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Action Alert: Comment on the OMB’s Proposed Federal Grants Rule

Comment on a sweeping proposed rule that would change how research grants are awarded, administered and terminated.

Apply for a Badge to Attend COP17 as an Observer via ESA

ESA is accepting expressions of interest from members to receive an ESA “observer status” badge to attend the seventeenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP17), which will take place Oct. 19–30, 2026, in Yerevan, Armenia. Learn more about the Convention on Biological Diversity ESA may be able to issue a limited number…

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Public Comment Now Open for The Nature Record Draft Assessment

Explore the Nature Record draft assessment and share your input.

Call for Experts: Review the Draft United by Nature Assessment

Help NASEM review the United by Nature assessment report.

Voices from COP30: The First Week is Done — What Have We Seen?

By Astrid Caldas The crowds came. The Indigenous peoples staked their claims to representation and rights to land. The connection between biodiversity and climate change is a priority topic in this “Amazon COP”, as are synergies across the three Rio Conventions – which together address the interconnected challenges of climate change, desertification and biodiversity loss. The negative biodiversity impacts of…

Science on the Hill

ESA staff recently attended an event on Capitol Hill highlighting the importance of federal support for R&D

ESA Policy Brief

Recent actions ESA has taken in the science policy arena.

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Data and dialogue: ESA Graduate Student Policy Awardees describe their experience

Three students describe their foray into science policy.

From campus to the halls of Congress: One ESA Graduate Student Policy Awardee describes her experience

GSPA awardee Sarah Cuprewich shares her perspective on science policy and what it was like to participate in this year’s events.

ESA Action Alert: Contact your senators to advocate to fund science agencies and programs

Call or email your senators and ask for strong funding levels for science agencies.

The view from the Hill: One ESA Graduate Student Policy Awardee describes his experience

GSPA Awardee Raymond Erskine shares his perspective on science policy and what it was like to participate in this year’s events.

Updates From ESA Leadership

Dear ESA Members, We, as Governing Board Members of ESA, in light of current events in our nation, with impacts that affect all of us locally and globally, write to you today to offer encouragement and to assure that there is a path forward.