Fellows on the Hill Take on Impressive, And Very Different, Work Environments

Fellows who work inside congressional offices take responsibility for learning new topics and assessing and communicating scientific knowledge while adjusting to a wholly unique workplace. This year, there are 32 legislative branch fellows sponsored by nearly as many partner scientific societies. Fellows also arrive on Capitol Hill (“the Hill”) at many different points in their careers, which affects both what they bring and what they take away from the experience.
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New Fellows to Bring Data Science Expertise to Federal Government
This fall, STPF anticipates welcoming three additional fellows jointly sponsored by a collective of new partner societies. These fellows will have experience in areas including causal inference and machine learning to help meet a rising demand for data science expertise in the government.

Science and Politics Fellowship Launches in New Jersey
Announced last November, the Eagleton Science and Politics Fellowship Program was launched to bring science to New Jersey state legislative and executive offices.
Featured Fellows

Heather
Bloemhard
Vanderbilt University’s Office of Federal Relations has a new assistant director of federal relations – physicist Heather Bloemhard. Heather was a 2017-18 STPF fellow at the Department of Defense and before that, she was the Bahcall Fellow with the American Astronomical Society representing AAS members on Capitol Hill.

Alejandro
de la Puente
Alejandro de la Puente, 2016-18 fellow at NSF, can now be found at the New York Academy of Science as associate director of the Science Alliance. He helps empower the next generation of scientists and engineers through skill-building workshops, online courses, and other activities. He says, “I am thankful for my STPF fellowship as I feel it has prepared me well for this new endeavor.”
Featured Events
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February
2019 AAAS Annual Meeting
Conference
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