Funding and peer review

ASBMB honors Lawrence Tabak with public service award

He will deliver prerecorded remarks at the 2025 ASBMB Annual Meeting in Chicago.

Summer internships in an unpredictable funding environment

With the National Institutes of Health and other institutions canceling summer programs, many students are left scrambling for alternatives. If your program has been canceled or delayed, consider applying for other opportunities or taking a course.

ASBMB and advocacy: What we accomplished in 2024

PAAC members met with policymakers to advocate for basic scientific research, connected some fellow members with funding opportunities and trained others to advocate for science.

‘Our work is about science transforming people’s lives’

Ann West, chair of the ASBMB Public Affairs Advisory Committee, sits down Monica Bertagnolli, director of the National Institutes of Health.

Applied research won’t flourish without basic science

Three senior figures at the US National Institutes of Health explain why the agency remains committed to supporting basic science and research.

ASBMB weighs in on NIH reform proposal

The agency must continue to prioritize investigator-initiated, curiosity-driven basic research, society says.

ASBMB members advocate for basic science

In 65 meetings on Capitol Hill, scientists urged legislators to support budget increases for NIH, NSF and DOE.

Can science publishing be both open and equitable?

An updated memo from the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy has researchers, funders and publishers looking ahead

NIH diversity supplements offer a pathway to independence

These funding mechanisms have been underutilized. The ASBMB public affairs staff offers recommendations to change that.