Biologists Visited Congress as Part of AIBS Grassroots Event

Biological scientists from Alaska to Florida and California to Connecticut were in Washington, DC, on April 16-17, 2018, to participate in an AIBS communications and advocacy training workshop. Following the training program, scientists headed to Capitol Hill where they spent April 18 meeting with their members of Congress. The meetings provided participants with an opportunity to put into practice what they had learned in the training program, while also advocating for increased federal funding for scientific research. The meetings with members of Congress were an opportunity for scientists to help lawmakers understand the importance of sustained federal investments in scientific research, particularly how federal investments support cutting-edge research in their districts and states. Most participants talked with their elected officials about the need for Congress to appropriate at least $8.45 billion to the National Science Foundation in FY 2019, but some discussed the importance of new investments in the National Institutes of Health and United States Department of Agriculture. In addition to AIBS members, scientists participating in the event represented: Society for the Study of Evolution, American Society of Naturalists, Animal Behavior Society, Botanical Society of America, Ecological Society of America, American Society for Microbiology, Genetics Society of America, Organization of Biological Field Stations, American Society of Mammalogists, American Society for...
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