Apply today for the AIBS Diana Wall Graduate Student Publication Award. This annual award is granted to a graduate student (master’s or PhD candidate) who has served as the lead author of a peer-reviewed article published in BioScience during the preceding calendar year.

AIBS joined 25 other organizations in urging congressional leaders to pass five bipartisan bills to reauthorize federal programs that support weather forecasting, earthquake preparedness, landslide monitoring, volcano monitoring, and tsunami warning systems before the end of the 119th Congress.

AIBS has joined 100+ other organizations in urging Congress to ensure federal agencies comply with restrictions on proposed changes to OMB's Uniform Guidance for federal financial assistance.

Read the latest Public Policy Report. NSF faces further leadership turnover, NASA overhauls Science Mission selection, and other news.

AIBS has submitted a letter to Philadelphia's Mayor and City Council expressing strong support for the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University and deep concern about the museum's closure of public-facing operations.

Read the latest Public Policy Report. White House announces new science initiatives at “Golden Age” summit, Federal judge temporarily halts USDA reorganization, and other news.

AIBS is now accepting applications for the 2027 Emerging Public Policy Leadership Award, which recognizes graduate students in the biological sciences who are demonstrating an interest and aptitude for working at the intersection of science and policy.

Read the latest Public Policy Report. AIBS urges NIH to keep reporting peer review scores, White House backs away from proposed NIH grant oversight board, and other news.

AIBS has sent a letter to the leadership of Fort Hays State University and the Kansas Board of Regents expressing concern over reports that the university may close the Sternberg Museum of Natural History.

AIBS has submitted comments to the National Institutes of Health opposing a proposal to stop reporting the numerical scores that peer review panels assign to grant applications.

Read the latest Public Policy Report. Trump seeks political oversight of NIH research grants, NSF outlines funding strategy aligned with White House priorities, and other news.