[Nhcoll-l] 164 Representatives Support NSF Funding

[Julie Palakovich Carr]

Congressman G. K. Butterfield (D-NC) and Congressman David B. McKinley
(R-WV) led 162 of their colleagues in a bipartisan letter to the House
Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies, urging
Congress to provide $8 billion in funding to the National Science
Foundation in the Fiscal Year 2018.

This annual 'dear colleague' letter demonstrates to the House
Appropriations Committee that there is bipartisan support for investment in
NSF's research, education, and scientific infrastructure programs.

More than 50 professional science organizations supported the letter:

Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections, Natural
Science Collections Alliance, American Institute of Biological Sciences,
Association of American Universities, Association of Public and Land-grant
Universities, IEEE-USA, Research America, American Political Science
Association, Museum of Science, Boston, National Center for Technological
Literacy, American Educational Research Association, American
Anthropological Association, Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, American
Statistical Association, American Society of Biochemistry and Molecular
Biology, Federation of Associations in Behavioral and Brain Sciences,
American Psychological Association, Biophysical Society, Mathematical
Association of America, Consortium of Social Science Associations, National
Postdoctoral Association, Council on Undergraduate Research, American
Mathematical Society, Botanical Society of America, American Society of
Naturalists, Linguistic Society of America, American Physiological Society,
American Geophysical Union, Archaeological Institute of America, The
Herpetologists’ League, The American Phytopathological Society, Ecological
Society of America, Society for American Archaeology, Coalition for
American Heritage, American Association of Geographers, Society for
Integrative and Comparative Biology, Organization of Biological Field
Stations, American Cultural Resources Association, Society for Historical
Archaeology, Society of Systematic Biologists, Society for the Study of
Evolution, The Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, American
Sociological Association, Entomological Society of America, Association for
Psychological Science, American Chemical Society, Psychology of Science in
Policy, Association of Ecosystem Research Centers, Population Association
of America, Association of Population Centers

The full text of the letter is available at
https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__butterfield.house.gov_sites_butterfield.house.gov_files_wysiwyg-5Fuploaded_FY18-2520CJS-2520APPROPRIATIONS-2520NSF-2520Letter.pdf&d=DwIFaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=nOSFv66Ki5z1Wf0l9MBlpxifb-gEpkn6mvZ_9NmpBeg&s=h4HbKXHDNkhNZ3iiDHrvubZ9RExma5w0xM2kiLpnf8Y&e= 
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-- 
Julie Palakovich Carr
Public Policy Manager
American Institute of Biological Sciences
1201 New York Avenue, NW
Suite 420
Washington, DC 20005
202-568-8117
www.aibs.org

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