BPS in the Beltway | December 23, 2024 In Brief TAKE ACTION: Enjoy a Happy, Healthy Holiday Season CR Funds Federal Spending Through March 2025 OSTP and AI Czar Nominee Names Released Tags: BPS NewsCongressOSTPKelvin DroegemeierSenateContinuing Resolution (CR)House of RepresentativesOffice of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP)President Joe BidenFY24BPS in the BetlwayFY25 AppropriationsPresident-Elect Donald TrumpBPS Policy NewsMichael KratsiosLynne ParkerPresident’s Council of Advisors on Science and TecDavid SacksAI and Cryptocurrency Czar Read more
BPS in the Beltway | July 19, 2024 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 Tags: Capitol HillCongressional fellowscience policyRally for Medical ResearchBPS Congressional FellowBPS NewsAppropriationsSenateHouseBPS in the BeltwayNational Institutes of Health (NIH)Policy NewsHouse of RepresentativesUnited States SenateBPS Congressional Fellowship ProgramEmergency FundingDOE Office of ScienceFiscal Responsibility Act (FRA) (HR 3746)FY25Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK)Fiscal year (FY) 2025House Appropriations Chairman Tom Cole (R-OK)Scientific and Medical Research FundingSen. Patty Murray (D-WA)Senate Appropriations Chair Patty Murray (D-WA)Department of Energy Office of Science 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 | April 27, 2023 In Brief House Passes a Debt Ceiling Hits and Runs Into a (Senate) Wall May Markup Madness Former NOAA Leaders to Testify on Agency Independence Biden Plans to Nominate Cancer Surgeon to Lead NIH Tags: SenateBPS in the BeltwayNational Institutes of Health (NIH)House Appropriations CommitteeHouse of RepresentativesBPSNewsFY22Rep. Kay Granger (R-TX)Debt CeilingSpeaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA)FY2024Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT)U.S. House of RepresentativesU.S. SenateU.S. CongressLimit Save Grow Act (HR 2811)FY2022FY24X DateSenate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY)Rep. Frank Lucas (R-OK)Department of CommerceConrad LaufenbacherTim GallaudetNeil JacobsNOAA AdministratorMonica Bertagnolli MDDirector of the National Cancer Institute (NCI)Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIHFrancis CollinsNational Oceanographic Atmospheric Administration Read more
BPS In the Beltway | December 23, 2022 In Brief Congress Enacts FY23 Omnibus; Secures Federal Funding Throughout 2023 Tags: federal budgetBPS NewsOmnibusWhite HouseBPS in the BeltwayUS SenateHouse of RepresentativesUS CongressFY23US Federal Budget Read more
BPS In the Beltway | July 21, 2022 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 Tags: federal budgetRally for Medical ResearchBPS Congressional FellowOffice of ScienceBPS in the BeltwayNational Institutes of Health (NIH)US SenateDepartment of Energy (DOE)National Science Foundation (NSF)House of RepresentativesBPS Congressional Fellowship ProgramAdvanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPAAdvocacy at HomeGrassroots AdvocacyFederal Appropriations ProcessFiscal Year 2023 (FY23)Health and Human Services (HHS)HHS Secretary Xavier BecerraRep. Anna Eshoo (D-CA-18) Read more
BPS In the Beltway | September 8, 2021 In Brief BPS Webinar: Exploring Careers in Science Policy Science Coalition Urges Administration to Provide Visa Assistance to Afghan Scientists, Engineers Woodcock Out of the Running for FDA House Adopts Trillion Dollar Budget Resolution Senators Sinema and Manchin Remain Skeptical on Budget Tags: federal budgetvisasBPS WebinarBPS Congressional FellowRutgers UniversityYale UniversityYasmeen HussainWhite HouseBudgetBPS in the BeltwayUniversity of CaliforniaHouse of RepresentativesUnited States SenateBPS Congressional Fellowship ProgramFood and Drug Administration (FDA)BPS CoalitionsBPS21Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP)BPS Public PolicySteven MossAdriana BankstonBridget MiloreyMichael RudokasWashington State Academy of SciencesNational Academies of Science Engineering and MediScience CoalitionAfghanistanAfghan ScientistsJanet WoodcockSen. Joe Manchin (D-WV)Sen. Kysten Sinema (D-AZ)Budget Reconciliation Read more
BPS In the Beltway | July 28, 2021 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 Tags: Rally for Medical ResearchOmnibusMinibusBudgetBPS in the BeltwayNational Institutes of Health (NIH)FY 2021 AppropriationsHouse of RepresentativesBPSNewsBPS Congressional Fellowship ProgramBPS2021FY22BPS Communications12 Appropriations PackagesApplications Now OpenBe the BPS Fellow for 2022-2023Minibus HR4502Treasury Secretary Janet YellenFederal Debt CeilingFY21 Expires September 30 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
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 | May 6, 2020 In Brief Senate Returns for Phase 4 Stimulus (aka CARES 2) House Outlines Plans for $1 Trillion in CARES 2 House Energy & Commerce Committee Outlines Needs for Reopening Coronavirus Disbandment Rumors Circulate Tags: SenateBPS in the BeltwayBPS 2020COVID-19Novel CoronavirusHouse of RepresentativesCoronavirus TaskforceVice President Mike PenceFEMAFederal Emergency Management AdministrationPresident Donald TrumpHouse Energy & Commerce CommitteeRep. Frank Pallone (D-NJ)Coronavirus ReliefStimulusPhase 4 ReliefCARES 2 Read more