May 25, 2021<\/p>\n
Dear ESA Members:<\/p>\n
The US House of Representatives may be considering the National Science Foundation (NSF) for the Future Act<\/em> (H.R. 2225<\/a>) soon. The bill would reauthorize landmark legislation for the National Science Foundation (NSF), provide steady, increasing funding levels for NSF and also create a new Technology and Engineering Solutions Directorate. The bill contains provisions for diversity, equity and inclusion to broaden research opportunities in underserved communities and expands the Graduate Research Fellowship Program.<\/p>\n The House Science Committee will be voting shortly to pass the bill out of Committee and onto the full House. ESA is formally endorsing<\/a> the legislation and our letter is posted on the House Science Committee website.<\/p>\n We encourage you to also support the NSF for the Future Act by signing the letter online<\/a> that our sister society, the American Physical Society (APS), has offered for our use.<\/p>\n The\u00a0letter will remain open for sign-on through Tuesday, June 1.\u00a0 Once the letter is closed, APS will deliver a single letter with all signee names included to the House Science Committee and House leadership.\u00a0<\/p>\n APS disengaged any opt-in functions, so signing on\u00a0does not<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0opt the signer\u00a0into getting\u00a0APS emails or texts. Signees will appear in APS\u2019s grassroots system for this one activity, but APS does not share\/sell user information.<\/p>\n Thank you,<\/p>\n ESA Public Affairs Office<\/p>\n More Information <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n Legislation<\/strong><\/p>\n H.R. 2225, the National Science Foundation for the Future Act<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n Additional Materials<\/p>\n Two-Page Summary<\/a><\/p>\n Section-by-Section<\/a><\/p>\n Issues in Science and Technology: A Bipartisan Vision for the Future of American Science<\/a><\/p>\n Endorsements<\/strong><\/p>\n American Astronomical Society<\/p>\n American Chemical Society<\/a><\/p>\n American Geophysical Union<\/a><\/p>\n American Educational Research Association<\/p>\n American Institute of Biological Sciences<\/a><\/p>\n American Mathematical Society<\/p>\n American Physical Society<\/a><\/p>\n American Physiological Society<\/a><\/p>\n American Political Science Association<\/p>\n American Society for Engineering Education<\/a><\/p>\n American Society for Microbiology<\/a><\/p>\n Association for Psychological Science<\/a><\/p>\n American Society of Civil Engineers<\/a><\/p>\n American Society of Plant Biologists<\/a><\/p>\n Association of Science and Technology Centers<\/a><\/p>\n Boston University<\/p>\n Carnegie Mellon University\u00a0<\/p>\n Carnegie Mellon University Graduate Student Assembly<\/p>\n Computing Alliance of Hispanic-Serving Institutions<\/p>\n Computing Research Association<\/p>\n Consortium of Social Science Associations<\/a><\/p>\n Council of Graduate Schools<\/a><\/p>\n Ecological Society of America<\/a><\/p>\n Entomological Society of America<\/a><\/p>\n Federation of Associations in the Behavioral and Brain Sciences<\/p>\n Georgia Institute of Technology<\/a><\/p>\n HIBAR Research Alliance<\/a><\/p>\n MIT Graduate Student Council<\/a><\/p>\n Natural Science Collections Alliance<\/a><\/p>\n OSA-The Optical Society<\/p>\n Pennsylvania State University<\/a><\/p>\n Population Association of America<\/a><\/p>\n Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics<\/p>\n Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections<\/a><\/p>\n State University System of Florida<\/p>\n University of Cincinnati<\/a><\/p>\n University of Colorado Boulder<\/p>\n University of Rochester<\/p>\n