BPS in the Beltway | December 17, 2025 In Brief Take Action: Protect Federal Scientific Research by Completing FY26 Appropriations Work Enjoy a Happy, Healthy Holiday Season Appropriations Efforts Continue for FY26 NIH Ends Payline Cutoffs, Raising Fears of Political Influence in Grant Decisions Tags: National Institues of HealthBPS NewsMinibusLabor-HHSBPS in the BeltwayPolicy NewsTake ActionNational Science Foundation (NSF)United States SenateUnited States House of RepresentativesUnited States CongressDepartment of Energy Office of ScienceFY26 ApppropriationsSenate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD)Commerce-Justice-ScienceSenator Rick Scott (R-FL)Senator Mike Lee (R-UT)Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI0NIH Ends Payline CutoffsGrant ApplicationsGeographic Balance Read more
BPS in the Beltway | August 30, 2023 In Brief Congress Prepares to Return with Budget Deadline Looming NIH Names Jeanne Marrazzo as New Head of NIAID Applications Are Open for the Biophysical Society 2024–2025 Congressional Fellowship NIH Seeks Comments on Updating Agency Mission Statement Tags: NIGMSnihNSFCongressSenateHouseBudgetBPS in the BeltwayNational Institutes of Health (NIH)US House of RepresentativesUS SenateNational Science Foundation (NSF)House of RepresentativesBPS Congressional Fellowship ProgramNational Institute of Allergy and Infectious DiseaUnited States CongressUS Federal BudgetRequest for Information (RFI)FY24Congressional FellowshipJeanne Marrazzo MDLawrence TabakNIH Mission Statement 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