Societal Experts Action Network Connects Scientists to Policy Makers

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, with support from the National Science Foundation, has created the Societal Experts Action Network (SEAN). The project’s goal is to connect decision makers leading the response to COVID-19 with behavioral and social science researchers able to inform critical local, state, and federal policy and practice responses to the pandemic. Read more»

Executive Order Affecting Foreign Students Expected

On June 2, a group of 21 Republican House Representatives sent a letter to the Departments of State and Homeland Security outlining the importance of attracting international students to the United States and expressing support for the Optional Practical Training (OPT) program. OPT enables international students to work in the U.S. for one to three years post graduation. Read more»

NIH Announces Preprint Pilot

The urgency of finding a cure and vaccine for COVID-19 underscores the need for enhanced rigor and broader discovery and distribution of early research results. To this end, National Library of Medicine (NLM) has announced the NIH Preprint Pilot to increase discoverability of preprints — complete, pre-peer review public drafts of scientific documents. Read more»

Gathering Information on Inflammation

Adam Gerstenecker’s older brother was born with damage to his brain’s right hemisphere, causing cerebral palsy and intellectual disability.

The boys talked and played together, but from early on Gerstenecker knew his brother could not do some things other children could. He grew up wanting to understand the world his brother lived in and, later, how differences in the brain can lead to differences in cognition.

Dr. Gerstenecker is now a clinical neuropsychologist at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and studies neurodegenerative disorders and cognitive decline. His groundbreaking work in inflammation and its potential impacts on brain development and cognitive decline has earned him a 2020 Federation of Associations in Behavioral & Brain Sciences Early Career Impact Award. He was nominated by the National Academy of Neuropsychology.

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Action Alert

• Urge Senate to Provide Relief Funds for Research Losses in a Phase IV COVID-9 Supplemental Bill

Apply and Nominate

• Deputy Director, Division of Neuroscience, NINDS(June 22)
• Day One Project Policy Accelerator(June 22)
• AAAS Awards(June 30)
• AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellowships(Nov 1)
• Request for Recommendations for Membership on Directorate and Office Advisory Committees

Attend

• #SciEngage Virtual Discussion (June): Science Societies Supporting Engagement(June 19)
• Science of Behavior Change Project Grand Rounds - Dr. Donald Edmondson(June 23)
• Applied Behavior Analysis With Animals: What Practitioners With Humans and Animals Can Learn From Each Other(June 24)
• The 50th Behavior Genetics Association Meeting(June 26)
• AERA Virtual Research Learning Series- How to Write About Qualitative Research (Aug 6)

Comment

• Request for Information: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) Strategic Plan(June 30)
• Request for Information: Soliciting Input for the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health’s New Strategic Plan(July 13)

Funding (Please visit our website for a full listing)

• IES:Applications for New Awards; Education Research and Special Education Research Grant Programs
• NIH:Notice of Special Interest (NOSI) regarding the Availability of Administrative Supplements and Urgent Competitive Revisions for Research on the 2019 Novel Coronavirus and the Behavioral and Social Sciences
• NSF:Dear Colleague Letter on the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

Read

• A Message from the Director on Racially Motivated Violence– Nora’s Blog
• NIAAA Director’s Statement on Inequities in the Research Community and in America
• Protests over killings of black people could erode racism, researcher says– Science
• Reading the Pandemic Data-Jeffrey M. Zacks and Steven L. Franconeri
• STPF Fellow Luis Rivera Tackles Psychology of Bias and Stereotyping- AAAS Member Spotlight
• Broadening the Reviewer Pool: A New Tool for Societies to Recommend Reviewers- NIH Center for Scientific Review
• New Directions for Next Year's Funding Opportunities- Mark Schneider, IES Director

Share

• Policy Insights from the Behavioral and Brain Sciences, Vol7, Issue 1
• SAGE Structural Racism and Police Violence Collection
• Education and Treatment of Children (ETC) - ABAI
• Psychology in the Real World FABBS video series
• SAGE Social Science Terminology Thesaurus
• FABBS Diversity Resources Database

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