Action Alert: Thank Congress for Supporting Science in Fiscal Year 2026

 

This action alert was closed on 26 February, 2026. Be on the lookout for action alerts related to FY2027 programmatic requests in the Spring.

On 8 and 15 January 2026, Congress passed multiple spending bills for Fiscal Year 2026 that largely reject the devastating cuts to our science agencies proposed in the President's Budget Request. Take a few minutes today to thank your members of Congress for their support of the sciences, and urge them to continue to provide robust and sustained support in the future. For more details about the provisions in these bills, see our recent blog post.

We have provided an example phone and email script to help you craft your message. Please share some details about the work you do that is enabled by federal funding in the "Personal message" box. The most effective action would be to both email and call your representatives, but if you can only do one, a phone call is more likely to have an immediate impact. If you are using the form below to place calls, you will be connected with all three of your representatives in succession, so please end each call with the star (*) button instead of the end-call button to be automatically directed to your next representative. Note that messages will only be sent if your members of Congress voted for the passage of these spending bills.

Please email us at [email protected] if you have any questions before reaching out to your representatives. Please note that any messages with crude or inflammatory language will not be passed on, and please be respectful during any communications with congressional offices (messages should align with the AAS Mission and Vision Statement and AAS Code of Ethics).  

Thank you for advocating for your research and the US astronomical community.