FABBS Annual Meeting Features Speakers from NIH, NSF, and OSTP
December 18, 2019
FABBS held its Annual Council of Representatives meeting on December 9th, 2019. This meeting is an opportunity for representatives from our member societies and our Board members to be updated on FABBS Advocacy efforts, discuss a range …
Q&A with Nora Newcombe, FABBS President
December 18, 2019
FABBS would like to thank Nora S. Newcombe, Temple University, for her tremendous service to FABBS. Dr. Newcombe will be ending her two-year term as FABBS President at the end of the year. We asked her for some …
Advisory Committee for SBE Meets, Discusses Goals and Challenges
December 18, 2019
The fall meeting of the NSF Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (SBE) Advisory Committee took place on December 12-13. This committee meets twice yearly to provide advice, recommendations, and oversight to the Directorate concerning support for research, …
Senate Poised to Vote and the President Expected to Sign a Budget Deal for FY2020
December 18, 2019
On December 17th, the House of Representatives voted to approve two minibus spending packages (HR 1158 National Security and HR 1865 Domestic) that together contain all 12 Fiscal Year 2020 spending bills. The Senate is expected to …
Congress Passes Another Continuing Resolution until December 20
November 21, 2019
This afternoon, the Senate passed a continuing resolution (CR) to keep the government open past today, November 21, the deadline of the previous CR. This second CR, passed by the House on Wednesday, will keep the government …
National Science Board and Board on Behavioral, Cognitive and Sensory Sciences Hold Fall Meetings
November 21, 2019
The National Science Board (NSB) met on November 19th and 20th. NSF Director, France Córdova, reviewed recent NSF activities and accomplishments including Nobel Prize and MacArthur winners supported by NSF. Córdova announced Convergence Accelerator awards for two …
