Apply today for the AIBS Diana Wall Graduate Student Publication Award. This annual award is granted to a graduate student (master’s or PhD candidate) who has served as the lead author of a peer-reviewed article published in BioScience during the preceding calendar year.

AIBS has joined 70 other organizations in urging congressional leaders to take legislative action to block implementation of OMB's proposed Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance and protect NIH grantmaking from political interference.

AIBS has joined 57 organizations in urging the Department of Homeland Security to withdraw its proposed fee increases for the Optional Practical Training program.

AIBS joined 25 other organizations in urging congressional leaders to pass five bipartisan bills to reauthorize federal programs that support weather forecasting, earthquake preparedness, landslide monitoring, volcano monitoring, and tsunami warning systems before the end of the 119th Congress.

AIBS has joined 100+ other organizations in urging Congress to ensure federal agencies comply with restrictions on proposed changes to OMB's Uniform Guidance for federal financial assistance.

Read the latest Public Policy Report. NSF faces further leadership turnover, NASA overhauls Science Mission selection, and other news.

AIBS has submitted a letter to Philadelphia's Mayor and City Council expressing strong support for the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University and deep concern about the museum's closure of public-facing operations.

The American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS) is pleased to announce Dr. Amanda Townley as the winner of its 2026 Innovative Leadership Award. The Innovative Leadership Award recognizes commendable innovative leadership in the biological sciences community.

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The 2025 AIBS Annual Report is now available.

Read the latest Public Policy Report. White House announces new science initiatives at “Golden Age” summit, Federal judge temporarily halts USDA reorganization, and other news.