While numerous studies have described the funding discrepancies faced by scientists at minority-serving institutions (MSIs), there is a relative paucity of information available about MSI-based scientists’ participation in grant review, the process used by research funders to allocate their budgets. A new article from the American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS) sheds further light on grant review and the factors that underlie scientists’ ability to participate in it.
The January 2022 issue of BioScience is now available on the Oxford University Press website.
The Build Back Better Act (H.R. 5376), which the Democrats are trying to pass through the reconciliation process, failed to advance in the Senate prior to the holiday break after Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) announced that he would not support the $1.75 trillion spending package.
The Public Policy Report has been released. The report provides analysis and communication on important issues in the scientific community.
Thomas E. Lovejoy III died December 25, 2021 in McLean, Virginia. He was 80.
E.O. Wilson died December 26, 2021 in Burlington, Massachusetts. He was 92.
The Public Policy Report has been released. The report provides analysis and communication on important issues in the scientific community.
AIBS has released the latest episode of BioScience Talks.
The Burke Museum at the University of Washington in Seattle has announced that AIBS Board Member Dr. Gabriela Chavarria will serve as its next Executive Director.
Three winners have been selected in the 2021 Faces of Biology Photo Contest, sponsored by the American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS) and the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB).
bioscience · Jan 06, 2022 