In response to a request for information from the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, AIBS has provided comments emphasizing the need for sustained and predictable federal investments to accelerate the American scientific enterprise.

The American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS) is pleased to announce Dr. Julio J. Ramirez as the winner of its 2025 Innovative Leadership Award. The Innovative Leadership Award recognizes commendable innovative leadership in the biological sciences community.

Four winners have been selected in the 2025 Faces of Biology Photo Contest, sponsored by the American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS) and the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB).

The latest Public Policy Report has been released. Panel votes to roll back Hepatitis B vaccine guidance, senators grill Isaacman on future of NASA’s Earth science programs, Administration launches Genesis mission to accelerate science with AI, and other news.

AIBS offers this workshop to help the science community learn how to engage and inform decision-makers and have the opportunity to become effective and engaged communicators.

Join the American Institute of Biological Sciences on April 20-22, 2026 for our annual Congressional Visits Day in Washington, DC.

In response to the recent CDC website update implying a possible link between vaccines and autism, AIBS joined other organizations representing the scientific and medical community in a letter to the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions expressing deep concern.

AIBS joined other members of Friends of NOAA in a letter to lawmakers urging passage of full FY 2026 appropriations and funding for NOAA at no less than $6.1 billion, as proposed in the Senate bill.

AIBS joined 44 other scientific societies and organizations in urging Congress to fund NSF at the highest level possible in FY 2026 appropriations and direct sustained funding for the STEM EDU Directorate.

AIBS and SURA are jointly offering a paid AIBS & SURA Public Policy Fellowship in the spring-summer of 2026 for current and recent graduate students in the life sciences or a closely related field.