Visioning Exercise Imagines Future of SBE at NSF
May 26, 2022
The Advisory Committee (AC) for the Social, Behavioral, and Economic (SBE) Sciences Directorate at the National Science Foundation (NSF) met on May 20 , chaired by Dr. Dominique Brossard, from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. The committee experimented …
How Does Diversity Impact Science? NIH Workforce Diversity Concludes Final Seminar
May 26, 2022
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) held the last session of the 2021-2022 season of the NIH Scientific Workforce Diversity Seminar Series, titled “How Does Diversity Impact Science.” The NIH Chief Officer for Scientific Workforce Diversity (COSWD), …
2022 FABBS Early Career Award Winners
FABBS is pleased to announce our 2022 Early Career Impact Award winners. This award is presented to early career scientists of FABBS member societies during the first 10 years post-PhD and recognizes scientists who have made major contributions to the …
Work Begins on Fiscal Year 2023 Federal Budget
May 12, 2022
After significant delays in passing government funding legislation for Fiscal Year 2022 (FY22), Congressional appropriators are now busy crafting FY23 spending bills. Bipartisan meetings have already begun, and leaders have expressed optimism that Congress will complete work …
National Science Board Holds Spring Meeting, Honoring Waterman Award Winners and Outgoing Board Members
May 12, 2022
On May 5, the National Science Board (NSB) held a hybrid meeting, the first with an in-person component since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. The NSB is a 25-member body that oversees the National Science Foundation …
Webinar Showcases Initial Findings from NIH-funded SBE Health Impacts of COVID-19
May 12, 2022
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has made it abundantly clear that highly effective vaccines and therapeutics alone have been insufficient to control the pandemic. To best prevent the spread, health leaders at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) …
