While Awaiting President’s Budget Request, Congress Advances COVID Relief
White House Budget Update
The first Monday of February has come and gone without a Presidential Budget Request for fiscal year (FY) 2022. This is fairly standard in the first year of a new administration, particularly one that is simultaneously …
NSF Releases Merit Review Digest and SED, FABBS Submits Comments on Strategic Plan
February 16, 2021
Each year the National Science Foundation (NSF) prepares an analysis of the merit review process for the National Science Board (NSB). The digest shows that in 2019, 4,262 proposals (for $2.8 billion) that were rated “Very Good” …
Upcoming Webinars on Data Sharing and Health and Education Research to Policy
February 3, 2021
FABBS is pleased to announce two webinars this month that we would like to highlight.
Data Sharing and Citation: How Societies Can Make a DifferenceFriday, February 5 at 10:00 am ET
This is the first in a …
FABBS Endorses Science and Technology Action Plan
February 3, 2021
The Science & Technology Action Committee is a nonpartisan coalition of non-profit, academic, foundation, and corporate leaders working to dramatically strengthen the U.S. science and technology infrastructure. The Committee released a three-step action plan to accomplish this …
Biden Signs Dozens of EOs in First Weeks as President
February 3, 2021
Since taking office on January 20th, President Biden has issued dozens of Executive Orders (EOs) on a wide range of topics — COVID-19, climate change, criminal detention agencies, to name a few — many revoking EOs issued …
OBSSR Working Groups Featured at NIH Council of Councils
February 3, 2021
The NIH Council of Councils met virtually on January 29 with the behavioral and social sciences prominent on the agenda. A recording of the meeting is available on NIH Video Cast.
The Council is made up of …
