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April 6, 2026
Surviving and Thriving during the AAAS STPF Executive Branch Finalist Week
Congratulations on making it to finalist week! Finalist week can be very busy and hectic, particularly as you request and navigate interviews with host offices you are interested in. My goal with this post is not to overwhelm you, but to offer several strategies for starting finalist week off on the...
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April 22, 2020
Science, writing, and sharing in the age of pandemic: Write. Often. Better. Together.
By Kristina Quynn and STPF alumna Gillian Bowser Q: What do a literary critic and a pollinator biologist have in common? A: We both write for a living. Writing is so ever-present and so foundational to research that it is easy to overlook or dismiss its...
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April 20, 2020
Lights, Camera, Action! Tips for Video Interviews
AAAS Science & Technology Policy Finalist Interview Week has officially begun! Typically, this week would be full of in-person interviews, trying to figure out the Metro, and falling into bed at 9 pm because you are mentally wiped. However, these are not...
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April 8, 2020
Serving as an STPF Fellow in the Era of COVID-19
Introduction The AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellowship (STPF) program allows scientists and engineers from all over the nation to come to Washington DC to both learn about, and make an impact on, policy in the federal government. Science policy is...
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February 24, 2020
The Promise and Peril of AI in Women's Health
This post was originally posted at the Society for Women's Health Research, a national nonprofit dedicated to improving women’s health through science, policy, and education. Depending on who you ask, artificial intelligence (AI) is either a miracle worker...
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February 3, 2020
Cultivating the Policymaker Within
We’ve all been there: with some time between when you start to think about applying to the AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellowship (STPF) and when you actually apply, and you may have wondered, “How can I prepare myself now to be successful as a fellow?”...
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January 31, 2020
The Five P's: Make the Most of Professional Conferences
The AAAS Annual Meeting is quickly approaching! This year’s meeting is in Seattle, WA, from February 13-16, 2020. Whether you’re a first-time attendee or have been attending conferences for decades, we hope you can use these five tips to get the most out of...
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January 15, 2020
Reimagining the Science and Engineering Indicators: Improving How Information is Delivered to Policymakers
Did you know that while the United States (U.S.) outspends the rest of the world on scientific research and development, and publishes the most impactful peer-reviewed articles in science and engineering in the world, its math and science test scores at the...
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December 10, 2019
Keeping the LGBQ Community in STEM: a Need for a Change in Academic Climate
This article was originally published by the author at The POSTDOCket. Academic Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) settings continue to have trouble retaining diverse populations. It is well-known that African Americans, Native Americans...
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December 10, 2019
Where Do We Go From Here? Perspectives on Providing Inclusive Environments for LGBTQ Trainees
This article was originally published by the author at The POSTDOCket. In June 2018, The POSTDOCket reviewed a study from UCLA’s Higher Education Research Institute that revealed sexual minority students suffer lowered retention rates in the STEM disciplines...
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November 11, 2019
On the Past, Present, and Future of Forensic Science in the United States
The AAAS Forensic Conference on November 12, 2019, under the theme “An Update on Strengthening Forensic Science in the United States: A Decade of Development”, commemorates the 10th anniversary of the National Research Council (NRC) report, “Strengthening...
