The Biological Sciences Congressional District Visits event enables scientists to meet with their federal or state elected officials in their home state and allows policymakers to learn first-hand about the science and research facilities in their district.

A group of scientific coalitions representing nearly 200 research organizations and societies have sent a letter to congressional appropriators urging the inclusion of $13 billion in a supplemental spending package to advance national and economic security and maintain U.S. competitiveness.

Forty-five organizations, including AIBS, have sent a letter to the White House Office of Management and Budget and Office of Science and Technology Policy requesting a 5 percent funding increase for the USDA Research, Education, and Economics mission area in FY 2025.

Sixty-five organizations, including AIBS, have sent a letter to the House and Senate Agriculture Committees urging the inclusion of the bipartisan, bicameral Advancing Cutting Edge (ACE) Agriculture Act in the next Farm Bill.

The Coalition for National Science Funding (CNSF), of which AIBS is a member, has called on the Biden Administration to request $16.7 billion for the National Science Foundation in fiscal year 2025.

AIBS has signed on to a stakeholder letter in support of including language on the Microbiome Interagency Working Group in the final Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies appropriations bill for fiscal year 2024.

Forty-seven scientific organizations, including AIBS, have joined together in a statement reaffirming our individual societies' commitment to advancing DEI in STEM.

AIBS has joined 115 organizations in expressing support for President Biden’s nomination of Dr. Monica Bertagnolli as the next NIH Director.

AIBS has joined more than 50 organizations in urging congressional appropriators to protect publicly funded climate research in the FY 2024 agriculture spending bill.

AIBS has joined stakeholders of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in urging Congress to fund the agency at $7.2 billion in fiscal year 2024.

AIBS was among 760 organizations that signed a letter urging Congress to reject proposed cuts to non-defense discretionary (NDD) appropriations.