June 24, 2022

Congress Makes Progress on ARPA-H and NSF Authorization

The House passed the ARPA-H Act on June 22, which would authorize the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health through 2027. Meanwhile, work continues on legislation to reauthorize the National Science Foundation (NSF), as part of a larger package of bills aimed at boosting American economic competitiveness.Read more »

House Releases Fiscal Year 2023 Appropriations Bills

House Appropriators released fiscal year (FY) 2023 funding proposals this week, including increases to the NIH, NSF, and Institute of Education Sciences (IES) budgets. These bills reflect Democratic priorities, and final appropriations legislation will need bipartisan support to pass the Senate.Read more »

NASEM Report on Ontology Use to Accelerate Behavioral Science Research

FABBS is a sponsor of the recently released consensus study by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, “Accelerating Behavioral Science Through Ontology Development and Use.” A committee of experts on ontological systems convened to investigate the challenges preventing the behavioral sciences from being fully integrated across disciplines. The report lists opportunities for FABBS to play a role in addressing this challenge.Read more »

2022 Undergraduate Research Excellence Award Winners

The FABBS Undergraduate Research Excellence Awards, offered to our Departmental and Division Affiliates, honor undergraduate student scientists who have conducted research of superior quality and with broader societal impact.

Justin Grady

Justin Grady, George Washington University, received the award for his work in the field of visual cognition. His research looks at the negative impact of fatigue on visual search, using data from a mobile game app.Read more »

Eva McAlister López

Eva McAlister López, University of Michigan, received the award for her research in literacy development within bilingual children. Her focus is on the morphological awareness skills that transfer from one language to another. Read more »

How Parent-Infant Neural Attunement Supports Healthy Development

Congratulations to Dr. Victoria Leong on receiving the 2022 Early Career Impact Award, as nominated by the International Congress of Infant Studies (ICIS), for pioneering the breakthrough technique dyadic-EEG (or dual-electroencephalography) to study neural synchrony in parents and infants. Dr. Leong's research looks at how the interplay of social behaviors impacts age-appropriate learning, cognition, and social-emotional development in children.Read more »

Attend

• American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB): Inside look: Becoming an early-career reviewer at the NIH Webinar(Jun 28)
• NSF Mid-scale Research Infrastructure Project Execution Plan Development Workshop for Behavioral and Social Science Researchers and Education Researchers(Jul 13 and 15)
• NSF Convergence Accelerator Expo 2022(Jul 27 – 28)

Apply and Comment

• AAAS John P. McGovern Award Lecture in the Behavioral Sciences:Submit Nominations Here(June 30)
• AAAS 2023:Scientific Session Reviewer(Applications Reviewed from Jun 27 – Jul 12) |Submit a Proposal for Workshops (July 25)
• WT Grant Foundation: Scholars Program(Jul 6) |Early-Career Reviewer Program 2022 Cohort on Improving the Use of Research Evidence(Jul 27)
• NSF:Call for Nominations for the Assistant Director for Biological Sciences (BIO)(Aug 12 | E-mailbiosrch@nsf.gov)

Funding

• The Dana Foundation(NIH BRAIN Initiative Alliance Partner):Request for Proposals for Future Dana Centers for Neuroscience & Society(Jul 6)
• IES:Education Research and Training Grant Programs
• NIAAA:Public Policy Effects on Alcohol-, Cannabis-, Tobacco-, and Other Drug-Related Behaviors and Outcomes(Sept 8)
• NIH:Implementing a Maternal health and PRegnancy Outcomes Vision for Everyone (IMPROVE) Initiative: Implementation Science to Advance Maternal Health and Maternal Health Equity(Jul 17)
• NIH OBSSR:Administrative Supplement for Research Efforts that Illuminate Fundamental Processes Underlying Behavior Change, Maintenance, and Adherence (Admin Supp Clinical Trial Optional)(Jul 15)
• NSF:Convergence Accelerator Phases I and II for the 2022 Cohort: Enhancing Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities;Research Experiences for Undergraduates Sites: Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences
• NSF andWT Grant Foundation:Scholars Program for Researchers in Social, Behavioral, and Health Sciences(Jul 6)
• Social Science Research Council (SSRC):The Mercury Project: Call for Proposals - Investigating the Impacts of Health Misinformation and Evaluating Interventions to Prevent its Spread(rolling deadline)

Share

• HHS Secretary Becerra Establishes ARPA-H within NIH, Names Adam H. Russell, D.Phil. Acting Deputy Director
• Building equitable access and inclusion for children growing up in the digital age (PIBBS video abstract)
• Impact of Public Health Guidance is Focus of New NSF Partnership with Social Science Research Council

FABBS Resources

• Policy Insights from the Behavioral and Brain Sciences, Vol 9, Issue1
• 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 the Psychological Study of Social Issues(San Juan, PR, Jun 24–26)
• Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research(Woodstock, VT, Jun 26-30)
• Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology(Atlanta, GA, Jun 26 -29)

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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.