[#DIV28SUPER] Fwd: [SCIENCECHANNEL] APA Seeks Input on 2 RFIs from Biden Administration

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From: "Prinstein, Mitch" <MPrinstein@apa.org>

Subject: [SCIENCECHANNEL] APA Seeks Input on 2 RFIs from Biden Administration

Date: January 14, 2022 at 3:58:54 PM EST

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The American Psychological Association (APA) is preparing responses for two Requests for Information (RFIs) from the Biden Administration on timely research issues relevant to our communities (below). 1) The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy requests feedback on how health technologies can improve community-level wellness and health equity. 2) The National Institutes of Health solicits comments on the strategic plan for the NIH Chief Officer for Scientific Workforce Diversity.

 

1. RFI for the White House OSTP

APA seeks your input in responding to a RFI on Strengthening Community Health Through Technology from the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP). OSTP requests input from community health stakeholders, technology developers, and other interested parties about how digital health technologies are used, or could be used in the future, to transform community health, individual wellness, and health equity. They are particularly interested in information from community-based health settings and about populations traditionally underserved by healthcare. Social, behavioral, and psychological science can contribute significantly to their understanding.

 

APA seeks your input to inform our response to this request from OSTP and interested individuals should submit comments electronically via this web form February 7^th. Contributions will be collected and incorporated in APA's response to the White House.

 

 

2. RFI for the National Institutes of Health

APA seeks your input in responding  a request for information from the NIH Chief Officer for Scientific Workforce Diversity (COSWD) team on its Draft NIH Chief Officer for Scientific Workforce Diversity Strategic Plan for FYs 2022-2026 soliciting comments. "The purpose of the COSWD Strategic Plan for FYs 2022-2026 is to communicate how the COSWD will advance its mission to be the agency's thought leader in the science of scientific workforce diversity, using evidence-based approaches to catalyze cultures of inclusive excellence." COSWD anticipates releasing it in spring 2022.

 

The Plan describes its three goals—to build, disseminate, and act on the evidence to advance scientific workforce diversity—and corresponding objectives and tactics to achieve each of these goals. It also articulates how the COSWD will leverage three cross-cutting strategies—collaborations, accountability, and evaluation—to pursue its efforts across all three goals. The deadline for contributing to the APA response is February 4th. Please submit any suggestions/recommendations you have for the NIH RFI to the following form. We look forward to your input.

 

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