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 | January 31, 2022 In Brief Annual Meeting: People or Projects? Approaches to Funding Research Annual Meeting: Beyond Coronavirus: Preparing for the Next Pandemic Justice Breyer’s Retirement offers Biden an Opportunity and a Presidential First Omnibus Talks Continue Between House and Senate Congressional Research Service (CRS) Delivers Report on FY22 Appropriations Tags: nihBPS Annual MeetingNational Institues of HealthOmnibusresearch fundingBPS in the BeltwayContinuing Resolution (CR)CoronavirusHouse Appropriations CommitteeCOVID-19Novel CoronavirusNational Science Foundation (NSF)Public Affairs Committee (PAC)Pandemic FundingFY22BPS Annual Meeting 2022BPS 2022Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPABurroughs Wellcome FundWellcome LeapHigh-Risk High-Reward ResearchPandemic PreparednesssPandemicUnited States Supreme CourtSupreme CourtSupreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS)Justice Stephen BreyerPresident Joe BidenFederal AppropriationsFY 2022Senate Appropriations CommiteeCongressional Research Service (CRS) Read more
BPS in the Beltway | November 18, 2021 In Brief Last Call for Applications for the BPS 2022–2023 Congressional Fellowship Congress Still Facing Build Back Better Act, NDAA and USICA Before Year End OMB Issues Fact Sheet on Outstanding FY22 Appropriations Partisan Positioning Leaves Debt Limit in Limbo Senate President Pro-Tem Patrick Leahy Announces Retirement Tags: BPS Congressional FellowCongressAppropriationsGovernment ShutdownBPS in the BeltwayNational Institutes of Health (NIH)Continuing Resolution (CR)US SenateSen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)National Science FoundationSenator Chuck Schumer (D-NY)BPS Congressional Fellowship ProgramBPS2021National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA)FY22Office of Management and Budget (OMB)Fiscal Year 2022Federal Debt CeilingUS House of RepreesentativesBuild Back Better ActUS innovation and Competition Act (USICA)Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY)Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT)Senate President Pro-Tempore 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 | April 27, 2021 In Brief OSTP Confirmation Hearing Live Stream Senate Appropriations Outlines Process for Earmarks RISE Act Leads Urge Administration to Support Research Recovery Funding NIH Extramural Director Testifies Before Senate HELP Committee NIH Removes Trump-Era Restrictions on Use of Fetal Tissue in Research Tags: Senate Appropriations SubcommitteeChinaSenate AppropriationsFetal Tissue ResearchNational Institutes of Health (NIH)US SenateMichael Lauer NIHScientific ResearchFY22Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP)Confirmation HearingsEric LanderPatrick Leahy (D-VT)EarmarksRISE ActSupport Research Recovery FundingRep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX)Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO)Rep. Fred Upton (D-MI)Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-CA)Rep. Anthony Gonzalez (R-OH)Office of Management and Budget (OMB)The Research Investment to Spark the Economy (RISEExtramural ResearchForeign Influence Read more
BPS In the Beltway | March 11, 2021 In Brief Take Action: Register for Biophysics Week NIH and NSF Grant Application Sessions Trillion Dollar Relief Package Awaiting Signature FY21 National Defense Authorization Act Focuses on STEM R&D NIH Launches Initiative to Address Structural Racism NSB Addresses Bias and Broader Impacts Tags: stemChinaBPSBiophysics WeekBiophysics for Biotechnology and Biomedicine (BIOPBPS in the BeltwayNational Institutes of Health (NIH)Take ActionWhite House Office of Science and Technology PolicNational Science Foundation (NSF)Public Affairs Committee (PAC)FY21 BudgetBPS2021Funding ReliefNational Defense Authorization Act (NDAA)STEM R&DCHIPS for America ActNational AI Initiative ActInteragency R&DIndustries of the Future Actnondefense R&DQISFY22Future Coordination CouncilDepartment of Defense (DOD)Undue InfluenceForeign Talent ProgramsRussianUS National SecurityAcademic ResearchFundamental Researchfederal science agenciesfederal grant fundingStructural RacismNIH UNITE InitiativeNSB BiasNational Science Board (NSB) Read more