The ASCB issues official letters and policy comments in response to official requests for comment from agencies like the NIH and the NSF and to policymakers in Congress and federal agencies.
Letters and policy comments recently sent by ASCB include:
- ASCB Seeks Visa Extensions Due to COVID-19 Closures
- ASCB Asks NIH to Include Lab Assistants in COVID-19-related Emergency Assistance
- ASCB One of 92 Groups Opposing Trump Administration Ban on Fetal Tissue Research
- ASCB Joins 67 Groups Supporting Amendment to Block Fetal Tissue Ban
- ASCB Supports Keep STEM Talent Act of 2019
- ASCB One of 304 Groups Calling for $2.5 Billion Increase for NIH
- ASCB One of 75 Science Groups Opposing Changes to Title IX
- ASCB Comments on NIH Strategic Plan for Data Science
- ASCB Opposition to Tax Increases on Graduate Students
For more information on these and other policy issues, contact Kevin Wilson, ASCB’s Director of Public Policy and Media Relations. The ASCB has “Be an Advocate for Science” how-to papers to help you be an advocate for science.
