<div dir="ltr"><div><b style="font-size:12.8px">Meet with Your Lawmakers This Summer and Help Inform Science Policy</b></div><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:12.8px"><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">Registration is open for the 16th annual Biological Sciences Congressional <span>District</span> <span>Visits</span> event. </span><br></div><div><br></div><div>This national initiative, organized by the American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS), is an opportunity for biologists across the country to meet with their federal or state elected officials to showcase the people, facilities, and equipment that are required to support and conduct scientific research. This initiative helps to put a face on science and to remind lawmakers that science is happening in their <span>district</span> and state.</div><div><br></div>The Biological Sciences Congressional <span>District</span> <span>Visits</span> event enables scientists, graduate students, representatives of research facilities, and people affiliated with scientific collections to meet with their federal or state elected officials without traveling to Washington, DC. <u>Participating scientists can either meet with their elected officials at the local <span>district</span> office or may invite them to <span>visit</span> their research facility.</u><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:12.8px"><div dir="ltr">AIBS will schedule participants' meetings with lawmakers and will prepare participants through online training and one-on-one support. Meetings will take place mid-July through October, depending on the participant's schedule and their lawmaker's availability.</div><div dir="ltr"> </div><div dir="ltr">The event is made possible by AIBS, with the support of event sponsors: <span style="font-size:12.8px">American Society of Primatologists, </span><span style="font-size:12.8px">Botanical Society of America, Florida International University Institute of</span></div>Environment, Helminthological Society of Washington, Natural Science Collections Alliance, Organization of Biological Field Stations, Paleontological Society, Society for Preservation of Natural History Collections, and Society for the Study of Evolution.<div dir="ltr"> </div><div dir="ltr"><b>Registration for participation is free, but required, and closes on July 14, 2025. To learn more and register, <span>visit</span> <a href="http://io.aibs.org/cdv" target="_blank">io.aibs.org/cdv</a>.</b><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Please share this announcement with interested colleagues and graduate students. </div></div></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><font face="arial, sans-serif">___________________</font><br><font face="arial, sans-serif">Jyotsna Pandey, Ph.D.</font></div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Director of Community Programs</font></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS)</span></div></div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"></div><div dir="ltr"><font face="arial, sans-serif">........................................</font></div><div dir="ltr"><i><a href="https://www.congressweb.com/signup/?id=79D5D55D-5056-8653-C328479920C1C14F" target="_blank">Subscribe</a> to the bi-weekly AIBS Public Policy Report to s</i><i>tay current on the latest science policy news. </i></div><div dir="ltr"><i><a href="https://pages.rasa.io/articles/11a87efe-992a-4da4-94b2-b38e616fee74" target="_blank">Subscribe</a> to the AIBS newsletter & receive personalized biology news, including events & announcements from our member societies.</i></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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