The ASBMB public affairs department works with government officials to improve the research environment for our members.

Biden has promised “disciplined, trustworthy leadership grounded in science”; runoffs will determine the balance of power in Congress.

Five months into a pandemic with arguably the world’s worst response, the United States can no longer take the easy way out and blame only politics for our downfall. We’re to blame, too.

As a result of the Trump administration’s actions and inaction, Ben Corb writes, the U.S. was late to adopt a testing protocol to help track and slow the spread of COVID-19.

Find answers to questions you probably have about the process, including how the NIH will fare.

Special series of Pipettes & Politics includes interviews with faculty members, a first responder, NIGMS leader Jon Lorsch and others.

Are you serving on a grant-review panel from afar? We want to know how your experience is going.

An NIH group proposes policy changes covering themes of increased transparency, restorative justice and inclusive work environments.

Trump's budget would reduce nondefense discretionary spending by $40 billion and increase defense spending by $2 billion.

The society's director of public affairs responds to the president's address.

The NIH took a look at the career stages and frequency of reviewers over the past 12 years and found that some policies have unintentionally excluded midcareer and early-career researchers.

The Scientific Research Integrity Act would create barriers to political pressure on federal scientists and the politicization of scientific findings.

The ASBMB responds to a two-part omnibus spending package that would fund the government for fiscal year 2020.

Even in these deeply partisan times, grassroots advocacy is effective. As a subject matter expert, you can educate your legislator about the value of science.

Challenging the NIH to think creatively about tackling sexual harassment.

Advocacy is about more than money. Even bills that don’t become law help identify which members of Congress support the scientific enterprise.

Twenty students joined members of the Public Affairs Advisory Committee for the ASBMB’s annual Hill Day, an opportunity to meet members of Congress and advocate for continued federal funding of biomedical research.

To maintain robust federal funding for government agencies involved in scientific research, Congress will need to once again raise the legislative spending caps that were set in 2011.

The policy team compares National Science Foundation grants awarded this year with those granted by this time last year.

How the president could support the American scientific enterprise.

Want to be an advocate for science but you’re pressed for time? Using ski slope terminology, the ASBMB’s public affairs team explains how you can tailor your advocacy to your abilities.

An end-of-year wrap-up of policy-related news, from sexual harassment in science to the growing NIH budget.

Do you have thoughts about data transparency at the National Institutes of Health? Support for the future biomedical workforce? Diversity of NIH advisory councils? The ASBMB Public Affairs Advisory Committee wants you to weigh in.

While the ASBMB Public Affairs Advisory Committee appreciates the sentiments expressed in the statement, NIH policy changes are needed to curb sexual harassment at grantee institutions.

While the National Institutes of Health wins congressional support and funding increases, other vital science agencies don’t get the same respect. The ASBMB Public Affairs Advisory Committee seeks to remedy that.

Benjamin Corb makes the case for steady, not wildly fluctuating, federal funding for science.

The ASBMB Public Affairs Advisory Committee launches an essay series to explore how to make the U.S. biomedical research enterprise more effective and sustainable.