Policy & Advocacy

The report highlights 53 options for streamlining regulatory oversight, covering topics ranging from development of grant proposals and award management and tracking financial conflicts of interest to oversight of research involving human and nonhuman animal subjects.

NIH is launching its Biosafety Modernization Initiative – a comprehensive effort to modernize and strengthen biosafety policies, practices, and oversight to keep pace with the evolving risks posed by today’s rapidly advancing science and technology.

The NIH released its implementation strategy in response to Executive Order on "Restoring Gold Standard Science."

The rally will call on US policymakers to make funding for NIH a national priority and raise awareness about the importance of continued investment in medical research that leads to more lives saved.

The next Advocacy Town Hall meeting is on Tuesday, September 2 at 12:00 EST. John Martens from Federal Science Partners will provide an overview of Congress’ fall agenda and what to expect.

The E.O. serves as a new mechanism by which the administration is attempting to codify its policies currently facing legal challenges, including withholding grant payments to entire institutions, altering indirect cost rates, and terminating existing grant awards for “no longer effectuating agency priorities,” many of which the courts have already deemed as unlawful.

The EO is the latest attempt to subvert existing agency peer review processes while increasing executive influence in determining whether projects are funded or terminated.

The brief urges the court to deny the government’s request for a stay pending approval, emphasizing the immediate and irreparable harm caused by the termination of grants supporting early career scientists.

The mark for the NSF was $7 billion, a 24 percent reduction or $2.06 billion less than fiscal year 2025, and cuts the STEM education section from the bill.

Amid ongoing disruptions in federal funding for research, the abrupt and legally questionable termination of NIH and NSF grants, and other threats, FASEB, a GSA partner organization, is offering multiple opportunities for researchers to engage in advocacy over the next few months.

Continuing GSA's latest blog series shedding light on how members of our community are being affected by recent government funding and policy changes, we look into the economic impact to the United States and loss of output from decreased investment in science.