BPS in the Beltway | October 30, 2025 In Brief Take Action: Apply Now for the Biophysical Society’s 2025–2026 Congressional Fellowship Government Shutdown Continues While Leaving Economic Damage in Wake BPS Partnership with FASEB Provides Access to New Advocacy Resources More than 450 Organizations Urge Appropriators to Finalize NIH Funding Resources on Multi-Year Funding of NIH Awards Tags: Government ShutdownBPS in the BeltwayCongressional Budget Office (CBO)BPS Congressional Fellowship ProgramAd Hoc Group for Medical ResearchARPA-HAdvanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPAFederal FundingBPS Policy NewsForward Funding of GrantsBPS Congressional FellowshipFederal GovernmentEconomic DamageReductions in Force (RIF)CoaltionsAmerican Institute of Physics (AIP)Coalition for National Science Foundation (CNSF)Energy Sciences Coalition (ESC)ACT for NIHFY26 Appropriations FundingFederation of American Societies for Experimental Read more
BPS in the Beltway | December 22, 2023 In Brief Holiday Wishes Congress Adjourns for 2023 with Spending Bills Incomplete AM24: Policy & Advocacy Dinner Meet-Up AM24: Opportunities for International Collaboration AM24: All About ARPA-H: Exploring Opportunities at the New Agency AM24: Inside NIH: Using Technological Developments for Solving Biological Problems AM24: Inside Perspectives and Opportunities: NSF Grants Tags: BPS Annual Meetingmolecular biophysicsscience policyBPS Congressional FellowCongressAppropriationsSenateHousePACCRBudgetBPS in the BeltwayNational Institutes of Health (NIH)Continuing Resolution (CR)US House of RepresentativesUS SenateNational Science FoundationPublic Affairs Committee (PAC)BPSNewsARPA-HAdvanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPAHigh-Risk High-Reward ResearchCongressional FellowshipAnnual Meeting 2024BPS Annual Meeting 2024Speaker Mike JohnsonPolicy & AdvocacyPolicy & Advocacy Dinner Meet-UpScience policy careersOpportunities for International CollaborationInternational CollaborationGlobal ResearchIleana HancuInside NIH: Using Technological Developments for SChristina LiuNational Institute of General Medical SciencesThomas ChoAshley BarnesJames MackCenter for Scientific ReviewAnowarul AminNational Cancer InstituteEric Johnson ChavarriaMark DamicoInside Perspectives and Opportunities: NSF GrantsEngin SerpersuMolecular Cellular Sciences DivisionJaroslaw (Jarek) MajewskiMolecular Biophysics Division of Molecular and CelIshita MukerjiSynthesis Center for Molecular and Cellular Scienc Read more
BPS In the Beltway | April 28, 2022 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 Tags: BPS NewsAppropriationsOffice of SciencePresident's BudgetBPS in the BeltwayNational Institutes of Health (NIH)US House of RepresentativesUS SenateWhite House Office of Science and Technology PolicNational Science Foundation (NSF)Representative Rosa DeLauro (D-CT)ARPA-HSenator Patrick Leahy (D-VT)President Joe BidenWhite House BudgetFY23Fiscal Year 2023Senator Richard Shelby (R-AL)Representative Kay Granger (R-TX)Appropriations ProcessYear of Evidence for ActionEvidence-based Policymaking Read more
BPS in the Beltway – Appropriations Edition | June 23, 2021 In Brief Congress Approves Deeming Resolution Appropriations Work Gets Underway OSTP Begins its Pitch on ARPA-H Tags: nihfederal budgetAppropriationsBPS in the BeltwayNational Institutes of Health (NIH)House Appropriations CommitteeHouse of RepresentativesUnited States CongressFY22Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP)Eric LanderFiscal Year 2022DeemingDeeming ResolutionAdvanced Research Projects Authority (ARPA)Advanced Research Projects Authority - Health (ARPARPA-H Read more