The National Science Foundation has announced the establishment of the Directorate for Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships or TIP—the agency’s first new directorate in more than 30 years.
The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee has advanced bipartisan legislation to strengthen the nation’s public health and medical preparedness and response systems.
AIBS has signed on to a multi-stakeholder letter to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology expressing support for the Scientific Integrity Act and urging its passage.
A group of scientific and academic organizations, including AIBS, has written to lawmakers expressing support for the immigration provision in the America COMPETES Act that exempts STEM graduates with advanced degrees from green card caps.
An international coalition of 26 scientific societies and organizations and 122 scientific researchers and professionals, led by AIBS, is calling for continued open access to digital sequence information on genetic resources.
A new Viewpoint offers community-generated recommendations for enabling effective access and benefit sharing of digital sequence information.
The Public Policy Report has been released. The report provides analysis and communication on important issues in the scientific community.
Congress has now passed a much-awaited omnibus spending package that provides fiscal year 2022 funding for the U.S. government.
AIBS has joined a coalition of scientific societies and organizations in condemning the invasion of Ukraine and urging policymakers to take quick action to support Ukrainian scientists.
Read AIBS' testimony to the House Appropriations Committee regarding fiscal year 2023 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.
policy · Mar 28, 2022 