Policy & Advocacy

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APS serves the needs of its membership and the general public by providing information on how to take action and contact lawmakers on issues that affect both the physics community and the nation as a whole.

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News & Announcements

APS 5-Sigma Physicist Awardees Honored for Outstanding Advocacy

Two APS Student Members Lead National Petition Drive to Oppose Congressional Legislation

FY ’18 Funding Bill a Win for Science

APS Responds to Fiscal Year 2018 Omnibus Budget

American Physical Society Responds to President’s Budget Proposal

Undergraduate Physics Students Meet With Senate Staffer, Promote Potential Research Impacts at DNP Meeting

APS Urges Congress to Reach an Agreement that Raises the Budgetary Spending Caps for FY18 format_pdf

Helium should be recycled, Nature

Qatar blockade hits helium supply, Nature

APS Response to U.S. Withdrawal from Climate Agreement

APS Deeply Troubled by President Trump's FY18 Budget

 

Congressional Op-eds Supporting Science

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Op-Eds by APS Volunteers

Shua Sanchez: Prosper Act would devastate graduate education and scientific advancement
The Spokesman-Review

Opinion: PROSPER bill would hurt students, not help them
knoxnews.com

Commentary: Failure to fund research is a failure to support Texas
myStatesman.com

Opinion: Taxing tuition waivers sabotages students
Tallahassee Democrat

US is losing ground on technology superiority
The Hill

NIST research: Timing is everything
The Hill

America must restore its scientific infrastructure
Ithaca Journal

Local View: Science funding crucial to economic growth
Journal Star

America must repair its scientific infrastructure
StarTribune

Trump cuts to science threaten California farms
Auburn Journal

Blunt, colleagues should support STEM education
stltoday.com

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