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 | May 31, 2023 In Brief House of Representatives Enacts Debt Ceiling Deal with White House Bertagnolli Nomination Facing Challenge from Sanders Tags: National Institues of HealthBPS NewsAppropriationsWhite HouseBPS in the BeltwayPolicy NewsUS House of RepresentativesCongressional Budget Office (CBO)United States SenateSenator Bernie Sanders (I-VT)President Joe BidenUS Federal BudgetDebt CeilingFiscal Year 2024Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA)Limit Save Grow Act (HR 2811)X DateMonica Bertagnolli MDDirector of the National Cancer Institute (NCI)Non-Defense Discretionary (NDD) FundingFiscal Year 2025Fiscal Responsibility Act (FRA) (HR 3746)Director of National Institutes of Health (NIH)Francis Collins MD PhDSenate Health Education Labor and Pensions (HELP) Read more
BPS in the Beltway | June 11, 2020 In Brief COVID-19 Relief Phase 4 COVID-19 and the Economy Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2021 (FY21) HELP Solicits Comments on Pandemic Plan Tags: AppropriationsBPS in the BeltwayBPS 2020US SenateCongressional Budget Office (CBO)COVID-19Novel CoronavirusHouse of RepresentativesStimulusFY21 BudgetFiscal Year 2021 AppropriationsSenator John Thune (R-SD)Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY)Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT)Representative Nita Lowey (D-NY)Representative Rosa DeLauro (D-CT)Senator Roy Blunt (R-MO) Read more
BPS in the Beltway | February 6, 2019 In Brief Science and Research in the Global Political Landscape: The US and China FY 2021 Appropriations Outlook CBO Predicts Deficit to Eclipse $1 Trillion in 2020 2020 State of the Union House Appropriators Call for Coronavirus Supplemental House Science Committee Announces New Subcommittee Chairs Fetal Tissue Research Restrictions Disrupts Disease Study US House of Representatives Launches Women in STEM Caucus Tags: stemBPS Annual MeetingHealth and Human ServicesBPSDorothy BeckettUniversity of MarylandUniversity of California San DiegoAppropriationsHouse Science CommitteeBPS in the Beltwaywomen in STEMFetal Tissue ResearchBPS 2020National Institutes of Health (NIH)US House of RepresentativesFrank H. WuTai-Ming CheungSandra BrownFY 2021 BudgetCongressional Budget Office (CBO)2020 State of the UnionCoronavirusHHS Secretary Alex AzarCenters for Disease Control (CDC)Women in Stem CaucusFY 2021 AppropriationsDeficitSOTUHouse Appropriations CommitteeHouse Appropriations Labor Health and Human ServicMichael Lauer NIHUCSDUMD Read more