MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT
Dear ACBS members,
On behalf of the board of the ACBS Foundation I want to sincerely thank you for the invaluable support that you continue to provide for our shared mission. Our members are at the core of what makes us great and why we have so much potential to make change in the future.
We specialize in providing funding to people and projects that focus upon the application of Contextual Behavioral Science (CBS) principles in disadvantaged community settings that typically lack any such funding. In particular, we serve our worldwide community by funding social/community initiatives and CBS research projects related to the environment, improving diversity, equity, and inclusion, and addressing institutional racism in real life contexts. Our work is focused on ending global disparities. This is exemplified by the diverse range of projects listed in the attached 2025 ACBS Foundation report.
Some of the steps we achieved over the last year include:
- Awarding two Foundation Student Scholarships to attend the ACBS World Conference. To read about the impact the Foundation scholarship had for the 2025 recipient - Andrés Beltrán and Amanda McGovern please click here.
- Please see the names of the 2025 awarded grants below.
For those interested in learning more about the ACBS Foundation’s work please click here. The ACBS Foundation board wish to expressly thank everyone who helped facilitate this work whether by making a donation, or by peer reviewing the funding applications that we received. If you have not done so already, please consider volunteering to be a peer reviewer for this year’s grant applications (with submission deadline March 1st). All peer reviewers will be provided with support from our Grants & Awards committee particularly if you are new to the task of peer reviewing.
Lastly, I would like to sincerely thank the following two important members of the ACBS Foundation board who recently completed multiple years of service to the board: Pam Katz who served first as Secretary and then latterly as Vice-President; and also Dr. Vasilis S Vasiliou who served as member-at-large followed by board Secretary. You have both contributed richly to the long-term development of the ACBS Foundation. Based upon the contributions that you and other past members of the ACBS Foundation board have made I am confident that our mission will continue to grow in exciting ways during 2026 and beyond.
Kind regards,
Nigel Vahey