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.
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Public Policy Report has been released. Detailed NSF budget request released , Trump issues Executive Order on ‘Gold Standard Science,' NSF pivots to external funding for graduate research fellows , and other news.
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.
AIBS has provided testimony to the House Appropriations Committee urging Congress to provide the National Science Foundation with at least $9.9 billion in fiscal year 2026.
AIBS has signed on to a community letter expressing strong support for the U.S. Geological Survey’s National and Regional Climate Adaptation Science Centers.
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Public Policy Report has been released. NSF to Abolish Programmatic Divisions, Executive Order Limits ‘Dangerous’ Research, Meet with Your Lawmakers This Summer and Help Inform Science Policy, and other news.
AIBS has signed on to a letter urging greater transparency and oversight regarding potential Reduction-in-Force (RIF) and reorganization plans for federal agencies critical to our nation's scientific enterprise and public health infrastructure.
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.
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Public Policy Report has been released. Trump proposes drastic cuts for science, turmoil at NSF, NIH ends foreign research funding, and other news.
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