The Public Policy Report has been released. The report provides analysis and communication on important issues in the scientific community.

The American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS) and Washington State University have published the results from an experiment of grant peer reviewers’ evaluations that suggest proposal risk dominates project assessment.

The Association of Ecosystem Research Centers (AERC) will hold a science briefing for policymakers on the Role of Horizon Scanning in Ecosystem Research.

The Public Policy Report has been released. The report provides analysis and communication on important issues in the scientific community.

Both chambers of Congress have now passed a sweeping climate, healthcare, and tax reform bill that would inject roughly $369 billion into programs to combat climate change and boost clean energy production.

President Biden has signed into law a bipartisan innovation bill—ultimately branded “the CHIPS and Science Act”—to significantly boost semiconductor manufacturing and scientific research in the United States.

The House has passed the Wildfire Response and Drought Resiliency Act, a package of 48 bills that would boost wildfire resilience and preparedness, increase salaries for wildland firefighters, and fund water conservation efforts to address the drought in Western states.

The August 2022 issue of BioScience is now available on the Oxford University Press website.

The 2021 AIBS Annual Report is now available.

The Public Policy Report has been released. The report provides analysis and communication on important issues in the scientific community.