Policy & Advocacy

H.R. 7148, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026, funds the National Institutes of Health at $47.2 billion, which is a $415 million increase from fiscal year 2025.

At this virtual office hour, participants will learn about the merit review process and how it governs the evaluation of proposals submitted to the U.S. National Science Foundation Directorate for Biological Science.

While the Trump administration attempted to cut the NSF by $5.16 billion, or 57 percent from FY 2025 enacted, and the Department of Energy Office of Science by $1.1 billion or 13 percent, these cuts were rejected in the bicameral, bipartisan compromise for FY 2026 funding bills.

During this public webinar, experts from EducationCounsel and AAAS will provide STEMM education and workforce leaders with a timely, structured update on key federal policy developments shaping K-12 education, higher education, and the U.S. research and development enterprise.

NSF welcomes feedback on its FY 2026-2030 Strategic Plan from all interested parties across the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics research and education communities.

In this free webinar, participants will learn how to plan and conduct a successful congressional meeting from start to finish.

The agency will evaluate each application “in good faith” using its standard processes, stated a joint stipulation filed with plaintiff scientists and several groups representing them.

A three-judge panel of a Federal appeals court upheld a lower court ruling blocking NIH from implementing a 15 percent flat rate for F&A costs on research awards.

The nine outstanding spending bills for FY 2026 include the Labor, Health and Humans Services, Commerce, Justice, Science, and Energy and Water spending bills for which FASEB has funding recommendations.

The administration's proposed Compact offers preferential access to federal research funding in exchange for adopting policy commitments such as prohibiting consideration of race or sex in admissions, capping international student enrollment, and restricting diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives. Several top US universities have rejected it.

Outcomes of the Symposium’s proceedings will be used to inform the development of FASEB positions and responses to Requests for Information, as well as its advocacy on Capitol Hill.