2023 Science Advocacy Letters

SRCD signs-on to multi-organization letters regarding policies and practices impacting our scientific community's ability to fund, conduct, publish, and disseminate its research. Below are the 2023 sign on letters.

• Letter of Support for Increased Funding for the National Science Foundation in FY 2024 (House)
  CNSF FY24 letter House FINAL (March 15) 
   
• Letter of Support for Increased Funding for the National Science Foundation in FY 2024 (Senate)
  CNSF FY24 letter Senate FINAL (March 15)
   
• Letter of Support for Enhancing Education Research and Data Infrastructure with the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) in FY 2024
  FY2024 Friends of IES Appropriations Letter (FINAL) (March 15)
   
• Letter of Support for COSSA's Request for Appropriation of Funds for Justice Research and Statistics in the FY 2024 Appropriations Bill
  COSSA FY24 Appropriations request for Dep of Justice Office of Statistics (March 23)
   
• Letter of Support for Increased Funding for NIH and NICHD in FY 2024
  FoNICHD FY24 Appropriations Letter_Final (March 27)
   
• Letter of Support for Increased Funding for Firearm Morbidity and Mortality Prevention Research
  GVP Research Funding Letter FY2024 Final (April 19)
   
• Joint Response to RFI on the NIH Plan to Enhance Public Access to the Results of NIH-Supported Research 
  Scientific-Society-Letter_NIH-RFI-PublicAccess_v2 (April 24)
   
• Letter of Appeal to Reject Deep Cuts in Non-Defense Programs
  NDD+United+FY24+Letter+FINAL-2 (May 15)
   
• Letter of Support for NICHD and NIH Funding in FY 2024: Advancing Research for Women, Children, and Families 
  FY24 FoNICHD Senate Labor-HHS Testimony_FINAL (May 18)
   
• Multi-Society Statement on U.S. Supreme Court Ruling on Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. (SFAI) v. President and Fellows of Harvard and SFAI v. University of North Carolina
  AAAS: Multi-Society Statement on SFFA vs. Harvard SCOTUS Decision (July 19)
   
• Letter of Support for Timely Transition of the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) Director
  IES: Urgent Request for Timely Director Transition (July 25)
   
• SRCD Supported Response to the NSF's RFI for Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) Directorate Roadmap
  COSSA: Comments on Developing Roadmap for TIP Directorate (July 27)
   
• Letter of Support for the National Science Foundation funding priorities in FY25 (OMB & OSTP)
  CNSF FY25 NSF Letter to OMB & OSTP (November 3)

Last updated November 3, 2023.