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FABBS Submits Comments on NIMH RFI on Improving Mental Health Outcomes Among Diverse Populations and NIH-wide COVID-19 Strategic Plan
December 16, 2020
FABBS responded to a Request for Information issued by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) on “Fostering Innovative Research to Improve Mental Health Outcomes Among Minority and Health Disparities Populations.” In the comments, FABBS expressed support for this important portfolio and for NIMH to continue examining the effects of discrimination, as well as ways to help mitigate the effects. Comments recommended that the research agenda include an analysis of
read moreNSF Releases Two Important Comment Opportunities, NSB and SBE Advisory Committee Meet
December 16, 2020
NSF RFIs
The National Science Foundation (NSF) recently released a Dear Colleague Letter on Interdisciplinary Frontiers of Understanding the Brain. The Request for Information (RFI) invites responses to the two prompts below. Responses to this RFI will inform future NSF investments that address the opportunities identified. Responses are due on March 31, 2021.
Describe the interdisciplinary frontier to be explored. Describe the perspectives and interactions
read morePresident Trump Appoints Eight Members to NBES
December 15, 2020
After years of inaction, and one month before his term expires, Donald Trump appointed eight members to the National Board of Education Sciences. NBES provides guidance to the director of the Institute for Education Sciences (IES), the research arm of the U.S. Department of Education. The appointees appear to have no experience in education research.
NBES, a 15-member presidentially appointed board, has been without a quorum since the end of the Obama administration,
read moreNIH Taking Steps to Build a Better System for BESH Registration and Reporting
December 15, 2020
The National Library of Medicine (NLM), the unit at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) that oversees the ClinicalTrials.gov database, hosted a webinar on December 7th to update the research community. NLM staff have conducted an analysis of the challenges of registration and results reporting of Basic Experimental Studies with Humans (BESH) in ClinicalTrials.gov.
William Riley, Director of NIH’s Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR), opened
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