PAA and APC joined over 50 other scientific societies and institutions to sign this letter. United in our appreciation of and support for the critical role of the National Science Foundation (NSF) to advance the behavioral, social, and education sciences – we are writing to urge the Senate and...
SBE-FY26-Conference-Letter-11.6.25.docx-1-1.pdf
This letter expresses concern about the Department of Agriculture’s recent decision to terminate data collection and release of future Household Food Security Reports. The letter, which is directed to congressional leaders, urges Congress to reject the Administration’s decision and restore...
PAA and APC signed this multi-society letter to formally express concerns regarding the Executive Order (EO) titled “Improving Oversight of Federal Grantmaking,” issued on August 7. Our nation’s federal grantmaking ecosystem serves as the gold standard for supporting cutting-edge research and...
Grantmaking Executive Order - Multi Society Letter.pdf
PAA and APC joined 164 organizations to sign the attached community letter to appropriators expressing support for the work of the Joint Associations Group on Indirect Costs (JAG), thanking appropriators for including language in some of the spending bills and reports to date, and urging that...
9.22.25 Sign-on Letter in Support of FAIR Model and JAG Legislative Asks - Final.pdf
PAA and APC join this comment [submitted in response to Federal Register Notice 89 FR 58219 (July 24, 2025)] to express serious concern regarding the Bureau of Justice Statistics’ (BJS) decision to remove gender identity demographic questions from the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS)....
September NCVS Public Comment.pdf
PAA and APC signed this letter to urge swift passage of a final appropriations bill that protects the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and provides at least $48.7 billion in funding for NIH in fiscal year 2026 (FY 26), and to ensure that any appropriations bill or continuing resolution is...
NIH Sign on Letter 9 19 25_FINAL.pdf
PAA and APC signed the following coalition letter to Director Kratsios at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) on Tuesday, August 19, 2025. The final letter includes signatures from more than 90 scientific, academic, and professional organizations. This remarkable...
United Science Alliance Gold Standard Science Letter.final.pdf
Representatives Debbie Dingell and Paul Tonko sent a letter to the House Appropriations Committee in support of FY 2026 NIH population research report language, requesting the inclusion of report language regarding population research activities supported by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National...
PPA Approps Finalized Letter FY26.pdf
PAA and APC signed on to a letter by The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights (LCCHR), a coalition charged by its diverse membership of more than 240 national organizations to promote and protect the rights of all persons in the United States, expressing support for the 2026 Census...
6.25.25-Final-2026-Census-Test-Letter.pdf
The Friends of NICHD, a coalition of over 100 professional organizations, scientific societies, and patient advocacy groups with a vested interest in promoting and sustaining the vital research activities of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development ...