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<font face="Cambria" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><font size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">(1) GSA Office of Evaluation Services is seeking accomplished researchers who can take temporary leave from their university or research institution to
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<font face="Cambria" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><font size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">(2) The National Science Foundation’s Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences Directorate is developing a strategic plan and is continuing to seek ideas
from scientific societies. In particular, SBE is asking societies to think about grand societal questions that our sciences can help address in the next decade. </span></font><font size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></font><font size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Attached
is the SBE Director’s powerpoint presentation from the recent FABBS Annual Meeting. The slides show two possible grand challenges and outline the rationale and key research questions for each. If you have ideas, please share them with NSF at </span></font><a href="mailto:mbeal@nsf.gov" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><font size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">mbeal@nsf.gov</span></font></a><font size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> (and
cc: Paula Skedsvold at </span></font><a href="mailto:pskedsvold@fabbs.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><font size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">pskedsvold@fabbs.org</span></font></a><font size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">). Be sure
to include the rationale and key research questions for each grand challenge.</span></font></span></font></div>
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<font face="Cambria" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><font size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">(3) NSF SBE recently released two excellent, new videos (one short and one long) showing the importance of research in the social and behavioral sciences.
These can be seen here:</span></font></span></font></div>
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<font face="Cambria" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><font size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">-Long: </span></font><font size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></font><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSu76hsDFwY&feature=youtu.be" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><font size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSu76hsDFwY&feature=youtu.be</span></font></a></span></font></div>
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<font face="Cambria" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><font size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">-Short: </span></font><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mF_0uojZ5aQ&feature=youtu.be" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><font size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mF_0uojZ5aQ&feature=youtu.be</span></font></a></span></font></div>
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