BPS in the Beltway

In Brief

• Appropriators Commence Hearings on FY23
• Senators Review NSF Requests
• Science Committee Seeks Higher Budgets for DOE Facilities

In Brief

• President’s Budget Outlines Strong Investments in Science
• Let the FY23 Appropriations Games Begin
• NIH Launches New Scientific Data Sharing Website
• OSTP Announces Year of Evidence for Action

In Brief

• Annual Meeting: People or Projects? Approaches to Funding Research
• Annual Meeting: Beyond Coronavirus: Preparing for the Next Pandemic  
• Justice Breyer’s Retirement offers Biden an Opportunity and a Presidential First
• Omnibus Talks Continue Between House and Senate
• Congressional Research Service (CRS) Delivers Report on FY22 Appropriations

In Brief

• Last Call for Applications for the BPS 2022–2023 Congressional Fellowship
• Congress Still Facing Build Back Better Act, NDAA and USICA Before Year End
• OMB Issues Fact Sheet on Outstanding FY22 Appropriations
• Partisan Positioning Leaves Debt Limit in Limbo
• Senate President Pro-Tem Patrick Leahy Announces Retirement

In Brief

• BPS Webinar: Exploring Careers in Science Policy
• Science Coalition Urges Administration to Provide Visa Assistance to Afghan Scientists, Engineers
• Woodcock Out of the Running for FDA
• House Adopts Trillion Dollar Budget Resolution
• Senators Sinema and Manchin Remain Skeptical on Budget

In Brief

• Register Now for the Virtual Rally for Medical Research Sept 22-23
• Make Policy Work for Science – Apply for the 2022-2023 BPS Congressional Fellowship Program
• All Aboard the (7-bill) Minibus
• Alarm Officially Sounds on the Debt Ceiling
• OSTP Begins its Pitch on ARPA-H

In Brief

• Congress Approves Deeming Resolution
• Appropriations Work Gets Underway
• OSTP Begins its Pitch on ARPA-H

In Brief 

• OSTP Confirmation Hearing Live Stream
• Senate Appropriations Outlines Process for Earmarks
• RISE Act Leads Urge Administration to Support Research Recovery Funding
• NIH Extramural Director Testifies Before Senate HELP Committee
• NIH Removes Trump-Era Restrictions on Use of Fetal Tissue in Research

In Brief 

• Take Action: Register for Biophysics Week NIH and NSF Grant Application Sessions
• Trillion Dollar Relief Package Awaiting Signature
• FY21 National Defense Authorization Act Focuses on STEM R&D
• NIH Launches Initiative to Address Structural Racism
• NSB Addresses Bias and Broader Impacts

In Brief

• Annual Meeting: Global Pandemic Response: Charting a Path Forward Using Guides from the Past and Present
• Annual Meeting: Responding to the Coronavirus Threat through Investments in Fundamental Biomedical Research
• House Appropriations Subcommittees Release New Rosters
• Tonko Reintroduces the Scientific Integrity Act

In Brief

• Annual Meeting: Global Pandemic Response: Charting a Path Forward Using Guides from the Past and Present
• Annual Meeting: Responding to the Coronavirus Threat through Investments in Fundamental Biomedical Research
• A 50-50 Senate Opens Opportunities for Power Sharing Agreements
• Untangling Trump Era Policies
• President-Elect Focuses on Bipartisanship

In Brief

Congress Reaches Deal on Stimnibus
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Food and Drug Administration
National Institutes of Health
National Science Foundation
Stimulus Checks Coming