February 4, 2021

Biden Signs Dozens of EOs in First Weeks as President

Since taking office on January 20th, President Biden has issued dozens of Executive Orders (EOs) on a wide range of topics — COVID-19, climate change, criminal detention agencies, to name a few — many revoking EOs issued by the former administration. Below are several EOs particularly relevant to FABBS members. Read more»

FABBS Endorses Science and Technology Action Plan

The Science & Technology Action Committee is a nonpartisan coalition of non-profit, academic, foundation, and corporate leaders working to dramatically strengthen the U.S. science and technology infrastructure. The Committee released a three-step action plan to accomplish this goal. FABBS has endorsed it. Read more»

Database of Police Outcomes May Be First Step to Reduce Racial Bias

Communities nationwide are trying various strategies to combat the inherent bias and stereotyping that not only target black people but also can cause perpetrators to deny feelings of pain experienced by minorities. “Whiteness serve(s) as a protective factor,”Kimberly Barsamian Kahn and Karin D. Martin explain in “The Social Psychology of Racially Biased Policing: Evidence-Based Policy Responses.” Read more»

Upcoming Webinars

FABBS is pleased to announce two webinars this month:

Data Sharing and Citation: How Societies Can Make a Difference

Friday, February 5 at 10:00 am ET

This is the first in a 12-part series to provide societies and their journals with information and resources to increase relevant and meaningful data sharing.

Connecting Research to Policy at the Nexus of Health and Education

Wednesday, February 17 at 11:30 am ET

This FABBS webinar will feature Zewelanji N. Serpell, Virginia Commonwealth University, who will present on the challenges and opportunities for connecting behavioral and brain sciences to policy. 

Apply and Register

• 2021 AAAS Annual Meeting (Feb 8-11)
• Society for the Advancement of Behavior Analysis Public Awareness Grant (Feb 12)
• Institute of Education Sciences - Supervisory Education Research Analyst (Feb 12)
• FABBS Undergraduate Research Excellence Award (Mar 5)
• FABBS Doctoral Dissertation Research Excellence Award (Mar 5)
• Jacobs Foundation – Research Prize (Mar 14)

Attend

• Targeting Fear and Avoidance of Exercise in Cardiac Rehabilitation (Feb 17)
• NIH SOBC Capstone Conference (Feb 22-23)
• National Science Board Meeting (Feb 23-24)
• 21st Century Cures Act: Update on Implementation (Mar 11)
• NIH Matilda White Riley Behavioral and Social Sciences Honors (May 5)
• 2021 BRAIN Initiative® Investigators Meeting (Jun 15-17)

Comment and Submit

• Request for Information; Strategic and Performance Plans (NSF) (Feb 10)
• 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/Listen

• The Science of Effective Mentoring in STEMM- NASEM
• Parting Trump memo on U.S. research security seen as road map for Biden- Science
• Double down on federal science spending- The Hill
• Building COVID-19 Vaccine Confidence- NASEM
• Recruiting and Retaining Highly Effective Teachers of Color- Juliane Baron and Jacqueline Greer, Day One Project
• Voices from the Field: The Impact of COVID-19 on Early Career Scholars and Doctoral Students- AERA and Spencer Foundation
• Showing Support for Basic Researchers- Josh Gordon, NIMH Director
• Reflections on 2020 and the Role of Behavioral and Social Sciences- William T Riley, OBSSR Director
• A Year for Reflection and Continued Transformation- Mark Schneider, IES Director

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, 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 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.