Policy & Advocacy

Although the ruling will not immediately reinstate terminated grants, FASEB views it as an important first step in ensuring that scientists underrepresented in biomedical research have access to funding to pursue research-intensive careers.

NIH is requiring all NIH awardees to review their research portfolios to identify NIH funding and other support for projects meeting the definition of dangerous gain-of-function research.

Apply to join fellow scientists at this special virtual advocacy event from September 8, 2025 through September 12, 2025. Participants will engage with policy makers to highlight the importance of fundamental discoveries.

The Senate appropriations hearing will be live streamed at 10 a.m. EST on June 10, 2025.

The Committee on Science, Space, and Technology is surveying the impact of Trump Administration's cancellation of federal research grants. If your award was terminated since January 20, 2025, please fill out the brief survey.

In response to recent threats of federal research funding cuts, this initiative calls for scientists to share their stories, research, and the value of scientific research via opinion pieces in their local newspapers during the week of June 16, Barbara McClintock's birthday.

FASEB issued a statement expressing grave concerns about the administration’s request, noting that if enacted by Congress, the unprecedented cuts to NIH and NSF would severely erode progress in biomedical and biological research.

In its statement, FASEB acknowledged appreciation for the contributions of international scholars in advancing scientific discovery.

FASEB submitted a statement for the hearing record, commenting on several issues raised during the witness testimony and questions and answers, including the 15 percent cap on F&A costs, sudden termination of grants, and the growing instability across the biomedical funding landscape.

On April 21, Jayanta “Jay” Bhattacharya, MD, PhD, the new director of the NIH, provided an overview of his top five priorities for the agency as part of the public session a rescheduled convening of the NIH Council of Councils.

The NSF made organizational changes and terminated over 400 grants as part of continuing efforts to implement recent executive orders pertaining to reducing the size of the federal government and DEI.