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Board on Behavioral, Cognitive, and Sensory Sciences
The Board on Behavioral, Cognitive, and Sensory Sciences (BBCSS) was established in 1997 with five principal goals:
• to engage academic and other research scientists working in the behavioral, cognitive, and sensory sciences in the consideration of major national policy issues;
• to promote and advance cross-disciplinary inquiry into complex scientific and policy questions;
• to provide a forum for objective, independent, and rigorous deliberation among researchers, the public, the media, Congress, professional associations, the NSF, and other federal agencies;
• to draw attention to the significance of the behavioral, cognitive, and sensory sciences to national policy;
• to link these sciences to the wider range of scientific and technological questions addressed by the National Academies.
Since its founding the Board has developed and managed more than a dozen major panel studies, involving hundreds of volunteers drawn from the top echelons of science; conducted workshops and expert meetings on a wide range of emerging policy issues; created a sustainable infrastructure for ongoing review of basic and applied research; informed policy on a range of national priority issues; and facilitated interactions among scholars and policy makers working on myriad policy questions.
BBCSS is in the Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education (DBASSE) of the National Research Council (NRC), an operating arm of The National Academies (including the National Academy of Sciences, the NRC, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine).
Standing Board Membership - A complete Board roster
Projects - Information on Board activities
Publications - Link to reports published by the Board
Meetings - Upcoming Board-sponsored meetings and events
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