Dear Colleagues -- We would like to take a moment to recognize that this is an intensely challenging time for everyone. Our societies, academic departments, and corporate affiliates are facing dramatic consequences of COVID-19, cancelling their annual meetings, teaching remotely and moving to virtual operations. We hope that all of our readers and members are staying healthy (and we wish those of you directly affected a quick recovery). We at FABBS will do our best to continue to serve as a resource to our societies and scientists during these uncertain and unsettling times.

Roxane Cohen Silver, PhD, FABBS President

Juliane Baron, FABBS Executive Director

Congress Makes Progress on Third Stimulus Bill, FABBS Submits Testimony to House Appropriations Subcommittees

Following days of negotiations, the Senate has passed the third COVID-19 stimulus bill –Coronavirus, Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (S. 3548) on March 25. Having resolved differences on the provisions for local government funds, aid to hospitals, food stamps, and assistance to the airlines, the package headed to the House, and was passedo n Friday. The bill totals close to $2 trillion. Read more»

FABBS Comments on Modernization of Clinical Trials and OBSSR Invites Research on Gun Violence

In response to a request for comment, FABBS provided feedback on NIH plans regarding the modernization of ClinicalTrials.gov. FABBS identified concerns about consequences of the NIH expansion of the definition of clinical trials, particularly with regards to the challenges of registering Basic Experimental Studies involving Humans (BESH) on ClinicalTrials.gov. OBSSR has announced a new funding opportunity on firearm injury and mortality prevention research. Read more »

Federal Guidance and Resources Regarding COVID-19

FABBS is working to compile revelant federal and agency notices, resources, research, and other updates that may be of interest to our members. Read more »

Comics: A Valuable Interplay of Visual Art and Words

As a boy Neil Cohn loved comics, and he turned that love into an original and respected scientific domain influenced by linguistics and integrating drawing and language into a common understanding. “I study people’s minds and brains and how they understand visual information,” Cohn says from his home in the Netherlands. He studies how people process visual information, especially drawings used in comics and emoji, and he compares drawings and graphics with the ways people comprehend and read words and sentences. Read more »

ICYMI: New Education Issue Available Now

The latest issue of Policy Insights from the Behavioral and Brain Sciences (Volume 7, Issue 1) is now available, co-edited by members of the American Education Research Association. This issue focuses on education research, including themes of beyond cognitive skills, measurement and metrics, and training.

See the Table of Contents here »

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Attend

• Make Your Science Make Sense: Know Your Goal Workshop (March 30, Webinar, Waitlist only)
• Social Isolation, Mental Health, and COVID-19 (March 30, Webinar)
• NSF BIO Virtual Office Hours (March 30-April 2)
• Behavioral Science and Policy Association Annual Conference (May 29, Virtual)
• 6th Annual BRAIN Initiative Investigators Meeting (June 1-3, Arlington, VA)

Comment

• RFI: Scientific Priorities for Behavioral and Social Science Research at NIH (March 29)
• RFI: Inviting Comments and Suggestions on a Framework for the NIH-Wide Strategic Plan for FYs 2021-2025 (April 1)
• RFI: Public Access to Peer-Reviewed Scholarly Publications, Data and Code Resulting From Federally Funded Research (April 6)
• Scientific Priorities for Behavioral and Social Sciences Research at NIH (April 30)

Funding (Please visit our website for a full listing)

• NIH: Emotional Well-Being: High-Priority Research Networks (U24, Clinical Trial Optional) (April 22)
• NIH: Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Competitive Revisions for Firearms Injury and Mortality Prevention Research
• NSF: Dear Colleague Letter on the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
• NSF: Dear Colleague Letter: Build and Broaden: Enabling New Social, Behavioral and Economic Science Collaborations with Minority-Serving Institutions
• DOD: Anticipated Funding Opportunities for FY20

Nominate and Submit

• NEA Research Grant Awards (March 30)
• BBRF Young Investigator Grants (March 31)
• ISDP 2020 Symposium Proposal Submission– ISDP 2020 (April 1)
• BSPA Flash Spotlight: Behavioral Insights for COVID-19 and other Pandemics (April 15)
• NSFDear Colleague Letter: Request for Information on Future Topics for the NSF Convergence Accelerator and Call for Future Topics Conference Proposals (April 30)
• Bower Award and Prize for Achievement in Science (May 31)
• Request for Recommendations for Membership on Directorate and Office Advisory Committees

Read

• Social distancing prevents infections, but it can have unintended consequences- Science
• Spotlight: A Decade of Human-Animal Interaction (HAI) Research - NICHD
• Scaling is the New Black- Mark Schneider, IES Director
• The Other Essential Pandemic Office Trump Eliminated- Slate
• Op-Ed:Eric Schmidt: I Used to Run Google. Silicon Valley Could Lose to China- NYTimes

Share

• Policy Insights from the Behavioral and Brain Sciences, Vol7, Issue 1
• Psychology in the Real World FABBS video series
• SAGE Social Science Terminology Thesaurus
• FABBS Diversity Resources Database

UPCOMING FABBS MEMBER SOCIETY ANNUAL MEETINGS

• Cognitive Neuroscience Society (May 2-5, Virtual)
• Association for Behavior Analysis International (May 23-25, Virtual)

FABBS News Highlights is a semi-monthly electronic newsletter published by the Federation of Associations in Behavioral and Brain Sciences with the goals of keeping scientists updated on federal budget and policy issues affecting the sciences of mind, brain and behavior; recognizing the research contributions of leading scientists; and sharing research findings to inform policies and programs.

Editor: Juliane Baron

Contributors: Juliane Baron, Bridget Dodge, Diana Liao, Jennifer Anderson

FABBS Member Societies

Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research •American Educational Research Association •American Psychological Association•American Psychosomatic Society•Association for Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback •Association for Behavior Analysis International •Behavior Genetics Association •Cognitive Neuroscience Society•Cognitive Science Society •International Society for Developmental Psychobiology •Massachusetts Neuropsychological Society •National Academy of Neuropsychology •The Psychonomic Society •Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology •Society for Computers in Psychology •Society for Judgment and Decision Making •Society for Mathematical Psychology •Society for Psychophysiological Research •Society for Research in Child Development •Society for Research in Psychopathology •Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues•Society for the Scientific Study of Reading •Society for Text & Discourse•Society of Experimental Social Psychology •Society of Multivariate Experimental Psychology •Vision Sciences Society

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FABBS promotes human potential and well-being by advancing the sciences of mind, brain, and behavior;promoting scientific research and training in these fields; educating the public aboutthe contributions of research to the health and well-being of individuals and society; fostering communication among scientists; and recognizing scientists who have made significant contributions to building knowledge.