Recent Newsletters

In Brief

• Take Action: Register for the 2025 Rally for Medical Research
• Applications Are Open for the Biophysical Society 2026–2027 Congressional Fellowship
• August Recess Looms, Leaving Short Time to Complete Appropriations Bills
• California Dems Push Back Against National Lab Cuts
• NSF Staff Protest Funding and Staff Cuts

In Brief

• Register Now for the 2024 Rally for Medical Research
• Applications Are Open for the Biophysical Society 2025–2026 Congressional Fellowship
• House Appropriations Chair Tom Cole Outlines View for Fall FY25 Efforts
• Senate to Release First Science Budgets, Challenge FY25 Caps

In Brief

• Register Now for the 2024 Rally for Medical Research
• The Fight for NIH and Scientific Research Funding is Underway
• House Floats Plan to Restructure NIH, Limit Gain of Function Research

In Brief

• August Recess Kicks Off with NSF Up and NIH Down in Appropriations-palooza
• Register Now for the 2023 Rally for Medical Research
• Applications Are Open for the Biophysical Society 2024–2025 Congressional Fellowship

In Brief

• Sign-Up to Meet with Your Elected Officials at Home
• Advocate for NIH Funding for FY23 in Washington, DC
• Apply for the BPS 2023-2024 Congressional Fellowship
• Fiscal Year 2023 Appropriations Headed to House Floor
• House Moves to Remove ARPA-H from NIH Organizational Structure

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

Register for the 2020 Virtual Rally for Medical Research
Make Policy Work for Science – Apply for the 2021-2022 BPS Congressional Fellowship 
The Latest on FY 2021 Appropriations
Members of Congress, Ad Hoc Group Urge Support of NIH Emergency Funds
FDA Vaccine Advisory Committee

• Longest Government Shutdown in History Comes to an End
• BPS Congressional Fellow: Mid-year Update
• BPS Highlights Fresmne Members of Congress with STEM Backgrounds
• Bruce Tromberg Appointed as Director of NIBIB
• House Democrats Finalize Science Committee Roster
• NSF Seeking High-level Ideas that Would Benefit from Convergence
• NIH Seeks Input on Proposal for Reducing Regulatory Burdens in Animal Research
• Public Affairs Session at Annual Meeting 2019
• SAVE THE DATE: Rally for Medical Research, Sept 18-19 2019
• Science in the News

• BPS Members Rally for Medical Research; Support Golden Goose Award
• British Scientists Frat a 'No Deal' Brexit
• DOE Office of Science Funded On Time
• NSF Announces New Sexual Harassment Policy
• President Trump Approves A Funding Increase for NIH; NSF Left Flat
• Senate Panel Advances Droegemeier
• Science in the News

• Congressional Leaders Outline Government Funding Strategey
• H-1B Denials Increase Under Trump Administration
• House Leaves for Recess: Help Us Advocate for Biophysics
• Join BPS in Washinton! The Rally for Medical Research and Golden Goose Award, September 13
• Kelvin Droegemeier Nominated as Director of White House Office of Science
• National Academies Report: Open Science By Design
• NIH Delays Controversial Clinical Trials Policy
• Senate Approves DOE Office of Science Reauthorization
• Science in the News

• BPS Names 2018-2019 Congressional Fellow
• BPS Welcomes Sean Winkler as Director, Public Affairs
• Funding Bills Moving Through Congress
• Join BPS for the Rally for Medical Research Funding in Washington
• NIH Releases Strategic Data Plan
• Science under Scrutiny at USGS
• Science in the News