Policy & Advocacy

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.

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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