What We Do

• Collaborate with scientific societies, research institutions, and coalitions—including AIBS member societies—to work with Congress, the White House, and federal agencies to improve science policy.

• Review federal legislation, regulatory notices, and calls for hearings and expert testimony, alerting our members to important developing issues and making the necessary contacts with public policy professionals so that biologists' interests are well represented.

• Write and disseminate the biweekly AIBS Public Policy Report, an electronic newsletter providing policy analysis, legislative alerts, and other information about science policy developments, including funding for federal research grant programs and threats to the teaching of evolution in states and local communities.

• Report on issues related to public policy and the biological sciences through the monthly Washington Watch article in the AIBS journal, BioScience.

• Help contributing societies reach their policy goals and support scientists' efforts to engage in the public policy process through Congressional briefings, Capitol Hill visit days, and information exchange tools such as the AIBS/NCSE State Evolution List Serve Network.

• Produce the weekly AIBS Federal Register Resource, which reports proposed federal rules and regulations on biological research and science education, allowing researchers to stay apprised of federal actions that could impact their work.