April 8, 2021

Bipartisan Lawmakers Introduce Plan to Double NSF Funding, Add New Directorate

Leaders on the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee introduced the NSF for the Future Act to reauthorize the National Science Foundation (NSF) through 2026, more than doubling its budget in that time, and creating a new Directorate for Science and Engineering Solutions. Read more »

The Impact of COVID-19 on the Extramural Scientific Workforce – Outcomes from NIH-Led Surveys

On March 25, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of Extramural Research announced the findings from surveys issued in October 2020, which aimed to identify and document the impact of COVID-19 on extramural research and researchers. Read more »

Predictive Intelligence for Pandemic Prevention

The NSF held the final of four workshops around the topic of Predictive Intelligence for Pandemic Prevention (PIPP). Interdisciplinary experts convened on March 23rd to "examine how human attitudes, social behavior, and the drivers underlying both contribute to disease transmission through their determination of policy and behavioral obstacles and support." Read more »

Q&A with Dr. Christine Cameron, Former FABBS Executive Director

As we commemorate 40 years of the Federation of Associations in Behavioral & Brain Sciences (FABBS), we have invited former FABBS Executive Directors to reflect on their time in the role. Read more »

Apply

• Student Experience Research Network (SERN) - Midcareer Fellows Program (Apr 9)
• 3rd Annual International Policy Memo Competition  (May 2)

Attend

• NSF Convergence AcceleratorAcademic Submitters Webinar  (Apr 8 & 20);
• Industry, Non-Profit & Other Webinar  (Apr 14)
• Major NSF funding opportunities for social, behavioral and economic sciences researchers Webinar  (April 15)
• Knowable Magazine - Effects of the Pandemic on the Developing Child  (Apr.19)
• NASEM -Changing the Culture of Data Management and Sharing (Apr 28 - 29)
• NIH Matilda White Riley Behavioral and Social Sciences Honors (May 5)
• NSF National Science Board Meeting  (May 18-19)
• NSF ARIS - Broader Impacts 101  (Jun 2)
• 2021 BRAIN Initiative® Investigators Meeting  (Jun 15-17)

Comment and Submit

• NIH RFI: Improving the Mental Health of Rural People  (Apr 15)
• SPSSI's 2021 Virtual Conference: Call For Submissions (April 16)
• NSF Convergence Accelerator: Letter of Intent Submission  (May 5)
• NIH RFI:Use of Common Data Elements (CDEs)  (May 10)
• APA Technology, Mind, & Society 2021 Conference: Call for Submissions  (May 21)

Funding

• NIH:Weekly Funding Opportunities and Notices  (Week of Apr 5)
• NSF:Convergence Accelerator: 'Trust and Authenticity’ and the ‘Networked Blue Economy’ andMid-Scale Research Infrastructure

Read/Listen

• Science is rescuing us from COVID - it's time for the US to return the favor
• Q&A: Meeting the Needs of Students of Color in a Time of Collective Trauma
• Discussion: What Does Inclusive Leadership Look Like?

Share 

• Policy Insights from the Behavioral and Brain Sciences, Vol 8, Issue 1
• FABBS Teaching Resources
• SAGE Structural Racism and Police Violence Collection

Upcoming Member Society Meetings

• Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting  (Apr 7-9)
• American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting  (April 8-12)
• Vision Sciences Society Annual Meeting (May 21-26)
• Association for Behavior Analysis International Annual Meeting (May 28-31)

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, Jaclyn Sadiua, Andrew Deshler, 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.