February 9, 2023

On January 31st, The National Science Foundation (NSF) hosted a webinar to present data on the U.S. STEM workforce and education from their biennial report: “Diversity and STEM: Women, Minorities, and Persons with Disabilities.”Report authors Elizabeth Grieco and Steven Deitz highlighted important findings and Alicia Knoedler, head of the NSF Office of Integrative Activities, reviewed policy implications from the data.Read more »

FABBSResponds to OSTP RFI on Clinical Trials

FABBSsubmittedcommentsin response to arequestfor information (RFI) from the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) on clinical research infrastructure and emergency clinical trials.

This response underscored the importance of behavioral interventions to address COVID and future pandemics, outlined the challenges of expediting clinical trials, and identified opportunities for streamlining clinical trials processes to accelerate implementation of effective interventions. The comments reflected input fromFABBSmember societies.See our comments here »

NIA and NICHD Advisory Councils Meet

Meet theFABBSSpring Interns

We invited our spring semester interns, Gillian Henneberry and Bitania Admasu, to introduce themselves and share what they have been working on during their internship atFABBS. Gillian majors in Psychology at Hendrix College and Bitania studies Public Health at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.Read more »

Attend

• NASEM Advancing Antiracism, Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion in STEMM Organizations(Feb 14)
• Register hereto join theFABBSdiscussion and share your input on theNIH RFI on Proposed Simplified Review Framework for NIH Research Project Grant Applications(Feb 15)
• 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/Comment

• NASEM Call for Nominations: Board on Environmental Change and Society(Feb 16)
• Cognitive Science Society -Lila R. Gleitman Prize for Early-Career Contributions to Cognitive Science(Mar 6)
• NIH RFI on Proposed Simplified Review Framework for NIH Research Project Grant Applications(Mar 10)
• 📢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 WorldFABBSVideo 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)

FABBSNews 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

Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research•American Educational Research Association•American Psychological Association•American Psychosomatic Society•Association for Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback•Association for Behavior Analysis International•Behavior Genetics Association•Cognitive Neuroscience Society•Cognitive Science Society•Council of Graduate Departments of Psychology•Flux Society•International Congress of Infant Studies•International Society for Developmental Psychobiology•National Academy of Neuropsychology•The Psychonomic Society•Society of Behavioral Medicine•Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology•Society for Computation in Psychology•Society for Judgment and Decision Making•Society for Mathematical Psychology•Society for Psychophysiological Research•Society for Research on Adolescence•Society for Research in Child Development•Society for Research in Psychopathology•Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues•Society for the Scientific Study of Reading•Society for Text & Discourse•Society of Experimental Social Psychology•Society of Multivariate Experimental Psychology•Vision Sciences Society