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Science & Science Policy Program​

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

The Center of Science, Policy and Society Programs (CSPSP) serves society, government, and the research community through a diverse set of activities. Its programs address several objectives of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), including furthering the work of scientists, improving the effectiveness of science in the promotion of human welfare, and fostering scientific freedom and responsibility.

Public Policy Office​

American Institute of Biological Sciences ​

The AIBS Public Policy Office works at the interface of science and public policy. The office, staffed by science policy professionals, works to promote the use of biological sciences knowledge in our nation's public policy, and to develop and advance science policy that serves the needs of the scientific research and education communities, particularly the biological sciences.

Center for Science, Technology, Medicine & Society

University of California at Berkeley ​

CSTMS aims to promote rigorous cross-disciplinary inquiry at the intersection of Science, Technology, Medicine and Society, and to generate critical engagement with our findings within academia, industry and policy arenas, and society at large.

Consortium for Science, Policy & Outcomes

University of Arizona

The Consortium for Science, Policy, and Outcomes operates on multiple scales. CSPO is an independent unit in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Arizona State University, with university-wide faculty appointments, faculty affiliates, staff, programs and projects, as detailed on this website. CSPO also collaborates with an array of other units at ASU, including: the Biodesign Institute; the Global Institute of Sustainability; the Center for Biology and Society; the Center for Cognitive Ubiquitous Computing; and the Center for the Study of the Law, Science, and Technology.

Crucially, the Consortium also extends far beyond ASU to include a network of collaborating groups whose activities focus, in whole or in part, on enhancing the connections between science, technology, and desired societal outcomes, through a diverse portfolio of research, education, and outreach activities

Science, Technology, & Public Policy

Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard University​

The Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program (STPP) is a research, teaching, and outreach program of the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs. The program is devoted to the intellectual exploration of the essential and critical role that science and technology play in everyday life. The enterprise of science and technology affects virtually all areas of human life and existence and has outsize potential to improve the human condition, support global economic and social development, and promote international relations.



Public policy is an important tool in mediating the interface between science, technology, and society and deployed appropriately can work to enhance its positive contributions while mitigating adverse and unintended consequences.

Center for Science & Policy

University of Cambridge ​

The Centre for Science and Policy helps the sciences and technology to serve society by promoting engagement between researchers and policy professionals. Specifically, we: provide policy professionals with access to the best academic thinking in engineering, science, computing, mathematics, the social sciences, law and philosophy; provide an arena in which those interested in the policy implications of the sciences and technology, and the relationship between research expertise and public policy, can discuss and develop fresh ideas;provide training, support and opportunities for researchers to engage with policy makers.

Canadian Science Policy Conference

The Canadian Science Policy Conference (CSPC) was founded in 2008 by a dynamic group of young professionals from academia, science-based government departments, and the business sector. CSPC maintains its grassroots culture through the strength and dedication of a volunteer organizing team. Each year, the organizing committee includes a diverse range of early- and mid-career professionals: graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, administrators, policy-makers, and entrepreneurs. Many have developed a deep interest in science policy and have gone on to pursue a career in the field. Since its inception, the CSPC has received a groundswell of engagement from across Canada’s science policy landscape, including the support of over 100 volunteers who have helped organize the conference, over 60 organizations who have provided financial support, and over 70 community leaders who have served on the CSPC’s Advisory and Honorary Committees.

Chicago Council on Science and Technology

The Need
As the 21st century begins to unfold, it is clear that we live in a society in which science plays an increasingly significant role. Citizens and their leaders need to achieve a functional level of scientific literacy to deal with issues ranging from global climate change to stem cell research to viral pandemics. It is estimated that about one in four American adults meets a minimal standard of civic scientific literacy. This level of scientific literacy is insufficient to sustain a healthy democratic society or to assure rational consideration of major scientific issues.

Our Mission
C²ST seeks to be the preeminent regional consortium for science- and technology-related education and policy and a prominent voice nationally.

Center for Science, Ethics & Public Policy

University of Delaware

The purpose of the Center for SEPP is to integrate ethics and public policy inquiry with scientific research, the university curricula, private sector innovation, and government policy making. The Center provides a unique forum for academic and public discourse. It seeks to clarify questions of fact and value of pressing concern in scientific research; to enhance the dialogue between academic, corporate, and public interest stakeholders; to increase the synergies of public-private cooperation in areas of emerging technologies where there are significant ethical concerns; and to sustain in Delaware a unique center of national excellence to serve the public good.

