Read AIBS' testimony to the House and Senate Appropriations Committees regarding fiscal year 2024 funding for the National Science Foundation.

Scientific societies and organizations, as well as individual researchers, express support for restoring the Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant (DDIG) program at the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Biological Sciences Directorate (BIO).

The Coalition for National Science Funding (CNSF), of which AIBS is a member, has called on House and Senate appropriators to provide at least $11.9 billion for NSF in fiscal year 2024.

AIBS has endorsed a stakeholder letter calling for increased coordination and support for microbiome research across federal science agencies.

AIBS has joined the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) Coalition in requesting an appropriation of no less than $500 million for AFRI in FY 2024.

AIBS has joined the Friends of the Agricultural Research Service (FARS) Coalition in requesting increased funding for ARS in FY 2024.

Read AIBS' testimony to the House Appropriations Committee regarding fiscal year 2024 funding for the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Read AIBS' testimony to the House Appropriations Committee regarding fiscal year 2024 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.

A diverse set of stakeholders, including AIBS, have sent a letter to the leadership of the House and Senate Agriculture Committees urging that they support $8 billion in mandatory funding for research in the Farm Bill.

AIBS has signed on to a statement, led by the Society of Personality and Social Psychology and signed by 19 other scientific societies, expressing concerns about recent policies enacted in Florida and other states that limit academic freedom in higher education and hinder initiatives that support diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI).