General Announcements
Listed below are hand-selected general announcements related to the sciences of mind, brain, and behavior.
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- Links for White House BRAIN Initiative
- James S. McDonnell Postdoctoral Fellowship Awards
- Fulbright Canada Opportunities (Deadlines are August 1 and October 17, 2013)
- STPI Science Policy Fellowship Program [PDF]
- Impact of Sequestration on U.S. Science (AAAS) [PDF]
- New NSF Proposal and Award Policies & Procedures Guide (effective January 14, 2013)
- NIH Videos on Behavior’s Role in Personal Health
- NIH Science Education Conversations (open to the public) [PDF]
- Psychonomic Society Announces Early Career Award Winners [PDF]
- NIH Deputy Director for Extramural Research Looks Deeper at Diversity in NIH PI Numbers
- NIH Launches Online Genetics Course for SBS Scientists
- GAO Releases Report on "Designing Evaluations"
- Digital Anthology of Behavioral and Social Science Research (from NIH’s OBSSR)
- Cognitive Rehabilitation Therapy for Traumatic Brain Injury: Evaluating the Evidence
- Health IT and Patient Safety: Building Safer Systems for Better Care
- NIH releases best practices for combining qualitative and quantitative research
- Videocast: Harnessing Systems Science Methodologies To Inform Public Policy: System Dynamics Modeling For Obesity Policy In The Envision Network, NIH
- Release of NRC Board on Human-Systems Integration report Healthcare Comes Home: The Human Factors
- Release of NRC Board on Human-Systems Integration report The Effects of Commuting on Pilot Fatigue
- Institute of Education Sciences’ National Center for Education Statistics Releases Report on “The Condition of Education 2011”
- NSF Releases Strategic Plan for FY 2011-2016 [PDF]
- NIH Podcast Released on “Budget Basics”
MP3 | Transcript - NIGMS Strategic Plan for Biomedical and Behavioral Research Training (2011)
- NRC Releases Report on Intelligence Analysis for Tomorrow: Advances from the Behavioral and Social Sciences [PDF]
Also Intelligence Analysis: Behavioral and Social Scientific Foundations - National Science Foundation’s STEM Education Data and Trends (web-based tool)
- National Collaborative on Childhood Obesity Research website (includes strategic plan, funding announcements, and more)
- NRC Research Papers: Threatening Communications and Behavior: Perspectives on the Pursuit of Public Figures
- National Research Council Releases Report - Intelligence Analysis for Tomorrow: Advances from the Behavioral and Social Sciences
- NIH working group recommendations on biomedical research workforce, diversity, and large research datasets
- Report Released: National Science Foundation’s Merit Review Criteria: Review and Revision (by National Science Board)
- Research America Report Released on Sequestration: Health Research at the Breaking Point
NICHD Seeks Comment on Scientific Vision White Papers http://www.nichd.nih.gov/vision/