Advocacy Calendar: Actions & Opportunities

Our advocacy calendar provides a global overview of legislative and regulatory deadlines and events. For information on grants and other educational funding programs, visit our listing of research opportunities. 

Important Dates & Deadlines

• EU: We recently published our fifth newsletter on EDCs for European Union policy makers.
• EU: European Commission recently released its new Beating Cancer Plan. The plan proposes to address the entire disease pathway, from prevention to treatment, and with a particular focus on childhood cancer.
• APR 22: Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act reintroduced in Congress. Read our press release. 
  APR 23: NIH extends RFI deadline: “Inviting Comments and Suggestions to Advance and Strengthen Racial Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in the Biomedical Research Workforce and Advance Health Disparities and Health Equity Research.” Submit your comments and suggestions. Read our previously submitted comments.
• APR 29: Nomination hearing for Dr. Eric Lander to be Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP). Watch hearing. 
• MAY 11-12:  Vivian Pinn Symposium. NIH’s Office of Research on Women’s Health (ORWH) has opened registration for the Vivian Pinn Symposium. Topic is “Integrating Sex and Gender into Biomedical Research as a Path for Better Science and Innovation.” Learn more and register.
• MAY 21- 25:  Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health will host a virtual Congressional Hill Day meeting on policy solutions to climate change. Learn more about the event.