigations aimed at improving the explanation of fundamental social and political processes and structures.

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