April 30, 2021

Endless Frontier Act Reintroduced

On April 21, Senators reintroduced the Endless Frontier Act, aimed at countering China and ensuring American leadership in technology and innovation. Should it pass, the bill would invest $100 billion in a new Directorate for Technology and Innovation at the National Science Foundation (NSF). Read more »

House and Senate Committees Review NSF Funding Proposals

NSF Director Panchanathan spoke with Congressional Appropriators about the President's budget proposal and the future of the agency. Panchanathan listed three core pillars of his vision for the agency: advancing the frontiers of research into the future, ensuring accessibility and inclusivity, and securing global leadership in science and technology. Read more »

FABBS Submits Comments on NIH UNITE Initiative

We thank the FABBS board members and member societies who provided input for our response to the request for information regarding the UNITE initiative to end structural racism in the National Institutes of Health (NIH) biomedical research enterprise. Read more »

Using Data from Natural Experiments, Researcher Documents Social Returns from Educational Investments

Congratulations to Dr. Emily Rauscher on receiving the 2021 FABBS Early Career Impact Award after her nomination by the American Educational Research Association. Her research used pre-existing data to measure the impact of capital improvements on the achievement gap, among other social returns. Read more »

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• JSPG 3rd Annual International Policy Memo Competition (May 2)
• APA Technology, Mind, & Society 2021 Conference: Call for Submissions (May 21)
• Foundation for Child Development: 2022 Young Scholars Program (LOI, Jun 8)

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NSF

• NSF Spring 2021 Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences Directorate (SBE) Advisory Committee Meeting (May 6-7)
• NSF National Science Board Meeting (May 18-19)
• NSF ARIS - Broader Impacts 101 (Jun 2)

NIH

• NIH 14th Matilda White Riley Behavioral and Social Sciences Honors (May 5)
• NIH National Advisory Mental Health Council (May 18)
• 2021 BRAIN Initiative® Investigators Meeting (Jun 15-17)

NASEM  

• NASEM Accelerating Behavioral Science Through Ontology Development and Use - Workshop (May 24) and Meeting (May 25)

Comment and Submit

• NSF Convergence Accelerator: Letter of Intent Submission (May 5)
• NIH RFI: Use of Common Data Elements (CDEs) (May 10)

Funding

• FCD - Young Scholars Program Letter of Intent (LOI) Webinar (May 4)
• NSF:Convergence Accelerator: 'Trust and Authenticity’ and the ‘Networked Blue Economy’ and Mid-Scale Research Infrastructure
• NIH:Brain Initiative | COVID-19 Related School Disruptions Impact on Mental Health, Cognitive, Social, and Emotional Development of Children | Social, Behavioral, and Economic Research on COVID-19 Consortium Coordinating Center

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• Join FABBS inUnderstanding Diversity in STEM: WMPD Day (May 12)
• Data Sharing Seminar Series for Societies (May 7)
• Policy Insights from the Behavioral and Brain Sciences, Vol 8, Issue 1
• Social Science Space Voting Rights Open Collection
• SAGE Structural Racism and Police Violence Collection

Upcoming Member Society Meetings

• Vision Sciences Society Annual Meeting (May 21-26)
• Association for Behavior Analysis International Annual Meeting (May 28-31)
• Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology Annual Meeting (Jun 28-Jul 1)

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 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.