On March 5, the AAS Policy Team issued a new Action Alert for our members to submit FY 2026 appropriations request forms for their senators and representatives. These forms are an important way for representatives to gauge what their constituents care about most.Our topline asks are for NASA SMD ($9B), NSF ($9.9B), and the DOE Office of Science ($9.5B). Please note that every representative’s request form will close at different times, but most deadlines are in March. There is a spreadsheet here where you can check on the status of your representative’s request form.
Please note that in February the AAS also issued an original Action Alert for general support of the space sciences using our grassroots-level advocacy platform. The platform allows people to quickly craft a message and/or talking points that can easily be sent to their senators and representatives via call or email. (It would be best to use the suggested text as a start, and customize it as an email to your congressional representative, whose email address you can find here.)