[Nhcoll-l] Action Alert: Ask Your U.S. Representative to Support NSF Funding

[Jyotsna Pandey]

Congress has started debate on funding levels for federal programs for
fiscal year 2021.  Please show your support for the National Science
Foundation (NSF) by asking your Representative to sign a letter in support
of funding the agency at $9 billion in 2021.

NSF is the primary federal funding source for fundamental biological
research at our nation’s universities and colleges.  The agency provides
approximately 69% of extramural federal support for non-medical,
fundamental biological and environmental research at academic institutions.

If funded at $9 billion, NSF can accelerate progress on its 10 Big Ideas,
expand support for early career researchers, and create new
interdisciplinary research programs.  This investment will sustain core
research and education programs that are vital to U.S. competitiveness.

An effort is now underway in the House of Representatives to build support
for increased FY 2021 funding for NSF.  Representatives G. K. Butterfield
(D-NC) and David McKinley (R-WV) are circulating a Dear Colleague Letter
calling on Congress to provide $9 billion in funding to NSF in FY 2021.

You can help -- please take a few moments to ask your Representative to
sign the Butterfield-McKinley Dear Colleague Letter.  The deadline for
Representatives to be added to the letter is 5:00 pm on Wednesday, March 11
(that is today), so please act promptly.

Act now by sending your Representative a letter through the AIBS
Legislative Action Center:
http://salsa4.salsalabs.com/o/51562/p/dia/action4/common/public/?action_KEY=26642

Jyotsna Pandey, Ph.D.
Public Policy Manager
American Institute of Biological Sciences
1201 New York Avenue, NW
Suite 420
Washington, DC 20005
Phone: 202-628-1500 x 225
www.aibs.org
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