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.
AIBS has signed on to an amicus brief asking the court to hold recent Executive Orders resulting in termination of grants supporting young scientists as unlawful and to order the National Institutes of Health to restore funding.
Scientists from across the country were in Washington, DC, on April 28-30, 2025, to participate in the AIBS Communications Boot Camp for Scientists and Congressional Visits Day.
A coalition of 77 organizations has sent a letter to House and Senate appropriators requesting at least $1.7 billion for the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) in fiscal year (FY) 2026.
AIBS has endorsed a letter to the Interior Secretary expressing full support for the Ecosystems Mission Area within the U.S. Geological Survey.
AIBS has endorsed a community letter urging congressional appropriators to support increased funding for the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Science and Technology (S&T) account in fiscal year (FY) 2026.
AIBS joined more than 500 organizations in sending a letter to House and Senate appropriators calling on them to reject proposed budget cuts across the Department of Health and Human Services.
Ask your Representative to sign the bipartisan Neguse-Fitzpatrick Dear Colleague Letter in support of $10.2 billion in funding for the National Science Foundation in 2026.
policy, statements · May 08, 2025 