July 31, 2020

Appropriations Bills Advance in the House, Stalemate in the Senate

The House of Representatives is expected to vote on Friday, July 31 on asecond ‘minibus’— multiple spending bills together — for fiscal year (FY) 2021. This second minibus (HR 7617) contains six spending bills including large research funders like the National Institutes of Health (NIH); the National Science Foundation (NSF); and the Institute of Education Sciences (IES).  The Senate has been focused on COVID recovery, seemingly putting any discussion of FY 21 appropriations on an indefinite hold. Read more»

Federal Funding for COVID-19 Research — New and Recovery

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to disrupt every aspect of our lives, in terms of research, federal policymakers are trying to determine the best ways to mitigate the consequences on the scientific ecosystem and the pressing questions where additional research is needed. After months of discussion, the White House and Senate Republicans released their version of the next COVID-19 supplemental funding package, the Health Education and Liability Protection and Schools (HEALS) Act. Read more»

How Falsehoods Start to Sound Like Facts

You need a microscope to view the stars.

You need a microscope to view the stars.

Believe me yet? Vanderbilt University psychologistLisa K. Faziosays hearing a statement — even “extreme falsehoods that you definitely should know are false” — more than once increases the likelihood people will believe it.

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Apply and Nominate

• Program Officer - Board on Behavioral, Cognitive, and Sensory Sciences (posted July 2)
• APA Task Force on Climate Change (Aug 21)
• NSB Public Service Award (Sept 30)
• NSB Vannevar Bush Award (Sept 30)
• NSF - Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) (Oct 20)
• AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellowships (Nov 1)

Attend

• The Fundamentals of Climate Change and Health Behavior Change (Today, 11:30am)
• AERA Virtual Research Learning Series - How to Write About Qualitative Research (Aug 6)
• Understanding COVID-19 Data - What Decision Makers Need to Know (Aug 6)
• NIH Behavioral and Social Sciences Research Coordinating Committee Open Meeting (Aug 7)

Comment

• Request for Information (RFI): Inviting Input on NIDA’s Strategic Plan for 2021-2025 (Aug 7)

Funding (Please visit our website for a full listing)

• IES: Applications for New Awards; Education Research and Special Education Research Grant Programs
• NIH:Digital Healthcare Interventions to Address the Secondary Health Effects Related to Social, Behavioral, and Economic Impact of COVID-19 (R01 - Clinical Trial Optional) (Aug 20)
• NIH:Community Interventions to Address the Consequences of the COVID-19 Pandemic among Health Disparity and Vulnerable Populations (R01- Clinical Trial Optional) (Aug 28)
• NSF: Dear Colleague Letter: Supporting Research on Pandemics within the Civic Innovation Challenge and Broadened NSF Support for the Challenge

Read/Listen

• Rapid Response COVID 19 - Scientists look at perceptions & behaviors - NSF, featuring Roxane Cohen Silver
• Surviving the trauma of COVID-19 - Roxane Cohen Silver, Science
• Reading the Pandemic Data - Jeffrey M. Zacks and Steven L. Franconeri 
• IES Plays the Long Game - Mark Schneider, IES
• Moonshot for Education: A Federal Policy Proposal to Spur Effective Research and Development for K-12 Education - Thomas B. Fordham Institute and Center for American Progress

Share 

• Access to Scientific Publications webinar series
• Policy Insights from the Behavioral and Brain Sciences, Vol 7, 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

Upcoming Member Society Meetings

• Cognitive Science Society - CogSci 2020 Virtual Meeting (July 29 - Aug 1)
• American Psychological Association - APA2020 (Aug 6-8)
• National Academy of Neuropsychology - 40th Annual Conference (Oct 14-16)

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, Diana Liao, Maddy Vieth, Jennifer Anderson

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