AIBS has joined the Organization of Biological Field Stations in sending a letter to Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins, U.S. Forest Service Chief Tom Schultz, and leaders of the House and Senate agriculture committees expressing strong support for the USFS Experimental Forests and Ranges.

AIBS joined 40 organizations in a letter to NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya expressing concerns about the implementation of the “Improving the Safety and Security of Biological Research” Executive Order.

AIBS joined a coalition of more than 50 professional societies and organizations in sending a letter to Congress expressing concerns about recent organizational and financial developments at NSF.

AIBS joined 19 other scientific societies in submitting a joint response to a proposed rule that would reclassify many federal workers involved in policy-making, stripping them of traditional civil service protections.

AIBS has signed a letter urging Congress to reject the proposed 38% cut to the National Institutes of Health budget included in the President’s fiscal year 2026 budget request.

AIBS joined the Ecological Society of America and more than 50 other scientific organizations in sending letters to Congress expressing full support for the Ecosystems Mission Area within the U.S. Geological Survey.

AIBS has provided testimony to the House Appropriations Committee urging Congress to provide the National Science Foundation with at least $9.9 billion in fiscal year 2026.

AIBS has signed on to a community letter expressing strong support for the U.S. Geological Survey’s National and Regional Climate Adaptation Science Centers.

AIBS has signed on to a letter urging greater transparency and oversight regarding potential Reduction-in-Force (RIF) and reorganization plans for federal agencies critical to our nation's scientific enterprise and public health infrastructure.

AIBS has signed on to an amicus brief asking the court to hold recent Executive Orders resulting in termination of grants supporting young scientists as unlawful and to order the National Institutes of Health to restore funding.