2009 Science Leadership Conference

November 14 - 16, 2009 │Washington, D.C.

The theme of our fifth annual Science Leadership Conference was "Enhancing the Nation's Health Through Psychological Science." The goal of this conference was to advocate for increased federal funding for basic and translational psychological research and training, and ultimately contribute to the development and evaluation of empirically-based interventions to improve health.

Articles about the 2009 SciLC

• Science Leadership Meeting Sends Psychologists to Capitol Hill

• Voices from the 2009 Science Leadership Conference

Advocacy Issues

• Protecting Peer Review

• APA’s Role in Protecting Peer Review

• Supporting NIH Appropriations

• NIH Research Funding Sparks Media and Congressional Scrutiny
  Article from Psychological Science Agenda, September 2009

• What are APA’s Main Concerns at the National Institutes of Health?
  Article from Psychological Science Agenda, October 2009

• Other Current Hot Topics in Congress

• APA Activities for Military and Veteran Populations

Preparing For Your Hill Visit

• Outline of a Hill Visit

• Find Your Members of Congress