BPS in the Beltway | November 22, 2024 In Brief TAKE ACTION: Urge Congress to Provide Stable Research Funding Transition of Power: Positions Take Shape Next Steps for FY25 Appropriations Funding NIH Reconvenes Scientific Management Review Board Congressional Fellowship Application Window Closes Soon Tags: BPS NewsAppropriationsWhite HouseBPS in the BeltwayNational Institutes of Health (NIH)Continuing Resolution (CR)US House of RepresentativesUS SenateTake ActionDepartment of Energy (DOE)US CongressSen. Dick Durbin (D-IL)Grassroots AdvocacyPublic Policy NewsDepartment of Health and Human Services (HHS)Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY)Fiscal Year 2025Congressional FellowshipSpeaker of the HouseHouse Majority LeaderFY25Senate Minority Leader119th CongressPresident-Elect Donald TrumpSen. John Thune (R-SD)Senate Majority WhipSen. John Barrasso (R-WY)Senate GOP Conference ChairSen. Tom Cotton (R-AR)Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY)Senate Minority WhipRep. Mike Johnson (R-LA-04)Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA-01)House Minority LeaderRep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY-08)House Minority WhipRep. Katherine M Clark (D-MA-05)Robert F. Kennedy Jr.Chris WrightScientific Management Review Board (SMRB) Read more
BPS in the Beltway | December 22, 2023 In Brief Holiday Wishes Congress Adjourns for 2023 with Spending Bills Incomplete AM24: Policy & Advocacy Dinner Meet-Up AM24: Opportunities for International Collaboration AM24: All About ARPA-H: Exploring Opportunities at the New Agency AM24: Inside NIH: Using Technological Developments for Solving Biological Problems AM24: Inside Perspectives and Opportunities: NSF Grants Tags: BPS Annual Meetingmolecular biophysicsscience policyBPS Congressional FellowCongressAppropriationsSenateHousePACCRBudgetBPS in the BeltwayNational Institutes of Health (NIH)Continuing Resolution (CR)US House of RepresentativesUS SenateNational Science FoundationPublic Affairs Committee (PAC)BPSNewsARPA-HAdvanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPAHigh-Risk High-Reward ResearchCongressional FellowshipAnnual Meeting 2024BPS Annual Meeting 2024Speaker Mike JohnsonPolicy & AdvocacyPolicy & Advocacy Dinner Meet-UpScience policy careersOpportunities for International CollaborationInternational CollaborationGlobal ResearchIleana HancuInside NIH: Using Technological Developments for SChristina LiuNational Institute of General Medical SciencesThomas ChoAshley BarnesJames MackCenter for Scientific ReviewAnowarul AminNational Cancer InstituteEric Johnson ChavarriaMark DamicoInside Perspectives and Opportunities: NSF GrantsEngin SerpersuMolecular Cellular Sciences DivisionJaroslaw (Jarek) MajewskiMolecular Biophysics Division of Molecular and CelIshita MukerjiSynthesis Center for Molecular and Cellular Scienc Read more
BPS in the Beltway | October 5, 2023 In Brief October Begins with a Twist and Bang Thanks to the House of Representatives Tags: BPS in the BeltwayPolicy NewsContinuing Resolution (CR)US House of RepresentativesFiscal Year 2023Fiscal Year 2024Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA)Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL)Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-NC)Speaker Pro Tem Patrick McHenry (R-NC)Rep Steve Scalise (R-LA)Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH)Speaker of the HouseRep. Kevin Hern (R-OK)House Majority Leader 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 | 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 | May 26, 2022 Temperatures in Washington, DC are rising just as Appropriators kick off hearings for FY23 In Brief Appropriators Commence Hearings on FY23 Senators Review NSF Requests Science Committee Seeks Higher Budgets for DOE Facilities Tags: AppropriationsBPS in the BeltwayNational Institutes of Health (NIH)US House of RepresentativesUS SenateDepartment of Energy (DOE)National Science Foundation (NSF)BPSNewsFederal AppropriationsFY23Fiscal Year 2023Labor Health and Human Services Appropriations SubUS Federal BudgetWhite House Proposed BudgetDOE Office of Science Read more
BPS In the Beltway | April 28, 2022 In Brief President’s Budget Outlines Strong Investments in Science Let the FY23 Appropriations Games Begin NIH Launches New Scientific Data Sharing Website OSTP Announces Year of Evidence for Action Tags: BPS NewsAppropriationsOffice of SciencePresident's BudgetBPS in the BeltwayNational Institutes of Health (NIH)US House of RepresentativesUS SenateWhite House Office of Science and Technology PolicNational Science Foundation (NSF)Representative Rosa DeLauro (D-CT)ARPA-HSenator Patrick Leahy (D-VT)President Joe BidenWhite House BudgetFY23Fiscal Year 2023Senator Richard Shelby (R-AL)Representative Kay Granger (R-TX)Appropriations ProcessYear of Evidence for ActionEvidence-based Policymaking 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
BPS in the Beltway | November 6, 2019 In Brief Apply Now for 2020-2021 BPS Congressional Fellowship Senate Passes Minibus, Then Hits Roadblock BPS Advocates for FY20 Budget; Clock Ticks on Continuing Resolution (CR) What Next: CRs, Impeachment and Potential Shutdowns on Horizon Senate Budget Committee to Mark Up Process Bill Science in the News Tags: nihfederal budgetBPSBPS Congressional FellowGovernment ShutdownSenateHouseLabor-HHSCRBPS in the BeltwayNational Institutes of Health (NIH)BPS Policy and AdvocacyPolicy NewsLegislationUS BudgetLabor-Health and Human Services (L-HHS) BudgetContinuing Resolution (CR)ImpeachmentUS House of RepresentativesUS SenateFY20 BudgetFY2020 BudgetBPS AdvocacyTake ActionSenate Budget CommitteeSen. Mike Enzi (R-WY)Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)Sen. Time Kaine (D-VA)Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE)Sen. Angus King (I-ME)Bipartisan Support Read more