Biophysical Society Bulletin | May 2024

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bulk of his request for funding into geosciences research (+56%) focusing on climate change. The DOE Office of Science received a proposed increase of 4%, for an overall budget of $8.6 billion. You can see a detailed chart on FY24 and pro posed FY25 spending on the BPS website at www.biophysics. org/policy-advocacy/stay-informed/u-s-federal-budget. Call for BPS Ambassador Applications Are you an advocate for biophysics education and knowledge sharing? Have you considered applying for the BPS Am bassador Program to put those skills into action? The BPS Ambassador Program was developed to help make biophysics a more dynamic, inclusive, and interdisciplinary community to better serve the needs of our international membership. Cur rently, BPS works with 12 Ambassadors: 4-member cohorts serving 3-year terms. For the next class of Ambassadors (2025–2027), we are ac cepting applications from all international members residing in countries outside of India, Japan, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Türkiye, United Arab Emirates, and Uruguay. An ideal country Ambassador is actively engaged in biophysics research and committed to remaining in the field for the duration of the Ambassadorship, is an active paid member of the Society in good standing, is able to attend the Annual Meeting at the start of their term, has working proficiency in English, and

has a demonstrated ability to contribute to organizations or scientific societies outside of their normal job duties. Applications are due July 19. To learn more about the pro gram, Ambassador eligibility, and benefits, please visit www. biophysics.org/outreach/ambassador-program. Around the World South Korea Set to Join Horizon Europe On March 25, South Korea was announced as the second country outside of Europe to join Horizon Europe, the 7-year, €95.5-billion ($104-billion) research-funding program. South Korea will be the first East Asian country to “associate to” Horizon Europe, paying into the program so that the nation’s researchers can apply for and lead Horizon grants on an equal footing with scientists from European Union (EU) member states. The deal will be formalized with a signing later this year. The deal comes less than a year after New Zealand became the first country from outside of the European region to join Horizon Europe, as the EU seeks to internationalize the program. In addition to New Zealand and South Korea, Canada has concluded negotiations and will be signing an associating agreement later this year. Singapore and Japan are in prelimi nary discussions with the European Commission.

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