January 8, 2021

Recovering and Looking Forward in 2021 – A Letter from the FABBS President

I’m sure that, like me, you are happy to see 2020 in the rear view mirror. I do not remember ever being so happy to replace a calendar on my wall or desk. Unfortunately, that relief was fleeting as we witnessed the violent assault on our nation’s Capitol earlier this week. 

As the President of the FABBS Board and someone who has devoted my career to studying the impact of disasters and the health effects of media exposure, I feel the need to recognize that 2020 was a brutal, tragic year, filled with cascading collective traumas that never seemed to let up. As my colleagues and I wrote in a commentary a couple months ago, “with hindsight, 2020 will not easily be forgotten…. This unprecedented stressful year has both taxed the public’s capacity to cope and endangered the most vulnerable groups in society.”

Fortunately, 2021 is infused with optimism and opportunity. There are two effective and safe vaccines that have (too) slowly been rolled out in December, and many of us can hope to get access to the vaccine in the next 6-9 months. The serious threat to our democractic and peaceful transfer of power was unsuccessful. And the incoming administration has made clear its increased attention to science and the important contributions our sciences bring to the critical issues facing our country. My colleagues and I are committed to improving the world through scientific progress in the behavioral and brain sciences. Read more »

Congress Kicks Off the 117th Session

The U.S. Congress began its 117th session on January 3, 2021, after swearing in new and returning Senators and Representatives. This Congress faces demands for trillions of dollars in new spending in efforts to address needs of a worsening pandemic and long-term consequences. Read more »

Trump Signs ‘Stimnibus’ – FY21 Spending Bills and COVID Relief

On December 27, 2020, following threats to refuse, President Trump signed the spending package for fiscal year 2021. Congress had passed the legislation on December 21 by wide margins and bipartisan support. Prior to this, budget disagreements had required two short-term continuing resolutions, to extend government funding to avoid a government shut down. Read more »

BBCSS Thanks and Celebrates Susan Fiske for her Service as Chair and Welcomes Terrie Moffitt and Five New Members

Susan Fiske chaired her last meeting of the Board on Behavioral, Cognitive and Sensory Services (BBCSS) in November 2020. Dr. Fiske, a past president of FABBS and ongoing editor of the FABBS journal –Policy Insights from the Behavioral and Brain Sciences, had dedicated eleven years of service to the Board, including six years of exceptional leadership as chair. Read more »

Welcome to our newest member, the International Congress of Infant Studies. We look forward to working with and on behalf of ICIS and our sciences!

2021 FABBS Early Career Award Winners

FABBS is pleased to announce our 2021 Early Career Impact Award winners. 

Martin Picard, PhD,Columbia University

Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research

Emily Rauscher, PhD,Brown University

American Educational Research Association

Kristine Marceau, PhD,Purdue University

Behavior Genetics Association

Pernille Hemmer, PhD,Rutgers University

Society for Mathematical Psychology

Riana Elyse Anderson, PhD LCP,University of Michigan School of Public Health

Society for Research in Child Development

Greg Trevors, PhD,University of South Carolina

Society for Text and Discourse

Read more »

Apply and Register

• NASEM Program Officer - Behavioral/Social Sciences and National Security (posted Jan 7)
• Student Opportunities in the Behavioral and Brain Sciences
• Register your Event for National Drug and Alcohol Facts Week

Attend

• MRCT Leaning In Webinar: Data Standards and Analysis (Jan 13)
• Diagnosing Resilience: A Multisystemic Model for Positive Development in Stressed Environments - NIMH Director's Innovation Speaker Series (Jan 14)
• Learning in a Pandemic: Resources to Support Students - Department of Education (Jan 14)
• How to Change Behavior During a Pandemic: From Personal Habits to Public Health (Jan 15)
• Build and Broaden 2.0 Informational Webinar (Jan 22)
• National Advisory Mental Health Council Meeting (Feb 2)
• National Advisory Child Health and Human Development (NACHHD) Council Meeting (Feb 2-3)
• SOBC 101: The Science Of Behavior Change for Psychological Scientists Webinar (Feb 3)
• NIH SOBC Capstone Conference (Feb 22-23)
• National Science Board Meeting (Feb 23-24)
• 2021 BRAIN Initiative® Investigators Meeting (Jun 15-17)

Comment and Submit

• Request for Information; Strategic and Performance Plans (NSF) (Jan 22)
• Dear Colleague Letter: Interdisciplinary Frontiers of Understanding the Brain (Mar 31)

Funding (Please visit our website for a full listing)

• NIH:Extended Guidance for Applicants Preparing Applications During the COVID-19 Pandemic
• NSF:Human Networks and Data Science (HNDS) (Feb 4)

Read and Listen

• All About Grants Podcast: Human Subjects’ Research Post-Award - NIH
• Toward a new agenda for education research - PDK, Vivian Tseng
• A Federal Strategy for Science Engagement - Day One Project
• COVID-19 Vaccination Communication: Applying Behavioral and Social Science to Address Vaccine Hesitancy and Foster Vaccine Confidence - NIH
• Introducing Operation Reverse the Loss - Mark Schneider, IES
• New Online Resource Shows How You Can Help to Fight COVID-19 - NIH Director's Blog

Share 

• FABBS Teaching Resources
• Data Standards for Behavioral and Brain Sciences webinar series
• 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

• Cognitive Neuroscience Society (Mar 13-16)
• Society for Research in Child Development (Apr 7-9)

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

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 Congress of Infant Studies • 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.