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The College of Humanities and Social Sciences (CHSS) advances inquiry and teaching about our shared humanity and experiences, and engages scholars from across the college and university, and with external collaborators to address humanistic and social issues from a variety of perspectives.
The CHSS Research team in the Dean's Office works to showcase and support the research, scholarship and creative works (RSCW) across the college. We work to provide support and guidance related to externally funded research, chartered research centers, and many college and university funded initiatives.
For externally funded research, expansions in research staffing now include a college-based Pre-Award Research Administration team. Our CHSS Pre-Award Research Administrators work with those interested in securing external funding for their research, scholarship and creative works.
Drawing upon best practices in research development and research administration, CHSS Research provides tools and resources to develop competitive applications that convey the importance and timeliness of the proposed work. We also coordinate with CHSS Post-Award, and with Mason's Office of Sponsored Programs to facilitate and streamline this important avenue of support for our researchers.
Questions and comments regarding the CHSS Research website? Please contact Dr. Michele Schwietz, Associate Dean for Research.
Cher Weixia Chen, associate professor in the School of Integrative Studies, will be traveling to Canada for the fall semester of 2023 as the Fulbright Canada Research Chair in Human Rights and Social Justice at the University of Ottawa.
Please remember to assign Other Authorized User access to the RA working on the proposal and to grant OSP view/edit/submit access at the start of the proposal to avoid potential delays upon submission.
As of Monday, October 23, 2023 the use of SciENcv to prepare NSF compliant Biosketches and Current and Pending (Other) Support becomes mandatory. CHSS faculty have been strongly encouraged to use SciEncv for recent NSF submissions.
The National Science Foundation (NSF) transitioned the subawarding, transferring or contracting out part of a NSF Award request functionality from FastLane to Research.gov and decommissioned this request in FastLane.
See here for funding opportunities from the U.S. Department of State and U.S. Department of Justice. Interested parties should contact CHSS Pre-Award Research as soon as possible to secure Mason's submission for these opportunities. Proposals are due in early June 2023.
Please join us on Wednesday, March 22, 2023 at 11 a.m. to learn more about using SciENcv to prepare NIH- and NSF-style biosketches and current and pending/other support.
The Death by Numbers project at the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media (RRCHNM) within George Mason University’s College of Humanities and Social Sciences (CHSS) provides evidence of the quantitative mindset that developed in England at the turn of the 17th Century with the distribution of mortality statistics that were widely read by the people of London. The statistics were published by London city government officials on a weekly basis in broadsheets titled the Bills of Mortality which provided counts of death recorded by each parish in London along with the cause of death.
Associate history professor Yevette Richards Jordan is working to uncover the history of racial violence that touched her own family. A grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities will help bring that history to light.
According to the recent NSF Higher Education and Research Development (HERD) Survey, Mason ranks 11th among all universities, is best in the DMV, and places 8th among public universities. CHSS is a major contributor to Mason's top 25 national ranking in the social sciences.
Jane Hooper, director of undergraduate history programs and associate professor of history, is the recipient of an NEH production grant for her work on “Global Passages: Creating a Public Database of Slaving Voyages across the Indian Ocean and Asia."
George Mason University will expand its research and real-world impact in Northern Virginia with the Saving Lives and Decreasing Health Disparities project that was made possible by the efforts of U.S. Representative Gerry Connolly (D-VA) that will play a critical role in addressing the mental health needs of young people in Northern Virginia.
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) recently issued its final Policy for Data Management and Sharing, and they have updated “Forms H” and the Budget Justification instructions. Proposals to NASA now require a China Restriction certification.
CHSS pre-award research administration will feature timely and important updates related to external proposal submission on a regular basis. Read on for information about NSF's use of SciENcv and shutting down FastLane; NIH data management and sharing policy (and where to go for help with writing data management and sharing plans); Mason's RAMP implementation; and CHSS proposal submission policies!
CHSS Research has some important updates regarding our transition to college-based proposal submission support for those applying for external funding/sponsored programs (e.g. grants, contracts, and fellowships).
An interdisciplinary group of faculty that includes Edward Maibach, director, Center for Climate Change Communication, and University Professor of Communication, has received funding from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration for the Virginia Climate Center.
Sylvia Schreiner, assistant professor in the linguistics program, has received a CAREER grant from the National Science Foundation to support her work documenting and supporting the Yupik language on St. Lawrence Island.
University Professor Edward Maibach, director of Mason’s Center for Climate Change Communication, has been elected to the prestigious National Academy of Medicine. The Academy recognized his research, leadership, and work to educate the public on the health risks of climate change and need for immediate climate solutions.
Dean of Libraries and University Librarian John G. Zenelis has announced the award recipients for the 2022-23 Fenwick Fellowships: Huwy-min Lucia Liu, assistant professor in the department of sociology and anthropology, and Jesse Kirkpatrick, research associate professor, department of philosophy and acting director, Institute for Philosophy and Public Policy.
