<div dir="ltr"><div>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.<br></div><div><br></div><div>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.</div><div><br></div><div>More than 50 professional science organizations supported the letter:</div><div><br></div><div>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<br></div><div><br></div><div>The full text of the letter is available at <a href="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=DwMFaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=nOSFv66Ki5z1Wf0l9MBlpxifb-gEpkn6mvZ_9NmpBeg&s=h4HbKXHDNkhNZ3iiDHrvubZ9RExma5w0xM2kiLpnf8Y&e=">http://butterfield.house.gov/sites/butterfield.house.gov/files/wysiwyg_uploaded/FY18%20CJS%20APPROPRIATIONS%20NSF%20Letter.pdf</a>.</div><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">Julie Palakovich Carr<br>Public Policy Manager<br>American Institute of Biological Sciences<br>1201 New York Avenue, NW</div><div dir="ltr">Suite 420<br>Washington, DC 20005<br>202-568-8117<br><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.aibs.org&d=DwMFaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=nOSFv66Ki5z1Wf0l9MBlpxifb-gEpkn6mvZ_9NmpBeg&s=CO-jzXUPEuDGQFrD_uV1YvmnbSPdHZsaE3xS6O2_mSs&e=" target="_blank">www.aibs.org</a><br></div></div></div></div>
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