Policy
The new toolkit provides resources to help institutions and students adapt without the "duration of status" policy.
The short-term funding bill blocks the rule until Dec. 11.
The Department of Homeland Security has finalized its plans to overhaul immigration rules for international students.
APS will become the U.S. adhering body to the storied international organization.
Phillips was abruptly removed from the National Science Board, like all her co-members. Her advocacy hasn't stopped.
The proposal would dramatically undermine American research, but scientists are speaking up.
Drell, a Stanford physicist, began in the new role in February.
Science advocacy groups are attempting to mobilize public comments on a proposed rule.
The House budget proposal for 2027 would cut funding across several agencies, but by far less than what the Trump administration has proposed.
Proposed changes to the duration of status policy would affect many students and scholars. To raise awareness, five shared their stories.
Thirty-six APS members and one volunteer team received the newly expanded honor.
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APS members rallied after Trump proposed slashing the 2026 science budget. As APS gears up for the next budget cycle, the hard work continues.
The last year was marked by turmoil at science agencies and the administration’s stated desire to shrink the federal workforce.
A day after the latest government shutdown, APS members headed to Capitol Hill to advocate for science.
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Ryan Nesselrodt reflects on his experience as the APS Congressional Science Fellow.
The initiative aims to build “novel platform technologies” akin to the internet or polymerase chain reaction.
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APS is bracing for upheaval in U.S. academic programs.
Fourteen people were recognized for their work as advocates for the physics community.
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A recent executive order looks to officially establish political review processes that staff say are already being implemented at NSF.
Advocates were cautiously optimistic about new guidance from the Senate appropriations subcommittee.
The Senate has proposed level funding for scientific research in stark contrast to the administration’s call for more dramatic cuts.
Physicists are meeting with U.S. Senate offices to defend federal science funding — and seeing early signs of success.
President Trump signed the bill into law on July 4.
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The bill marks a key victory for APS’ advocacy efforts.
Remarks from APS CEO Jonathan Bagger, President John Doyle, and Chief External Affairs Officer Francis Slakey during the summit town hall.
Student enrollment and guaranteed financial support are expected to fall amid anticipation of federal budget cuts, a new report finds.
Both bills are APS policy priorities.
The move could affect many major projects, including instrumentation for astronomy and physics.
More than 100 scientists and students headed to Washington, D.C., for Congressional Visits Day.
The president pulled out of the Paris climate agreement and declared an “energy emergency” to expedite permitting.
A final rule published in December focuses on “modernizing” the H-1B program, which offers visas to skilled workers.
Sophia Chan spent a year on Capitol Hill, working on federal policy to mitigate climate change.
A recent survey reveals that Democrats and Republicans have starkly different levels of trust in scientists.
Entities must be licensed to export key components, and they must disclose when certain foreign nationals are working on the technology in the U.S.
Recent bills target funding for diversity, equity, and inclusion programs at federal agencies.
The U.S. must build new world-leading magnets to keep pace with global competition, the report urges.
Researchers are a “first line of defense against improper or illicit activity,” said the OSTP director.
Recipients demonstrated substantial, impactful advocacy actions.
The Biden administration has objected to the proposal.
Nesselrodt will work with congressional leaders and staff for a year.
The cost of open access, next-gen gravitational wave detectors, and more.
Agencies are bracing for another tight budget year.
Nominees sought for top awards, competition open to manage Jefferson Lab, NIST infrastructure and safety issues.
For Congressional Visits Day, APS members met directly with congressional leaders and staffers on Capitol Hill.
A new plan would limit foreign-born physicists’ job opportunities.
New DOE fusion head sketches out vision; Fermilab operations contract up for grabs; Former science committee chair, Eddie Bernice Johnson, dead at 89
Funding disclosure for researchers, the UN climate conference, and more.
The House Science Committee advances legislation to update the National Quantum Initiative Act.
After a year on Capitol Hill, physicist Thomas Plumb-Reyes views science policy as his next frontier.
The author lays out the highest priorities of US nuclear physicists over the next decade.
For the 2025 R&D budget, the White House sets priorities on research, including "trustworthy" AI development, US technological competitivesness, and regional innovation.
As the Congressional Science Fellowship turns 50, former Fellows reflect on their experience — and where they are now.
This spring’s launch of powerful language-generation models and chatbots has triggered a frenzy of activity on Capitol Hill.
As a result of new spending caps set by Congress, science agencies will likely struggle to secure significant budget increases for the next two fiscal years.
APS honors a group of members with the 5 Sigma Physicist Award for outstanding science advocacy in 2022.
The NSF has decided to use about half of the $1 billion budget increase for 2023 to build out its new technology directorate.
The Biden administration’s budget request for fiscal year 2024 includes across-the-board increases for science agencies.
The APS Congressional Visits Day provides an opportunity for APS members to advocate for science policy priorities.
Congress has made significant changes in the leadership of key committees that draft budgets and policy for science agencies.
With five science policy stories to watch, 2023 is poised to be another busy year despite the partisan gridlock.
Budget increases fall short of the ambitious targets Congress set in mid-2022 through the CHIPS and Science Act.
APS members helped APS accomplish its 2022 science policy goals: the CHIPS and Science Act, the China Initiative, Congressional Visits Days, methane emissions, visas and immigration.
Congressional science fellow advances innovative approaches to combating climate change.
President Biden signed into law the most ambitious set of initiatives to mitigate climate change the US has ever undertaken.
APS celebrates the sustained advocacy efforts by its members that helped the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022 become law.
Jacinta Conrad writes about the need for a strong, international scientific workforce in the US in the Houston Chronicle.
Two years after the Physicists Coalition for Nuclear Threat Reduction was formed, it has held more than 100 colloquia and built a network of scientist-advocates for disarmament policies.
Federal committee gets to work on an answer.
In response to the invasion of Ukraine, the US moves to restrict research collaborations involving the Russian government.
The US is not effectively monitoring methane emissions from oil and gas operations, but could take specific actions.
The APS Ethics Committee has overseen the implementation of ethics policies for APS.
A leading voice that called for reforms to the China Initiative, APS continues its commitment to make US more welcoming to international students and physicists.