Behavioral Research at NIH
APS Honors Representative Patrick Kennedy
Representative Patrick Kennedy (D-RI) has championed the basic behavioral research cause at NIH, particularly when it comes to NIGMS. APS recently thanked Congressman Kennedy for all that he has done to support our science.
Report Language on Behavioral Science at NIH
APS has worked with Congressional appropriations committees for many years to hightlight the excellent behavioral research at various NIH Institutes.
- House Appropriations FY 08 Report Language on Behavioral Science
- Senate Appropriations FY 08 Report Language on Behavioral Science
Testimony on the NIH Budget
- Watch APS Director of Government Relations testify before the Labor HHS Subcommittee in March, 2007
- Testimony on the FY 2009 Budget of the National Institutes of Health (House) 03/31/08
- Testimony on the FY 2009 Budget of the National Institutes of Health (Senate) 04/28/08
- Oral Testimony on the FY 2008 Budget of the National Institutes of Health (House) 03/27/07
- Testimony on the FY 2008 Budget of the National Institutes of Health (House) 03/27/07
- Testimony on the FY 2008 Budget of the National Institutes of Health (Senate) 04/05/07
- Testimony on the FY 2006 Budget of the National Institutes of Health (House) 04/22/05
- Testimony on the FY 2006 Budget of the National Institutes of Health (Senate) 04/22/05
Recent Observer Coverage
- May 2007, From There to Here: Testifying Before Congress
- February 2007, Congress Reauthorizes NIH
- December 2006, NIH To Enhance Interdisciplinary Research with Behavioral Science
- October 2006, NIDA Trains Judges in Behavioral Research and Intervention
- June 2006, All That's Gold Does Not Glitter
- May 2006, Basic Behavioral Research in Flux at NIH
- May 2006, Basic Behavioral Science at NIH: A Chronology
- May 2006, NIMH Might Be (Partly) Right
- April 2006, Social Policy and Subjective Well-Being
Congressional Letters
- October 2007 Letter from Senator Daniel Inouye (D-HI) to Elias Zerhouni, Director of NIH
- September 2007 Letter from Representative Patrick Kennedy (D-RI) to Elias Zerhouni, Director of NIH
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October 2006 Letter from Representatives James Walsh (D-NY), Patrick Kennedy (D-RI), James Leach (R-IA), and Brian Baird (D-WA) to Elias Zerhouni, Director of NIH
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March 2006 Letter from Senator Daniel Inouye (D-HI) to Elias Zerhouni, Director of NIH