AIBS has signed a stakeholder letter encouraging USDA to leverage the Agriculture Advanced Research and Development Authority to support the research and innovation priorities outlined in the National Farm Security Action Plan.

AIBS joined the Coalition for National Science Funding in urging congressional appropriators to fund the National Science Foundation at the highest possible level in fiscal year 2026.

AIBS joined more than 90 organizations in sending a letter to the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy responding to the Executive Order "Restoring the Gold Standard in Science."

Read AIBS’ statement on the Executive Order on Improving Oversight of Federal Grantmaking.

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.