Committee on Science, Space & Technology

House Democrats

Today the Committee has jurisdiction over much of the non-defense Federal research and development (R&D) portfolio.  The Committee has exclusive jurisdiction over the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), National Science Foundation (NSF), National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), and the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP).  The Committee also has authority over R&D activities at the Department of Energy (DOE), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA),  Department of Transportation (DOT), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Weather Service (NWS), and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

Science Policy Programme

European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

The Science Policy Programme, established in 2011, examines concerns emerging from advances in scientific research, with an emphasis on the life sciences in Europe. We are focused on the governance of new technologies for advancing science, and the implications of the use of these new technologies for the public. Our major areas of interest are biotechnology and genomic technologies; responsible conduct of research; and scientific publishing with respect to open access, the usability of data underlying publications, and the reproducibility of the scientific literature. Our aim is to provide informed analyses to policymakers and other policy leaders, research administrators, and scientists for use in their decision-making processes.

Health, Science, & Ethics Pillar

Center for Ethics, Emory University

The Health, Science, & Ethics Pillar is the largest in the CENTER FOR ETHICS. We live in an era of the biomedicalization of life, where medical and biotechnological progress pose unprecedented ethical challenges.  How should we negotiate the challenges medical technology has created in how we are born, treat our illnesses, and die?  Who should guide us in the dilemmas posed by biotechnologies such as synthetic biology and genetics, our ability to micromanage our minds and moods with lifestyle drugs, or the integration of computer technologies into the human body?  The Health, Science, & Ethics Pillar includes the Master of Arts in Bioethics, the Bioethics Consultation Program, The Health Care Ethics Consortium of Georgia, the Neuroethics Program, the Religion and Bioethics Initiative, Public Health Ethics, and teaching health and science ethics throughout the university. 

Policy & Government Affairs

Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB)

FASEB is the organization that legislators, federal agencies, and the media turn to for information on policies related to biomedical science and engineering. At FASEB, policy development begins with the working scientists representing our member societies and reflects the views of a broad cross-section of the research community. Our full-time presence in Washington allows us to monitor the latest legislative and regulatory developments, news, and events affecting scientists, and our staff provide analytic, communications, and technical support for our initiatives. This combination of volunteer action and staff professionalism ensures that our advocacy efforts are designed for maximum effectiveness.

Center for Science, Technology, and Public Policy

Humphrey School of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota

Our mission is to improve people’s lives by advancing the application of science and technology to solve public problems.  CSTPP explores the increasingly important role that science and technology plays in our society and examines its implications for public policy at the international, national, state and local levels.

Center for International Science and Technology Policy (CISTP)

The Elliott School of International Affairs, The George Washington University

The Center for International Science and Technology Policy (CISTP) is a world leader in international public policy research and education in science, technology, and innovation. It hosts visiting scholars from around the world and offers a Master of Arts degree program in International Science and Technology Policy. Center faculty oversee the coursework and dissertation research of students working in related fields throughout the George Washington Univ. Through major international conferences and seminars, CISTP facilitates and inspires collaboration among scientists, policy experts, government and industry leaders on science and technology related issues. The Center collaborates with international governmental research institutes and agencies on advances in scientific and technological policy making.

Science Policy Initiative (SPI)

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The MIT Science Policy Initiative (SPI) is changing how scientists and engineers at MIT engage with policy-makers and the public. We: educate scientists and engineers in the policies governing science research and innovation; explore how science and engineering can inform policy decisions; support and facilitate direct engagement in the science policy arena for MIT students and researchers.

SpotOn 


SpotOn is a series of community events hosted by Nature Publishing Group for the discussion of how science is carried out and communicated online. Our flagship conference is the annual SpotOn London two day event which is now in its fifth year. We also host monthly SpotOn NYC events in NYC. SpotOn discussions fall into three broad topic areas – policy, outreach and tools – and this site collates the conversations and other archive material around all of the events.

