The Biological Sciences Congressional District Visits event enables scientists to meet with their federal or state elected officials in their home state and allows policymakers to learn first-hand about the science and research facilities in their district.

The latest Public Policy Report has been released. Congress begins 119th session, NIH updates public access policy, Biden Administration issues new visa rules, and other news.

A new Washington Watch column in BioScience delves into the growing number of science policy fellowship opportunities around the country at the state level.

The latest Public Policy Report has been released. Trump announces his pick to lead OSTP, government funding extended until March, and other news.

An experimental study of gender, application quality and reviewer reliability was undertaken via a collaboration between Washington State University and the American Institute of Biological Sciences, using evaluations of mock grant applications.

Three winners have been selected in the 2024 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. Participate in the 2025 Congressional Visits Day, Trump announces NIH, CDC, NASA, and PCAST nominees, leadership changes to congressional science committees, and other news.

AIBS joined a community letter to House and Senate Appropriators expressing concerns about language banning gain-of-function research found in two fiscal year (FY) 2025 appropriations.

AIBS joined more than 50 organizations in sending a letter to the House and Senate Agriculture Committee leadership urging them to include funding for orphan programs in any new Farm Bill, or should it become necessary, a Farm Bill extension.

A recently published mixed methods study from Washington State University and the American Institute of Biological Sciences examined how reviewer sentiment about peer review related to evaluation of theoretical grant applications.

Nominate for the AIBS Inspiring Inclusive, Diverse, Equitable, Accepting, Accessible and Learning (IDEA²L) Leadership Award. The award recognizes commendable leadership in advancing inclusion, diversity, equity, acceptance, accessibility, and learning in the biological sciences community.