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Philip Rubin, Ph.D. <rubin@haskins.yale> CEO and Vice President, Haskins Laboratories;

Cognitive Science and Public Policy: observations of a former NSF administrator. Philip Rubin, Ph.D. <rubin@haskins.yale.edu> CEO and Vice President, Haskins Laboratories; Professor Adjunct, Department of Surgery, Otolaryngology Yale University School of Medicine;

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Philip Rubin, Ph.D. <rubin@haskins.yale> CEO and Vice President, Haskins Laboratories;

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  1. Cognitive Science and Public Policy: observations of a former NSF administrator Philip Rubin, Ph.D. <rubin@haskins.yale.edu> CEO and Vice President, Haskins Laboratories; Professor Adjunct, Department of Surgery, Otolaryngology Yale University School of Medicine; Research Affiliate, Department of Psychology, Yale University

  2. Some public policy issues related to cognitive science • Basic vs. applied science • Allocation of funds across the disciplines • Policy informed by cognitive science • Political intrusion into the scientific process • National priorities, including national security • Protection of research participants • Earmarking (i.e. directed funding) • The role of professional societies and other organizations in advocacy and policy

  3. National Science Foundation

  4. National Science Foundation (2000-2003) • Director, Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Science New or reconceptualized programs in BCS: • Cognitive Neuroscience • Children’s Research Initiative • Perception, Action and Cognition • Developmental and Learning Sciences • HOMINID: Human Origins • Documenting Endangered Languages • Priority area: Human and Social Dynamics • Science and Technology Centers • Science of Learning Centers • Cyberinfrastructure • Computational Neuroscience • Human Subjects (chair of interagency group, EOP)

  5. Advocacy, policy and cognitive science • National Academies / National Research Council (NAS/NRC) www.nationalacademies.org • Consortium of Social Science Associations (COSSA) www.cossa.org • The Federation of Behavioral, Psychological and Cognitive Sciences (FBPCS) www.thefederationonline.org • American Psychological Association (APA) www.apa.org • Association for Psychological Science (APS) www.psychologicalscience.org • Council of Graduate Departments of Psychology (COGDOP) www.psych.wfu.edu/cogdop/ • American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) www.aaas.org • Decade of Behavior www.decadeofbehavior.org

  6. Some public policy issues related to cognitive science • Basic vs. applied science • Allocation of funds across the disciplines • Policy informed by cognitive science • Political intrusion into the scientific process • National priorities, including national security • Protection of research participants • Earmarking (i.e. directed funding) • The role of professional societies and other organizations in advocacy and policy

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