Ali Nouri, 2008-09 AAAS Congressional S&E Fellow
Science policy while waiting for winds to calm (featuring STPF alumnus fellow Joel Baumgart). YouTube. 05/01/2019.
The annual AAAS Catalyzing Advocacy in Science and Engineering (CASE) workshop has grown to keep pace with rising interest in policymaking. STPF fellow Drew Story says he got his start in policy by attending a AAAS annual meeting which led to his participation at a past CASE workshop. Read more.
AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellows (STPF) with training in economics say they can bring an important and different point of view that helps policymakers make better decisions. While social scientists are a minority among the fellows, they are in demand.
It’s been a good season for policy fellowships. While AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellowships (STPF) operate at the federal level, there are a handful of fellowship programs that operate at other levels of government, and also abroad. California, Massachusetts and Connecticut have programs in place to bring scientists to government and five Southeast Asian nations launched the ASEAN Science and Technology Fellowship.
This year, the 2019 AAAS Forum on Science & Technology Policy attracted a highly engaged group of policymakers, scientists, engineers, research administrators, industrial R&D managers, students, science diplomats, science writers, and others who operate at the intersection of policy and science to Washington for two days of plenaries, panels and workshops.
Increasingly, scientists and engineers are finding their way to the forefront of public discussion about issues and policies that affect citizens.
The AAAS Annual Meeting 2019 teemed with news, learning and sharing – as well as Science & Technology Policy Fellows.
This past fall, the U.S. Census Bureau became the newest agency to host a AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellow (STPF) when it took on a data science researcher.
Christopher Williams, 2016-18 Executive Branch Fellow at NSF
Recognizing Excellence. Diversity in Action Magazine. 1/1/2019.
Andrew Thompson, 2017-19 Executive Branch Fellow at State
Breaking The Cycle: Combating The Opioid Crisis Through Global Drug Demand Reduction. DipNote. 6/25/2018.
