This is a historical archive of positions and resolutions issued or adopted by the Society.

• SICB Statement on Leadership & Sustainability (April 2026)
• SICB Statement on the Ethical Treatment of Organisms (January 2026)
• SICB Stands in Defense of Scientific Research Funding, Scientific Integrity, and Broadening Participation in Science (February 2025)
• SICB Conflict of Interest Policy, SICB Awards and Nominations (Fall 2023)
• SICB Statement on the Importance of a Welcoming Approach in Higher Education (February 2023)
• SICB Statement on Venue Selection and Texas as a location for the 2023 Meeting (Fall 2022)
• SICB Statement in response to events in Washington, DC
• SICB Resolution on the importance of STEM (June 10, 2020)
• SICB Statement on the importance of Science (April 2017)
• AIBS Letter to Trump Transition Team On Making Scientific Research and Education a Priority (signed by SICB and 58 scientific organizations) (December 22, 2016) PDF
• SICB Letter to the Supreme Court on Diversity in Science (December 21, 2015) PDF
• SICB Letter to President Obama regarding global climate change (February 6, 2013) PDF.
• SICB Resolution on Financial Refocusing at the Field Museum of Natural History (approved January 6, 2013)
• SICB Resolution on Climate Change and Ocean Acidification (approved March 1, 2012)
• SICB Response to NSF report “Under the Microscope” (June 8, 2011) PDF
• Letter regarding sponsorship of the National Endowment for the Oceans Act (June 21, 2011) PDF
• SICB Response to NSF regarding discontinuation of the “Graduate Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Fellows in K-12 Education” Program (March 14, 2011) PDF
• Evolution and Climate Change (adopted Jan 2008)
• Endangered Species (adopted Spring 1996)