September 11, 2020

Dr. Ruby Takanishi, Founding Executive Director of FABBS – In Memoriam

With heavy hearts, we mourn the passing of Dr. Ruby Takanishi, the founding Executive Director of the Federation of Associations in Behavioral & Brain Sciences.

As we celebrate 40 years of FABBS, we will ask the former Executive Directors to reflect on their time in their role.Read more»

End of Fiscal Year Looming, COVID Relief Negotiations Continue

With the general elections under two months away and fewer than 10 legislative days before fiscal year (FY) 2021 starts on October 1, legislators will need to pass a continuing resolution (CR) – funding at the FY 2020 level – to keep the federal government open.

On September 9, Senate Republicans unveiled an estimated $300-billion coronavirus relief proposal, theDelivering Immediate Relief to America’s Families, Schools and Small Businesses Act. Read more»

FABBS Endorses Legislation to Support Early Career Scholars and Provide Research Relief During COVID and Calls for Research on Systemic Racism in Academia

On Wednesday, September 9, the Research and Technology Subcommittee of the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology (HSST) held a hearing on the ‘Impact of the COVID-19 Crisis on University Research’. Chaired by Rep. Haley Stevens (D-MI) and Ranking Member Jim Baird (R-IN), the hearing featured four university representatives, including a PhD student, articulating the consequences of COVID-19 on innovation, researchers, and students. Members also discussed two pieces of legislation. Read more»

White House Releases Memo on the Budget R & D Priorities for Fiscal Year 2022

Last month, Russell Vought, Director of Office of Management and Budget, and Dr. Kelvin Droegemeier, Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, issued a memo to the heads of executive departments and agencies regarding ‘FY 2022 Administration Research and Development Budget Priorities and Cross-cutting Actions’. Read more »

FABBS Selected for Day One Policy Accelerator Cohort

FABBS is excited to announce our participation in the second Day One Accelerator Cohort—a platform to democratize science, tech, and innovation policy development. The goal of the Day One Project is to to identify 100 actionable ideas for the first day of the next Presidential term. Read more»

Focusing on Numbers Ignores Sources of Gender Bias

In a new paper on testing and gender bias published in the FABBS journal,Policy Insights from the Behavioral and Brain Sciences, author Joseph R. Cimpianquotes an elementary school teacher:

 “These are my students’ standardized test scores, and there are absolutely no gender differences. See, the girls can do just as well as the boys if they work hard enough.”

In “Why Focusing on Test Metrics May Impede Gender Equity: Policy Insights,” Cimpian describes gender bias as “one of the most consistent predictors of gaps in both math and reading.”

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Apply and Nominate

• 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

• Impact of COVID-19 on Alcohol Use in the U.S.(Sept 15)
• Co-Decolonizing Research Methods: Toward Research Sustaining Indigenous and ‘Other’ Community Engaged Ways of Knowing (Sept 15)
• NIMH Advisory Mental Health Council Meeting(Sept 15)
• NIMH Workshop: Social Disconnection and Late-Life Suicide: Mechanisms, Treatment Targets, and Interventions (Sept 17-19)
• ABAI: Culturo-Behavior Science for a Better World(Oct 7-9)
• 2020 Henry and Bryna David Lecture: A Coming Youth Wave? Mobilizing Young Voters in a Polarized Political Environment (Oct 8)
• The 45th Annual Forum on Science & Technology Policy(Oct 13-14)
• Imagining the Future of Undergraduate STEM Education(Nov 12-19)

Comment

• Request for Information (RFI): Fostering Innovative Research to Improve Mental Health Outcomes Among Minority and Health Disparities Populations (Oct 30)

 Funding

(Please visit our website for a full listing)

• NIH:Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Simulation Modeling and Systems Science to Address Health Disparities (Oct 5)
• NIH:Digital Healthcare Interventions to Address the Secondary Health Effects Related to Social, Behavioral, and Economic Impact of COVID-19 (R01 - Clinical Trial Optional) (Dec 2)
• NSF: Dear Colleague Letter: Supporting Research on Pandemics within the Civic Innovation Challenge and Broadened NSF Support for the Challenge

Read/Listen

• RDoC at Ten Years: Part 1- Joshua Gordon, NIMH
• Am I Doing Human Subjects’ Research?- NIH “All About Grants” Podcast
• Combatting alcohol misuse among college students during the COVID-19 pandemic- George Koob, NIAAA
• The Value of Cost Analysis- Mark Schneider, IES

 Share

• FABBS Teaching Resources
• 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
• Psychology in the Real World FABBS video series
• SAGE Social Science Terminology Thesaurus 
• FABBS Diversity Resources Database

Upcoming Member Society Meetings

• National Academy of Neuropsychology - 40th Annual Conference(Oct 14-16)
• International Society for Developmental Psychobiology(Oct 21-23)
• Association for Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback - 51st Annual Meeting(Nov 3-6)

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 Mission

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 about the 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.