A cikin watan Agusta 2005, Ƙungiyar Masana Ilimin Hauka ta Amurka ta bayyana bukatar ƙarin masana halayyar kwakwalwa masu yawa a cikin masana'antar<unk> ga kowane PhD da aka bayar a cikin batun, akwai kusan 2.5 masu ilimin halin kwakwalwa masu yawa. Saboda rashin masu neman aiki a fagen, APA ta kirkiro Task Force don nazarin halin da ake ciki na ilimin halayyar kwakwalwa da kuma hango hasashen makomar ta. Masu neman Amurka na cikin gida suna da mahimmanci. Mafi yawan masu neman kasashen waje sun fito ne daga kasashen Asiya, musamman Koriya ta Kudu da China. Dangane da rashin masu neman cancanta, Majalisar Wakilan APA ta ba da izini ta musamman a shekara ta 2006.
Agusta shekara ta 2005