October 23, 2020

Welcoming New Members of the 2021 FABBS Board

FABBS is delighted to announce our two incoming Board members: Robert Sellers, PhD (University of Michigan) will serve as a Member-At-Large andVivian Tseng, PhD (William T. Grant Foundation) in the role of Secretary. They will begin their term in January 2021. Read more»

FABBS Comments on CoSTEM Strategic Plan, Encouraging Inclusion of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences

While the behavioral and cognitive sciences are widely considered to be STEM disciplines, the 2019 Progress Report on the Federal Implementation of Charting a Course for Success: America’s Strategy for STEM Education, the Federal STEM Education Strategic Plan, excludes these disciplines in their definition. Read more»

Federal Leaders Kick Off Webinar Series on Data Standards for Behavioral and Brain Sciences

Arthur “Skip” Lupia, Assistant Director of the Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences Directorate at the National Science Foundation, andJerry Sheehan, Deputy Director, National Library of Medicine, Co-chairs of the Office of Science and Technology Policy’s Subcommittee on Open Science, joined FABBS Past President Nora Newcombe to kick off the FABBS webinar series on Data Standards for the Behavioral and Brain Sciences. Read more»

FABBS Cohosted NASEM Event: “Responding to COVID-19: Emerging Insights from Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences”

FABBS cosponsored this National Academies of Sciences event on October 9th, along with the American Academy of Political and Social Sciences, the Consortium of Social Science Associations, and SAGE Publishing. The symposium brought together behavioral and social science researchers examining a range of consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic including mental health, educational outcomes, workforce attachment, and economic well-being. Read more»

Social Networks Key to Sticking with STEM

A broader swath of young people, including racial minorities and the socially disadvantaged, may have more opportunities to pursue STEM through an emerging and “rapidly expanding” movement to provide all-inclusive STEM schools (ISTEMSs), according to new research inPolicy Insights from the Behavioral and Brain Sciences.

These ISTEMSs, explains researcher Guan K. Sawin “Leveraging Social Capital to Broaden Participation in STEM,” turn students onto STEM in part because they provide students with more opportunities to build relationships, or “social capital,” with both peers and professionals interested in STEM. Read more»

Apply and Nominate

• AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellowships(Nov 1)
• OES Annual Fellowship(Dec 13)
• APA Congressional Fellowship(Jan 4)
• SRCD U.S. Policy Fellowship Programs(Jan 4)

Attend

• DBASSE Webinar on Building Educational Equity Indicator Systems(Oct 27)
• Society Civic Science Learning Exchange: Incentivizing Public Engagement and Civic Science through Awards(Oct 28)
• EHR Fall 2020 Advisory Committee Meeting(Oct 28-29)
• 2020 International Mental Health Research Virtual Symposium(Oct 30)
• BBCSS Fall Board Meeting: November 9, 2020 Open Session(Nov 9)
• Advancing the Addiction Research Agenda: NIDA Career Symposium(Nov 9)
• Council on Undergraduate Research UR Twitter Exchange(Nov 12)
• APA Technology, Mind, and Society Showcase(Nov 12-13)
• Imagining the Future of Undergraduate STEM Education(Nov 12-19)

Comment and Submit

• Request for Information (RFI): Fostering Innovative Research to Improve Mental Health Outcomes Among Minority and Health Disparities Populations(Oct 30)
• BRAIN Initiative Challenge: Considering Ethics During Brain Technology Development(Oct 31)

Funding (Please visit our website for a full listing)

• 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: Research on Emerging Technologies for Teaching and Learning(Jan 25)

Read

• New York City uses ‘nudges’ to reduce missed court dates- Science
• Building Resilience During the COVID-19 Pandemic- NIH Director's Blog
• These Colleges Are Winning the Fight Against Covid-19 — at Least for Now- Chronicle
• Impact of COVID 19 on Alcohol Use in the United States

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• Vote Science Strong
• FABBS Teaching Resources
• Access to Scientific Publications webinar series
• Policy Insights from the Behavioral and Brain Sciences, Vol 7, Issue 2
• SAGE Structural Racism and Police Violence Collection
• Psychology in the Real World FABBS video series

Upcoming Member Society Meetings

• International Society for Developmental Psychobiology(Oct 21-23)
• Association for Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback(Nov 3-6)
• Society for Computation in Psychology(Nov 19)
• Psychonomics Society(Nov 19-21)

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, 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 Computation 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.