Action Alerts

Action alerts from AERA to association members and others in the science community.

• FABBS Opportunity to Share Your Story on Impacts of NSF Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (SBE)
  April 17, 2026
  
  The Federation of Associations in Brain and Behavioral Sciences (FABBS), of which AERA is a member, wants to hear about how the Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences (SBE) Directorate at the National Science Foundation (NSF) has supported your research and career. Please fill out the form and share your experience with SBE. If relevant, please provide practical and economic impacts of findings supported by SBE. Your stories help FABBS communicate to policymakers and the public what’s at stake when the federal government fails to fund critical sciences

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  COSSA Action Alert: Tell Congress to Save NSF's Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences Directorate
  April 10, 2026
  
  The Consortium of Social Science Associations (COSSA), of which AERA is a member, has issued an action alert to urge Congress to intervene and protect the SBE Directorate from the Administration’s plan in the FY 2027 budget request to dismantle the NSF SBE Directorate.

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  AERA Sends Urgent Request on NSF Grant Termination
  June 10, 2025
  
  AERA urged all PIs and co-PIs of terminated grants from the National Science Foundation across fields of science and types of awards to provide information on the impact and consequences of these terminations. AERA asked members affected by the NSF cuts to  respond to a survey as soon as possible. AERA is undertaking this important survey in conjunction with other scientific societies and groups. The survey is now closed. Please direct any questions or information to govrelations@aera.net.