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).
Eighteen scientific societies and organizations, led by AIBS, have sent a joint letter to Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) providing input on her forthcoming legislation, the One Health Security Act.
The Coalition for National Science Funding (CNSF) has called on Congress and the White House to fund NSF at the highest level possible in fiscal years 2023 and 2024.
AIBS has joined a group of 88 organizations in sending a letter to lawmakers asking them to come to an agreement on FY 2023 funding as soon as possible and to support research programs at the USDA in the final appropriations bill.