March 9, 2022

President Biden Highlights Research and Mental Health in State of the Union

On March 1st, President Biden delivered his annual State of the Union address and called on Congress to take action on his research priorities, including NSF reauthorization and the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health.Read more »

Members of Congress Weigh in on Open Access and Animal Models

Last month, Members of Congress sent letters to federal colleagues on issues of importance to members of FABBS societies. Two Senators sent a letter to Dr. Alondra Nelson, Acting Director, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, encouraging the agency to update the existing government-wide public access policy for federally funded research. Meanwhile, eight Representatives sent a letter to Acting Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Dr. Lawrence Tabak, opposing the use of animal models. Read more »

DOJ Updates Research Security Policy

The Department of Justice recently announced updates to federal policies regarding academic research security, addressing concerns that previous policies "fueled a narrative of intolerance and bias" and potentially stifled international research collaboration. Going forward, cases involving academic integrity and research security will be supervised by the Department’s National Security Division to provide an added layer of oversight.Read more »

National Science Board Held Quarterly Oversight Meeting

On February 23rd and 24th, the National Science Board (NSB) held their quarterly oversight meeting. The meeting included updates on diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility efforts at the foundation, interagency collaboration with the department of defense, and a recent report on the state of science and engineering higher education in the US.Read more »

NASEM Committee on Behavioral Economics to Policy Holds First Meeting

On March 1, the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine's (NASEM) Committee on Future Directions for Applying Behavioral Economics (BE) to Policy held its first meeting to review evidence on the applications of insights from BE, public policy objectives, and past controversies from the field.Read more »

PIBBS Volume 9, Issue 1 Released

The newest edition ofPIBBSexamines multiple facets of infant and child developmental outcomes and the variety of factors affecting them, such as sleep, cultural diversity, parental stress, media usage, racial biases, mental and behavioral health services, and more.PIBBSprovides research from brain and behavioral scientists and other experts in the fields that can help build sound policies to address the societal challenges affecting children and youth.Read more »

Attend

• From Research to Intervention and Treatment: NIMH Advances in Early Psychosis, Sponsored by Friends of NIMH(Mar 31)
• Can Social Scientists Influence the Public Debate? A Discussion with David Leonhardt(Apr 6)
• University-Industry Partnerships in the Social Sciences: Helping Organizations Achieve Impact Workshops - Co-sponsored by FABBS(Apr 20-21)
• NIH Social, Behavioral, and Economic (SBE) Health Impacts of COVID-19 Initiative Spring Webinar(Apr 27-28)

Apply and Comment

• RFI: Priorities for Cancer Control and Population Sciences at NCI(Mar 25)
• RFI: NIH-Wide Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility Strategic Plan(Apr 3)
• NIMH 2022 James Jackson Memorial Award, Call for Nominations(Apr 18)
• HHS RFI Impact of Health Misinformation in the Digital Information Environment in the United States Throughout the COVID-19 Pandemic(May 2)
• NIH Early Career Reviewer (ECR) Program(Ongoing)

Funding

• IES:Education 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)
• NIH:Research on Community Level Interventions for Firearm and Related Violence, Injury and Mortality Prevention (CLIF-VP) (UG3/UH3 Clinical Trial Optional)(LOI Mar 22);Risk and Protective Factors of Family Health and Family Level Interventions (R01 - Clinical Trial Optional)(Jun 5); Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics – Underserved Populations (RADx-UP):Social, Ethical, and Behavioral Implications (SEBI) Research on Disparities in COVID-19 Testing among Underserved and Vulnerable Populations(May 2) |Community-Engaged Research on Rapid SARS-CoV-2 Testing among Underserved and Vulnerable Populations (U01 Clinical Trial Optional)(May 2)
• 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) andScholars Program for Researchers in Social, Behavioral, and Health Sciences(Jul 6)
• NIA:Behavioral Research Funding Opportunities and Applicant Resources

Share

• Prioritizing Mental Health: NICHD Director’s Corner March 2022
• OBSSR Behavioral and Social Sciences Research Accomplishments
• Community Toolkit for Addressing Health Misinformation from the Office of the Surgeon General

FABBS Resources

• FABBS 2022 Advocacy Outlook
• 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

• American Psychosomatic Society (Mar 23-26)
• Association for Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback(Mar 23-26)
• American Educational Research Association(Apr 21–26)

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, and Anna Peña-Gomez

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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.