August 18, 2022

Biden Signs Historic Science Legislation

On August 9, President Biden signed theCHIPS and Science Actinto law. This historic and long awaited $280 billion dollar package aims to supercharge America’s international economic competitiveness, including by authorizing nearly $37 billion in new spending at the National Science Foundation (NSF).Read more »

Senate Appropriations Committee Democrats released draft appropriations bills on July 28. Despite optimism earlier this year, this is a sign that they have been unable to reach a bipartisan agreement. It is now highly unlikely that Congress will pass appropriations before the end of the fiscal year on September 30, whereby the most likely outcome in the short term is for Congress to pass a continuing resolution (CR).Read more»

Bill to Accelerate COVID-19 Cognitive Research Passes House

The House of Representatives has passed theBrycen Gray and Ben Price COVID–19 Cognitive Research Act, which authorizes $1,000,000 for the NSF to fund research on the disruption of regular cognitive processes associated with both short-term and long-term COVID-19 infections. This bill was introduced by Rep. Anthony Gonzalez (R-OH), who worked with the brain science community, including consulting with FABBS staff, to craft the bill. FABBS is grateful for the opportunity to be helpful in the development of this legislation.Read more »

White House Releases Memo to Guide Research Priorities

Leaders of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) released theMulti-Agency Research and Development Priorities for FY 2024. The Administration’s annual memo provides guidance to federal agencies as they draft their budget requests for fiscal year 2024, detailing how R&D programs are expected to align with the president’s larger policy agenda.Read more »

NASEM Hosts Workshop on Psychology and Behavioral Economics

The Consensus Committee of the National Academies (NASEM) hosted the Workshop on Behavioral Economics: Exploring Applications & Research Methods on July 18-19. The event sought to identify opportunities to apply psychology and behavioral economics to public policy on issues including chronic illness, public health, climate change, incarceration, and education. The committee examined successes and challenges in the implementation of behavioral economics and discussed recommendations for further progress. Read more »

Researcher Explores the Neural Correlates of Mental Illness

Congratulations to Dr. Anna Weinberg, associate professor of clinical psychology at McGill University, on receiving the 2022 Early Career Impact Award, as nominated by the Society for Research in Psychopathology (SRP). Her multidisciplinary research investigates the neural responses linked to the development of mental illness, with implications for early identification of at-risk individuals and informing preventative measures. She co-led an initiative to establish a new psychology training clinic at McGill, communicating scientific insights and providing the community with evidence-based techniques for stress reduction.Read more »

Attend

• APA Science Training Sessions(Multiple Sessions, Aug 31 - Oct 11)
• National Advisory Child Health & Human Development (NACHHD) Council(Sep 12-13)
• NIH BRAIN Initiative: Brain Behavior Quantification and Synchronization (BBQS) Pre-application Information and Technical Assistance Webinar (Sep 22)
• NICHD 60th Anniversary Symposium: Healthy Pregnancies. Healthy Children. Healthy and Optimal Lives(Oct 17)

Apply and Comment

• 📢NIH Office of Science Policy Now Recruiting for Multiple Job Opportunities(Closing Soon - Aug 19)
• NINDS RFI on Advancing Research in Fundamental Neuroscience(Sep 1)
• NSF Nominations for the 2023 Alan T Waterman Award(Sep 16)
• 2023-2024 AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellowship Application(Nov 1)

Funding

• 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 Brain Initiative:Advanced Postdoctoral Career Transition Award to Promote Diversity(Nov 12);Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Postdoctoral Fellowship (Dec 10);Brain Behavior Quantification and Synchronization(Jan 2023)
• NSF:Research Experiences for Undergraduates Sites: Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences
• WT Grant Foundationand NSF:Improving the Use of Research Evidence-Institutional Challenge Grant(Sep 14);Youth Service Capacity-Building Grants(Sep 14)
• 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)
• The Network for Emotional Well-being (Funded by NIH):Request for Proposals for Emotional Well-being and Data Analysis Award(Nov 11);Request for Proposals: Connecting Emotional Well-being Interventions to Health Outcomes(TBA)

Share

• Infusing Human Behavior into Epidemiological Models is the Focus of New NSF-supported Research Projects
• NIH OBSSR Director's Voice Blog: Career Opportunities at NIH for Behavioral and Social Scientists: Serving as a Program or Scientific Review Officer
• NICHD Director's Corner: Preventing Gun Violence, the Leading Cause of Childhood Death
• 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

• Flux Society(Paris, Sep 7–9)
• Society for Research in Psychopathology(Philadelphia, Sep 8–11)
• Society for Psychophysiological Research(Vancouver, Sep 28–Oct 2)

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, Paige Wilson, Danya Kariv, and Melissa Knouse

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