[Nhcoll-l] Register Now: 15th Annual Biological Sciences Congressional District Visits

[Jyotsna Pandey]

*Meet with Your Lawmakers This Summer and Help Inform Science Policy*

Registration is open for the 15th annual Biological Sciences Congressional
District Visits event.

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 district and state.

The Biological Sciences Congressional District Visits 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.  *Participating
scientists can either meet with their elected officials at the local
district office or may invite them to visit their research facility.*

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.

The event is made possible by AIBS, with the support of event sponsors
American Society of Plant Taxonomists, American Society of Primatologists,
Botanical Society of America, Florida International University Institute of
Environment, Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard University,
Organization of Biological Field Stations, Natural Science Collections
Alliance, Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections, and
Society for the Study of Evolution.

*Registration for participation is free, but required, and closes on July
15, 2024. To learn more and register, visit io.aibs.org/cdv
<http://io.aibs.org/cdv>.*

Please share this announcement with interested colleagues and graduate
students.
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Jyotsna Pandey, Ph.D.
Director of Community Programs
American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS)
AIBS website: www.aibs.org
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