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FASEB
Name	Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology
Abbreviation	FASEB
Formation	1912
Type	Nonprofit organization
Headquarters	Bethesda, Maryland
Region served	United States
Membership	Scientific societies

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FASEB is a coalition of scientific societies representing researchers in the biomedical and life sciences. The federation aggregates expertise from member organizations to influence policy, coordinate conferences, administer grants, and publish research, engaging with institutions such as the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, the Food and Drug Administration, the Institute of Medicine, and the Office of Management and Budget. Founded in the early 20th century, it interacts with universities, research hospitals, and professional associations including the Johns Hopkins University, the Harvard Medical School, the Mayo Clinic, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the American Medical Association.

History

The origin traces to meetings among societies active in physiology and biochemistry, influenced by figures from the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, the Carnegie Institution for Science, and the Marine Biological Laboratory. Early leaders included scientists affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Chicago, the Columbia University, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Throughout the 20th century the federation navigated eras marked by legislation such as the Wagner–Steagall Act and interactions with agencies like the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics and the Public Health Service. During World War II members collaborated with the Office of Scientific Research and Development and postwar expansion mirrored growth at the National Institutes of Health and the Veterans Affairs Medical Center. In later decades the federation engaged with panels convened by the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Medicine, and the World Health Organization.

Programs span scientific meetings, training workshops, career development programs, and fellowship administration, often in partnership with the Rockefeller University, the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, the Broad Institute, the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, and the Howard University College of Medicine. Activities include grant review panels that mirror panels at the National Institutes of Health Center for Scientific Review, mentorship initiatives allied with the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, and diversity efforts coordinated with the Association of American Medical Colleges and the National Organization for Women. Educational outreach has reached museums like the Smithsonian Institution, the American Museum of Natural History, and the Science Museum of Virginia. Training programs draw on expertise from centers such as the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, the Scripps Research Institute, the Cleveland Clinic, and the Kaiser Permanente Research Division.

The federation engages in advocacy on federal funding, regulatory science, and research infrastructure before bodies like the United States Congress, the United States Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, the House Committee on Appropriations, and the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. It submits testimony to committees chaired by figures from the Senate Committee on Appropriations and works alongside coalitions such as the Research!America and the Association of American Universities. Policy topics intersect with legislation like the Bayh–Dole Act and regulations from the Environmental Protection Agency and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Advocacy campaigns have referenced landmark reports from the National Academies and legal decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States when addressing intellectual property, data sharing, and biosecurity.

The federation supports publication efforts and hosts conferences that attract contributors affiliated with journals and presses such as Science, Nature, Cell Press, the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the Journal of Biological Chemistry, and the New England Journal of Medicine. Major meetings have convened at venues used by the American Association for the Advancement of Science and at conference sites frequented by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and the Gordon Research Conferences. Proceedings and white papers have cited work from authors at Princeton University, Columbia University Medical Center, Imperial College London, University College London, and Karolinska Institute. Workshops address topics aligned with initiatives from the European Molecular Biology Laboratory and the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors.

Revenue streams include membership dues from societies such as the American Society for Clinical Investigation and conference registration fees, supplemented by grants and contracts from entities like the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, philanthropic gifts from organizations including the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Gates Foundation, and corporate sponsorships from companies such as Pfizer, Merck & Co., Johnson & Johnson, and Roche. Financial oversight is informed by standards of the Financial Accounting Standards Board and audit practices used by nonprofit operators like the American Red Cross and the United Way. Budget planning has been reported in contexts similar to university research offices at the University of California system and large research hospitals such as Massachusetts General Hospital.

Category:Scientific organizations