Take Action Now to Support Astronomical Science Programs

This action alert has closed. Over 1,220 advocates called or emailed their members of Congress using this form, helping both the House and the Senate to reject the large cuts to science in the FY2026 President's Budget Request.

The FY2026 President's Budget Request threatens to significantly decrease funding for agency programs that are essential to the astronomical sciences. We need your voice to urge Congress to support robust, uninterrupted funding to enable world-leading science through NASA, NSF, and the DOE Office of Science. Every voice counts. 

Supporting a talented workforce and a range of scientific endeavors is critical for achieving scientific excellence. Right now, the United States' global leadership in the sciences is at stake. Our research, missions, and facilities operate on long-term, stable investments, and disruptions will lead to setbacks that will take years to recover from. We need to act now to protect our scientific agencies from severe budget cuts and the cessation of critical programs. 

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. Muster will connect you 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. 

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.

Thank you for advocating for your research and for the U.S. astronomical community.