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AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellowships (STPF) provide opportunities to outstanding scientists and engineers to learn first-hand about policymaking and contribute their knowledge and analytical skills in the policy realm. Fellows serve yearlong assignments in the federal government and represent a broad range of backgrounds, disciplines, and career stages.
S&T Policy Fellowship Blog
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This entry is part of a series on the role of science in the federal judiciary. This year, the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Science & Technology Policy Fellowships (STPF ..read more
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1w ago
At the recently held 2024 AAAS Annual Meeting, Science Editor-in-Chief Holden Thorp kicked off the closing plenary panel discussion with a simple yet profound question: Who is a scientist? This ..read more
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1M ago
The modern, globalized world necessitates that nations engage and cooperate more than ever before. The world’s most pressing challenges such as climate change, pandemics, food security, and terrorism ..read more
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2M ago
The booming world of artificial intelligence (AI) is brimming with possibilities, but its ethical and societal implications raise complex questions of transparency, ethics and accountability. As we ..read more
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2M ago
“Change minds, change hearts, change behavior, achieve transformation.” That’s bio-cultural anthropologist Dr. Irma McClaurin’s motto and through writing and science communication, she’s been able to ..read more
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4M ago
Dr. Harshini Mukundan, Program Manager and Scientist for Chemical and Biological Technologies at the Office of National and Homeland Security, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and visiting ..read more
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8M ago
In the third episode in our “Science Helps Us…” series, we explore how hydrologic science can help bring people to the negotiation table. Water is a resource that defies political boundaries ..read more
S&T Policy Fellowship Blog
9M ago
The ability to spend thousands of dollars on professional development over the course of a year is a major attraction of the AAAS S&T Policy Fellowship (STPF) experience. In this second part of a two ..read more
S&T Policy Fellowship Blog
9M ago
In the second episode in our “Science Helps Us…” series, we explore the ways that science shapes the ways we tell stories – and how science helps make those stories a reality. Our guests, Brian ..read more
S&T Policy Fellowship Blog
10M ago
When an opportunity arose to moderate the quarterly webinar for the Department of Energy's Geothermal Technologies Office (GTO), I took it up enthusiastically. Since joining the office as a AAAS S&T ..read more