January 26, 2023

Congressional Science Committees Take Shape

On January 13, President Biden announced the pending appointment of eight members to the National Science Board (NSB), bringing the board to full capacity. FABBS is particularly encouraged to see the appointment of psychologist Dr. Wanda Elaine Ward, who has also served as Assistant Director of the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences Directorate at the National Science Foundation, and the return of Dr. Deborah Loewenberg Ball, past President of the American Educational Research Association. Read more »

OSTP Advances National Scientific Integrity

NIH Council of Councils Winter Meeting

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Council of Councils met on January 19 and 20 to hear updates on current initiatives and discuss upcoming goals. Topics included the Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes Research Program, NIH Strategic Plan to Advance Research on the Health and Well-being of Sexual and Gender Minorities, Data Science Strategy, and Nutrition Research. Read more »

Attend

• National Advisory Mental Health Council 269th Meeting(Feb 7)
• NIA Brain Aging Center-"Investigations of emotion, aging, and the brain in the longitudinal MIDUS Affective Neuroscience Project to better understand the role of emotions in wellbeing and brain health throughout adulthood" Webinar(Feb 8)
• ABMR Virtual Symposium: "What behavioral medicine researchers need to know to impact policy: Perspectives from public health officials on the frontlines of policy debates"(Feb 22)

Apply/Nominate

• APA -Congressional and Executive Branch Fellowships (including the Springfield LGBTQIA+ Policy Congressional Fellowship and the Jacquelin Goldman Congressional Fellowship) (Jan 30)
• NIH-sponsored ORBIT Institute: Developing Behavioral Treatments to Improve Health - First Cohort Call for Applications(Jan 31)
• NSF BCS - Hiring Behavioral Scientists for multiple programs: Cognitive Neurosciences Program; Linguistics; Human Environment and Geographical Sciences(Feb 6)
• Cognitive Science Society -Lila R. Gleitman Prize for Early-Career Contributions to Cognitive Science(Mar 6)
• 📢FABBS-Undergraduate Research Excellence Awards(Mar 10);Doctoral Dissertation Research Excellence Awards(Mar 10)
• APA Division 45 Research Conference-Call for Proposals(March 17);Volunteer to Review
• NIMH -Peer Review Committee Call for Applications(Ongoing)

Funding

• NIHNotice of Special Interest (NOSI): Administrative Supplements to Recognize Excellence in Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility Mentorship(Feb 17)
• NSF: Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Program (S-STEM)(Mar 2);Growing Research Access for Nationally Transformative Equity and Diversity (GRANTED) Initiative - Conferences and Workshops funding(Mar 15);Research Experiences for Undergraduates Sites: Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences(Ongoing)
• SSRC Mercury Project: Interventions to Increase Vaccine Uptake Call for Proposals(May 1)
• NIH Brain Initiative: Data Science and Standardization, and Technology Dissemination and Commercialization(throughout 2023)

Read/Watch

• IES Celebrates their 20th Anniversary
• NIMH Creates Publicly Accessible Resource with Data from Healthy Volunteers
• Women researchers are cited less than men. Here’s why—and what can be done about it
• Science Update: Pre-existing distress may increase risk for long COVID, NIH-funded study suggests

FABBS Resources

• Policy Insights from the Behavioral and Brain Sciences, Vol9, Issue 2
• 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 8-11, Puerto Rico)
• Society for Research in Child Development(Mar 23-25, Salt Lake City, UT)
• Cognitive Neuroscience Society(Mar 25-28, San Francisco, CA)

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: Katie DeGeorge, Jaclyn Sadiua, and Gillian Henneberry

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