AIBS Testimony: Fund NSF at $9 Billion in FY 2020

In testimony to the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies, the American Institute of Biological Sciences urged Congress to provide the National Science Foundation with at least $9 billion for fiscal year (FY) 2020. “Biological research is in our national interest. Increasing our knowledge of how genes, cells, tissues, organisms, and ecosystems function is vitally important to efforts to improve the human condition. Food security, medicine and public health, national security, economic growth, and sound environmental management are informed by the biological sciences. The knowledge gained from NSF-funded research contributes to the development of new research tools and industries,” AIBS testified. AIBS urged Congress to sustain its bipartisan tradition of investing in our nation’s scientific capacity. Read the testimony at: https://www.aibs.org/position-statements/20190422aibstestimony_4.html      
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