Last December, Stand With Science entered the Stand Up For Science! competition sponsored by the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology. Our entry, which described the development of the Stand With Science community and demonstrated the unique voice and perspective of students and young researchers through videos like “Stand With Science: What’s Next?” so … Continue reading »
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Stand With Science Wins Prestigious Award as President Supports Investments in Basic Research in State of the Union Address
In a little over 60 minutes two nights ago, President Barack Obama outlined his vision for America; a 21st century vision of prosperity built on investment, innovation, and a support of science. “Now is not the time to gut these job-creating investments in science and innovation. Now is the time to reach a level of research … Continue reading »
Our January Call to Action: A Letter to the Editor
Dear Supporters of Science, Happy New Year! As we kick off 2013, we are launching our January Call to Action. This month, we call on you to write a letter to the editor of your local campus newspaper. We hope that these letters will help us obtain our goal of 5000 signatures on our online … Continue reading »
From Taxes to Spending Cuts – Science Funding Remains On The Chopping Block
Washington D.C. – In a last ditch effort to avoid catastrophic tax increases and prevent the United States from going over the fiscal cliff, Congressional leaders came together on January 1, 2013 to pass The American Tax Relief Act of 2012 details of which can be found here. According to the OMB, the bill raises approximately … Continue reading »
Stand With Science Reaches 1000 Signatures in Less Than 5 Days
Stand With Science Reaches 1000 Signatures in Less Than 5 Days Stand With Science – Saved from Sequester campaign launched on Wednesday, December 5th to a social media frenzy. In less than 5 days, over 1000 supporters have signed “The Letter” representing researchers from around the US who are making their voices heard! Click on the map to … Continue reading »
Stand with Science–back in high gear!
We’re coming out today with a new letter tackling Congress’s response to the “fiscal cliff”. If you signed last year, please sign this one as well–same spirit, different particulars, as Congress hasn’t fixed the problem. Check it out on the homepage, and ping your congressman–advice on that can be found on the “tell Congress” page. … Continue reading »
Budget update
The AAAS (American Association for the Advancement of Science) recently put up an analysis of the recent House budget proposal. In addition to the full sequestration cuts hitting science, the House budget lays on an addition 5% cut to non-defense R&D. That makes a total cut of about 12% to research next year! And, as … Continue reading »
Taking Your Signatures to the Hill
(You can see how it all went down on video as well!) On Tuesday, March 27, Mike, Sam and I joined Hoku West-Foyle and Vasudha Srivastava of Johns Hopkins University in Washington, D.C. to deliver the Stand With Science letter to the offices of six members of Congress. It was a remarkable opportunity to give … Continue reading »
Video 2.0 is out!
We’ve got a nice update on the front page… A new video that talks about the current, post-supercommittee science funding situation. Thanks to all the people from across the country who spoke out on the video! Stand with Science wouldn’t happen without people like you. As of this morning, we are also *so close* to … Continue reading »
The 2012 Research Budget
As some astute readers have pointed out, there is some good news for research coming from Congress. The fiscal year 2012 budget passed by congress is good news for science, giving the tough fiscal climate. This funding was part of the recent “minibus” passed last week. The sequestration cuts that Stand with Science are fighting … Continue reading »
