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FABBS Responds to RFI on Climate and Health

FABBS responded to a recent NIH request for input on climate change and health. FABBS' comments focused on how the behavioral sciences can be leveraged across NIH to maximize the health benefits of federal investments in climate research. We also recommended new funding mechanisms to facilitate more effective data collection, and new systems for translation and dissemination to create more direct lines from high quality research to effective public policy.

White House Publishes FY 2023 Budget Memo

On August 27, the White House released a Memorandum on R&D Priorities for the FY 2023 Budget providing guidance to federal agencies as they develop budget requests. The memo listed pandemic readiness and prevention, climate and energy, emerging technology, equity …

Congress Debates Spending Priorities

September 8, 2021

September will be a busy and complicated month on Capitol Hill as Congressional leaders push to meet key deadlines on major spending legislation amid intraparty disagreements over the size and scope of those plans.

Key to watch …

Bipartisan Group Forms Congressional Caucus on Social Determinants of Health

September 8, 2021

Earlier this summer, a bipartisan group of legislators announced a new congressional caucus to address the social determinants of health – non-medical factors that impact health. Led by Representatives Cheri Bustos (D-IL), Tom Cole (R-OK), G.K. Butterfield (D-NC), and Markwayne Mullin (R-IN), the …

American Rescue Plan Funds at Work for Education Research

September 8, 2021

In February 2021, FABBS joined the Friends of IES to send a letter to Congress requesting supplemental funding for the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) to respond to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. We listed specific areas in …

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