Policy & Advocacy

The Secretary of HHS announced on March 27 efforts to conduct a dramatic restructuring in accordance with the executive order, “Implementing the President’s Department of Government Efficiency Workforce Optimization Initiative.”

Amid rumors that President Trump will send his fiscal year 2026 budget request to Congress in either late April or early May, FASEB sent a letter to the leaders of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees summarizing the federation's funding recommendations for the NIH, the NSF, and other science agencies.

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The advocates visited a total of 96 members of the US Senate and House of Representatives, including both Democrats and Republicans.

The recommendations in the Vision for American Science and Technology report—which more than 70 scientists, CEOs, university leaders and former U.S. officials put together—were announced during an Axios event in February.

U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Peter Welch (D-VT) will host the discussion on how the Trump administration's actions toward the NIH will affect disease research.

After a nearly seven-week pause in communications, the NIH began rescheduling study section meetings.

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) issued a news release announcing the agency’s intentions to centralize peer review for all applications for grants, cooperative agreements, and research and development contracts within its Center for Scientific Review (CSR).

The Richardson waiver has allowed organizations and individuals the opportunity to provide feedback on actions being considered by HHS leadership related to public property, loans, grants, benefits, or contracts.

On March 5, Senators had the opportunity to ask questions and make their concerns known to Jay Bhattacharya, President Donald Trump’s nominee to become the next director of the NIH.

Find your local site and join the Stand Up for Science rally on March 7 to help protect the American scientific enterprise and defend science as a public good that drives social, political, and economic progress.