Deal Reached to Keep Government Open; Administration FY 2020 Budget Request Delayed
February 15, 2019
At press time, a budget deal to avoid another partial shutdown awaited the President’s signature. The conference report provides budgets for the remainder of fiscal year (FY) 2019 to nine departments and dozens of agencies, including the …
Federal Agencies Update
February 14, 2019
The Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR) at the National Institutes of Health has issued a request for information to gather broad public input on a revised definition of behavioral and social science research. The definition …
New Frontiers with Smart, Adaptive Interfaces: Building Machines That Know About People
February 14, 2019
What if your car knew when you were too tired to drive?
Dr. Leslie Blaha’s research tackles questions like this. Her innovations center the idea that applying knowledge of how the mind works can transform people’s relationships …
FABBS Honors Paula Skedsvold
January 24, 2019
Honoring past FABBS Executive Director and Force for Science
After over a decade with FABBS, Paula Skedsvold left the Executive Director position at the end of 2018. Our initiatives would simply have not been possible without her …
Important Changes to the Common Rule on Human Subjects Research go into Effect
January 24, 2019
After many years in the making, the compliance date – January 21, 2019 – for the revised Federal Policy for the Protection of Human Subjects (45 CFR 46 Subpart A), known as the Common Rule, has finally …
NICHD Seeking Comments for Strategic Plan
January 24, 2019 (Updated Feb 22, 2019)
On January 2, 2019, The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) issued a Request for Information regarding their strategic plan for 2020 – 2024. The plan is …