Hi there, I didn't see this comment until just now. Unfortunately you don't have contact information in your profile so hopefully you see this message. If you

Hi there, I didn't see this comment until just now. Unfortunately you don't have contact information in your profile so hopefully you see this message. If you are not a practicing scientist, contacting the NSF will work best if you focus on how the collections at the Field Museum helped the Field Museum succeed in reaching out to the public about science. NSF has a dual purpose of "intellectual merit" and "broader impacts", and if you can speak about how the collections aligned with the NSF's goal of broader impacts that could make a difference. The proper contact email is dbicsbr@nsf.gov I know that the Field Museum has been doing a lot of layoffs recently. I don't know how well it's managed but definitely things like being a museum member and attending tours will signal to the museum that their research and outreach missions are important. Writing your senator and representative can definitely help, especially if you live in the district where a museum with a major collections focus is located. Most of them will have contact details or a constituent services form that you can use to get their attention.