Medical Humanities & Bioethics Program

Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University

The Medical Humanities and Bioethics Program has a 25-year history of interdisciplinary research and teaching at every level of medical education. Begun as a way of encouraging reflection on values issues in medicine, the program has expanded to promote and support interdisciplinary work in bioethics, the medical humanities, and the values-oriented social sciences. The faculty includes scholars in bioethics, literature, law, history, religion, sociology, and philosophy. They are leaders in the areas of the culture of ethics, including religious worldviews, in the epistemology of medicine, and in disability ethics. Dedicated to education, research and scholarship, and community service, the Medical Humanities and Bioethics Program continues its commitment to the values of the humanities and ethical decision-making.

Science in Society

Northwestern University

At Science in Society, we believe that science is fundamental, even "elemental" to our lives. Science affects us in many ways, from medical advances that touch our lives personally, to state and federal policy decisions concerning the environment or research regulations that impact our society at large.

Our goal is to make the community aware of the exciting research efforts at Northwestern University and across the world. We explore not only the science, but the legal, ethical, and even economic implications of research as well. We also offer a single access point to find science outreach events at Northwestern designed for the public, and we maintain a media library of past events, so you can enjoy lectures from the experts on your own computer, on your own time.

Division of Policy, Communications, and Education 

National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health

The Division of Policy, Communications, and Education serves as the National Human Genome Research Institute's (NHGRI) link to the community at large and provides a focal point for NHGRI policy development. The division advises the NHGRI Director and other Institute leadership on a comprehensive range of issues relevant to the NHGRI research portfolio, providing leadership and coordination for policy and outreach activities. The division is charged with representing the institute to other agencies and policy makers, including Congress and serves as a resource on genomics and related scientific advances and opportunities on National Institutes of Health (NIH), Department of Health and Human Services and other trans-federal committees. The division is a focal point for the synthesis of trans-Institute expertise on research, education and policy topics relevant to the implications of genomics research and technology for health and society.

 

Also: Policy, legal and ethical issues in genetic research

Office of Science Policy

National Institutes of Health

The Office of Science Policy (OSP) advises and supports the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) on science policy issues affecting the medical research community, the NIH, and the public. The OSP participates in the development of new research policy and program initiatives; monitors and coordinates NIH activities, including a comprehensive science education program for teachers, and the required reporting on certain provisions of the National Institutes of Health Reform Act of 2006 (P.L. 109-482 (H.R. 6164), such as the Biennial Report.

Office of Science Policy Analysis

National Institutes of Health

The NIH Office of Science Policy Analysis examines cross-cutting science policy issues and develops programs at the interface of science and public policy.

Office of Science Education

National Institutes of Health

The NIH Office of Science Education (OSE) coordinates science education activities at the NIH and develops and sponsors science education projects in house. These programs serve elementary, secondary, and college students and teachers and the public.

Office of Science and Technology Policy

Executive Office of the President of the United States

Congress established the Office of Science and Technology Policy in 1976 with a broad mandate to advise the President and others within the Executive Office of the President on the effects of science and technology on domestic and international affairs. The 1976 Act also authorizes OSTP to lead interagency efforts to develop and implement sound science and technology policies and budgets, and to work with the private sector, state and local governments, the science and higher education communities, and other nations toward this end.



Also: Science of Science Policy Community

The goal of the Science of Science Policy community is to provide a scientifically rigorous and quantitative basis for science policy. The website provides a central location with news, information and research to help inform the Federal Government's science management decisions. We welcome the active engagement and participation of Federal practitioners, researchers, and others in the broader science community.

Spotlight Issues

Wellcome Trust

Our vision is to achieve extraordinary improvements in human and animal health. In pursuit of this, we support the brightest minds in biomedical research and the medical humanities. The Trust is currently actively working to raise awareness of the following issues: intellectual property; influenza; data sharing; harmful misuse of research; human fertilisation and embryology act; EU physical agents directive; EU funding for stem cell research; avoiding transfer of mitochondrial diseases; health impacts of climate change; personal information; open access; counterfeit medicines.

Center for Science & Technology Policy Research

University of Colorado

The Center for Science and Technology Policy Research (CSTPR) was initiated within the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) at the University of Colorado-Boulder in the summer of 2001 and was recognized as an official University center in the summer of 2002 as a contribution both to the CIRES goal of “promoting science in service to society” and to the University’s vision of establishing research and outreach across traditional academic boundaries. CSTPR seeks to improve how science and technology policies address societal needs, through research, education and service.

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