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Review
. 2023 Sep 6;4(3):600-607.
doi: 10.1007/s42761-023-00218-w. eCollection 2023 Sep.

Affective Science Research: Perspectives and Priorities from the National Institutes of Health

Janine M Simmons  1 , Andrew Breeden  2 , Rebecca A Ferrer  3 , Arielle S Gillman  4 , Holly Moore  5 , Paige Green  3 , Vani Pariyadath  5 , Erin B Quinlan  6 , Aleksandra Vicentic  2
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Affective Science Research: Perspectives and Priorities from the National Institutes of Health

Janine M Simmons et al. Affect Sci. .

Abstract

Affective science is a broad and burgeoning field, and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) support research on a similarly broad range of topics. Across NIH, funding is available for basic, translational, and intervention research, including research in non-human animals, healthy populations, and those with or at risk for disease. Multiple NIH Institutes and Centers have specific programs devoted to topics within the affective science umbrella. Here, we introduce the funding priorities of these six: the National Cancer Institute (NCI), National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH), National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), National Institute on Aging (NIA), National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), and National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD). We then discuss overlapping themes and offer a perspective on promising research directions.

Keywords: Funding Priorities; National Institutes of Health; Perspectives.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of InterestThe authors declare no competing interests.

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Cross-cutting themes in affective science priorities of the National Cancer Institute (NCI), National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH), National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), National Institute on Aging (NIA), National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), and National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD)
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