As part of our fundraising team, I got a grant from @society4science.bsky.social 🙏🙏 so we could host the competition & award prizes to winners. I couldn't have done it without help of many KN folks! 🤩 It's been a fun experience taking the lead on this project & I can't wait to see what we do next 👀

All the pieces were all so thoughtful and I truly appreciate the writers taking the time to research and share their policy ideas. 🤓 You can show YOUR appreciation by taking a look at the articles and voting for your favorite through EOD tomorrow! forms.gle/f3X7KkmYmf4V...

Authors wrote "policy briefs" and other similarly formatted pieces that included topics like cognitive changes in midlife and through aging, protecting people with brain-computer interfaces, and how to address the intersection of mental illness and housing instability.

Policy writing is a way research can be used to improve lives -- it's impossible for any person to be an expert (& lawmakers are rarely trained as scientists). But scientific experts can share their data-driven ideas w folks writing bills & provide context for why something might work well (or not)

This competition was designed to showcase how we can use findings from scientific research, particularly in neuroscience, to shape the opinions of those making policies in the government. All the articles are now posted on our website - you can check them out here!
knowingneurons.com/neuropolicy-...