AIBS has joined a stakeholder letter urging the U.S. Forest Service Chief to fill long-standing vacant staff positions at the National Agroforestry Center to ensure that it can properly carry out its mission to accelerate the adoption of agroforestry.

AIBS has joined 60 other organizations in sending a letter to leaders of the House and Senate Agriculture Committees prompting them to make robust investments in public agricultural research in the next farm bill.

AIBS has provided testimony to the House Appropriations Committee regarding fiscal year 2025 funding for biological research programs within the Smithsonian Institution, the U.S. Geological Survey, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the Environmental Protection Agency.

AIBS has provided testimony to the House and Senate Appropriations Committees urging Congress to provide the National Science Foundation with at least $11.9 billion in fiscal year 2025.

AIBS has provided testimony to the House Appropriations Committee urging Congress to provide the National Institutes of Health with a base budget of at least $51.3 billion in fiscal year (FY) 2025.

AIBS has endorsed a community letter urging congressional appropriators to support increased funding for the Environmental Protection Agency’s Science and Technology account in fiscal year 2025.

AIBS and other members of Friends of NOAA have urged congressional appropriators to provide robust funding for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in fiscal year 2025.

AIBS joined 48 other stakeholder groups in urging House and Senate appropriators to provide robust funding for agricultural research in fiscal year (FY) 2025.

AIBS joined the American Society for Microbiology and 26 other scientific organizations in sending a letter to House and Senate appropriators urging robust funding for the Advanced Molecular Detection program at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

AIBS has signed on to letters supporting increased funding for the Agricultural Research Service, the Agricultural and Food Research Initiative, as well as Agriculture Advanced Research and Development Authority in FY 2025.