Opportunities for Political Scientists

APSA has worked closely with the Consortium of Social Science Associations (COSSA) to establish a separate directorate for the social sciences at the National Science Foundation (NSF). As you may know, we were successful in that effort. Cora Marrett, professor of sociology at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, has been named the assistant director for the new Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences (SBE) Directorate at NSF. In the political science program at NSF, we have a terrific team with Frank Scioli serving as Political Science Program Officer and Jim Campbell of LSU in the new rotator position. The Political Science Panel is composed of: Melissa Collie of the University of Texas, Austin; John Hibbing of the University of Nebraska; Gary King of Harvard; Gary Miller of Washington University; Helmut Norpoth of SUNY at Stony Brook; Duncan Snidal of the University of Chicago; and Harvey Starr of the University of South Carolina. While we could be better funded, there is a considerable amount of money available at NSF for political science research. Moreover, there are huge increases in the Education and Human Resources Directorate (a 44% increase over last year), and Jim Campbell informs me that little support is going to political science in this area primarily because we are not applying. For specific announcements you should consult PS: Political Science & Politics and the back pages of the Personnel Service Newsletter. Both Jim Campbell (202/ 357-3955) and Frank Scioli (202/ 357-9406) would be glad to answer your questions. Also, see the article by Scioli and Campbell in "The Profession" section of this issue of PS.