House Passes Short Term Funding Bill

On February 8, the House of Representatives passed a continuing resolution (CR) to fund the government through March 11, providing more time for appropriators to negotiate a final fiscal year 2022 spending agreement. This short-term deal reflects optimism that Congress will be able to reach an agreement and avoid a devastating year-long CR. Nonetheless, the current fiscal year began on October 1, and the ongoing delay has negative ramifications for federal agencies and the FY23 budget process.

House Passes NSF Reauthorization

The House also passed the America COMPETES Act of 2022, marking an important step toward reauthorizing the National Science Foundation (NSF). The next step is for the House and Senate to reach an agreement that reconciles differences between this bill and the Senate-passedUnited States Innovation and Competition Act (USICA).Read more »

Mental Health Discussed in Congress

Last week, the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee held a hearing to discuss America’s growing mental health crisis. Witnesses spoke about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health, the behavioral health workforce, and bipartisan efforts to support youth mental health.

Dr. Mitch Prinstein, Chief Science Officer of the American Psychological Association and FABBS’ Council of Representatives member, was among those who provided expert testimony.Read more »

FABBS Provides Feedback on Pandemic Preparedness Bill 

Bipartisan members of the Senate released a draft of the PREVENT Pandemics Act, a bill aimed at improving pandemic preparedness. FABBS had the opportunity to share feedback, highlighting where the bill successfully incorporates insights from the behavioral and brain sciences, and bringing attention to areas where additional consideration of these factors could further strengthen our nation’s readiness for future pandemics.Read more »

NIMH Holds Winter Advisory Council Meeting 

Institute Director Dr. Joshua Gordon welcomed seven new members and recognized four members transitioning off of the board during the National Institute of Mental Health Advisory Council (AC) winter meeting. In her parting remarks, Dr. Yael Niv shared reflections on her time on the AC, mentioning that she suspects that she had been invited to serve for her scholarship in computational models; however, she felt that her bigger contribution during her term was being a voice for the importance of the behavioral sciences and for supporting female scholars. Read more »

Emerging Science Partners and the Future of Global Research Report Released 

The American Academy of Arts & Sciences released the Global Connections Emerging Science Partners, a report from the Challenges for International Scientific Partnerships Initiative (CISP) to identify the challengesandbenefits of international collaboration and to recommend actions. CISP was co-chaired by Dr. Arthur Bienenstock and Dr. Peter Michelson, who serve on the University Large-Scale Science (LSS) Working Group, which includes FABBS President Dr. Philip Rubin. Read more »

FABBS Welcomes New Interns

FABBS welcomes two new interns this spring semester; Anna Peña-Gomez, Florida International University, and Alexis Rodriguez, Arizona State University. FABBS offers hybrid undergraduate internship opportunities for students to gain experience in science advocacy and communication in the nation’s capital. We invited Anna and Alexis to (another) interview to discuss what they hope to get out of the experience at FABBS.Read more »

Talking to Children about Race, Gender, and Social Issues: Review and Recommendations

Infants develop the ability to differentiate people by race and gender in their first year of life; as they continue to grow, they develop a preference for people they perceive as in-group members. Researchers discuss the development of in-group and out-group mentalities in children, the consequences of these mentalities, and ways we can diminish them in their new research published in thePolicy Insights from the Behavioral and Brain Sciences.Read more »

Attend

• 2022 AAAS John P. McGovern Award Lecture by Dr. John Wixted: “Eyewitness Memory is Reliable, But the Criminal Justice System is Not” (Feb 18)
• University-Industry Partnerships in the Social Sciences: Helping Organizations Achieve Impact Workshops - Co-sponsored by FABBS(Apr 20-21)

Apply and Comment

• 2022 Summer Institute on Randomized Behavioral Clinical Trials(Feb 15)
• 2022 ABMR Early-Stage Investigator Fellowship Award(Feb 28)
• SSRC Albert O. Hirschman Prize(Feb 28)
• NIH RFI: Research Challenges and Needs in the Interaction of Sleep and Emotion Regulation to Improve Health and Well-being across Health Conditions(Feb 28)
• NIH Early Career Reviewer (ECR) Program(Ongoing)

Funding

• NIH:BRAIN Initiative: Research Resource Grants for Technology Integration and Dissemination (U24 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)(Feb 15);Risk and Protective Factors of Family Health and Family Level Interventions (R01 - Clinical Trial Optional)(Jun 5)
• NSF:EHR Core Research: Building Capacity in STEM Education Research(ECR: BCSER)(Mar 29); Smart and Connected Communities (S&CC) Program(Apr 1);NSF Convergence Accelerator Phases I and II for the 2021 Cohort(May 25);Research Experiences for Undergraduates Sites: Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences
• NSF andWT Grant Foundation: Research Grants on Improving the Use of Research Evidence(May 4)
• IESEducation Research and Training Grant Programs:Research Networks Focused on Critical Problems of Education Policy and Practice (Mar 10) andImproving Pandemic Recovery Efforts in Education Agencies(Mar 10);Unsolicited Grant Opportunities(Mar 31)

Share

• OBSSR Behavioral and Social Sciences Research Accomplishments
• Community Toolkit for Addressing Health Misinformation from the Office of the Surgeon General
• NIH Clinical Trials Protocol Template for the Behavioral and Social Sciences

FABBS Resources

• Policy Insights from the Behavioral and Brain Sciences, Vol 8, Issue2
• Public Scholarship Toolkit
• Science Advocacy 101: Realizing the Benefits, Overcoming the Challenges
• Psychology in the Real World FABBS Video Series
• FABBS Teaching Resources-PIBBS Course Compendium

Upcoming Member Society Meetings

• Society for Judgment and Decision Making(Feb 10-12)
• American Psychosomatic Society (Mar 23-26)
• Association for Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback(Mar 23-26)

FABBS News Highlights is a bi-weekly 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:Andrew Deshler, Jaclyn Sadiua, Alexis Rodriguez, Anna Peña-Gomez, and Melissa Knouse

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