February 24, 2021

While Awaiting President’s Budget Request, Congress Advances COVID Relief 

The Biden administration has yet to share an official timeline for sending the president’s first budget request to Congress. There is some speculation that the administration will release a “skinny budget” – a broad-brush preview – in mid-March to be followed by a full presidential budget request in mid-May. In the meantime, Congress has been working on COVID-19 relief spending of roughly $1.9 trillion, with several committees advancing legislative proposals for inclusion in the final bill. Additionally, congressional earmarks may return in the FY22 appropriations process. Read more »

February Proves a Busy Month for NIH Advisory Councils 

The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Advisory Council, The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) Advisory Council, and The National Advisory Council on Drug Abuse (NIDA) all met in February. Read more »

NSF Releases Merit Review Digest and SED, FABBS Submits Comments on Strategic Plan

Each year the National Science Foundation (NSF) prepares an analysis of the merit review process for the National Science Board (NSB). NSF has also released the 2019 Survey of Earned Doctorates (SED) data, which monitors the number of degrees awarded, along with fields of study, paths to the doctorate, postgraduation trends, and demographic information. Additionally, FABBS submitted comments on the NSF strategic plan, underscoring the importance of the NSF mission to invest in fundamental science. Read more »

FABBS Supports Efforts to Advance Open Science

As the federal government and scientific societies work to increase the openness of science, FABBS is supporting a NASEM study on behavioral ontology, providing information on federal requirements and successful examples of sharing, and informing federal policies and practices. Read more »

Apply and Register

• FABBS Undergraduate Research Excellence Award (Mar 5)
• FABBS Doctoral Dissertation Research Excellence Award (Mar 5)
• Jacobs Foundation – Research Prize (Mar 14)
• Brain and Behavior Research Foundation (BBRF) Young Investigator Grants (Mar 25)

Attend

• Black Scientists & Engineers at Our Nation's HBCU's (Feb 25)
• NSF ADVANCE Seminars and Panels (Mar 3-31)
• 21st Century Cures Act: Update on Implementation (Mar 11)
• Changing the Culture of Data Management and Sharing (Apr 28-29)
• NIH Matilda White Riley Behavioral and Social Sciences Honors (May 5)
• 2021 BRAIN Initiative® Investigators Meeting (Jun 15-17)

Comment and Nominate

• The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine: Nominations for committee members and/or reviewers for study (Feb 28)
• 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

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
• Budget Reconciliation and COVID Relief- Science, Space, and Technology

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, Andrew Deshler, Eli Flores, Christian Angelucci

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.