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affairs
Committee Members
The Public Affairs' responsibilities include (1) ensuring appropriate support of biophysics at the federal funding agencies; (2) supporting biophysics through public outreach and education; (3) developing special initiatives and responses, as appropriate to matters of public policy that impact on biophysics and biophysicists; and (4) advising the president and council on matters of public affairs. The Committee meets monthly by conference call. In the past year, the committee has provided input on strategic plans at NSF and NIH, budget and appropriations decisions on Capitol Hill, the NIH Reauthorization Act of 2006, the NIH Roadmap, open access regulations and bills, as well as other areas of interest to the Society. The committee has also planned policy events for the annual meeting and sponsored scientists to participate in Hill Days in Washington DC. |