Sentences with phrase «policy fellowship program»

The legislation, she explains, was designed to ensure equal access for minority and disadvantaged students to a marine policy fellowship program.

The position is one of 80 to 100 awarded by the American Association for the Advancement of Science's (AAAS's) public policy fellowship program (see box).

«We are hoping that other institutions and countries will be inspired and motivated by the chance to work with AAAS and to share its 40 - plus years of knowledge about how to build a science policy fellowship program in their country.»

After returning to Argentina in late April, he has been finalizing recommendations to be presented in the fall detailing how Argentina will set up, design, fund, track and evaluate a science policy fellowship program that is expected to get underway in earnest with a pilot project placing five scientists in select agencies in 2018.

«Diversifying scientific careers toward policy positions is an extremely valuable feature of a science policy fellowship program,» Horn said.

She took the STPF helm on June 12 and outlined some of her priorities in a recent article, AAAS» New S&T Policy Fellowships Program Head Comes Full Circle.

Her career comes full circle on Monday when she becomes director of AAAS» Science & Technology Policy Fellowships Program, which, since 1973, has helped some 3,300 scientists and engineers ply their scientific knowledge and related skills in the policy arena, solving problems big and small facing leaders in Congress, executive agencies and judicial offices.

The AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellowships program (STPF) provides an opportunity for accomplished scientists and engineers to contribute to the policymaking process.

«The event provided a platform for S&T Policy Fellows to apply skills in communicating succinctly and effectively to diverse audiences — a vital skill for making an impact in science policy,» said Cynthia Robinson, director of the S&T Policy Fellowships Program, which places scientists and engineers from a range of sectors in federal government assignments to learn about policymaking.

The science communication event, called «20x20,» was born at the 40th anniversary for the S&T Policy Fellowships Program in 2013.

The Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Fellowships Program.

Mauricio Horn, the visiting Secretariat of Scientific Technological Articulation adviser, spent a month at AAAS, learning about all aspects of AAAS» Science & Technology Policy Fellowships program, attending its training sessions, meeting with federal officials who work with the fellows AAAS places in their agencies and attending events sponsored by former fellows who have organized special topic - specific groups.

I first met Sage as a second year graduate student when she gave an information session about the S&T Policy Fellowships program.

When asked what her plans were after retiring from 13 years of service with the AAAS S&T Policy Fellowships program, Sage Russell liked to say that she was going to Disney World (which she will do in December with her grandchildren).

This imbalance is a major motivation behind his country's desire to build a science policy program inspired by AAAS» S&T Policy Fellowships Program.

She cited the AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellowships program, which places doctoral - level scientists and engineers with a master's degree on executive and legislative staffs to give them experience in government and insight into how policy decisions are made.

«AAAS is honored to be acknowledged with such a prestigious award,» said Cynthia Robinson, director of the AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellowships program.

The AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellowships Program and Biodiversity Affinity Group invite you to a half - day long symposium to discuss the complexities and interdependence of Wildlife Trafficking and multi-factorial drivers.

The National Science Board, the policymaking body of the National Science Foundation, announced 27 March that the AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellowships program is the recipient of the 2014 Public Service Award for a group.

76, to honor the 40th anniversary of the American Association for the Advancement of Science Policy Fellowships program.

Liu spoke at a day - long symposium on «Neuroscience and Data Sharing» sponsored by the AAAS Science & Technology and Policy Fellowships Program and the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies.

Inspired by the 40 - year - old AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellowships program, five Southeast Asian nations — Indonesia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam — are participating in a pilot project to increase the use of science, technology, and objective analysis in the political decision - making process.

Also, several signature programs had begun, including the S&T Policy Fellowships program (which had its first class in 1973) and the R&D Budget and Policy Program, which had started producing an annual analytic report on R&D in the federal budget and sponsoring an annual Colloquium on R&D policy in 1976 (which in 2001 was renamed the AAAS Forum on S&T Policy).

Not exact matches

The New Jersey native hopes to bring to the S&T Policy Program important lessons learned during that fellowship and later developed during her career.

Seven fellows on Capitol Hill ushered in the AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellowships (STPF) program back in 1973.

Scientific societies such as AAAS, the world's largest general scientific organization, provides scientists resources for communicating with lawmakers and the public and getting involved in policy, Holt said, pointing to the AAAS» Science & Technology Policy Fellowships, the Science & Technology Policy Leadership Seminar and the programs held by the Center for Public Engagement with Science and Technpolicy, Holt said, pointing to the AAAS» Science & Technology Policy Fellowships, the Science & Technology Policy Leadership Seminar and the programs held by the Center for Public Engagement with Science and TechnPolicy Fellowships, the Science & Technology Policy Leadership Seminar and the programs held by the Center for Public Engagement with Science and TechnPolicy Leadership Seminar and the programs held by the Center for Public Engagement with Science and Technology.

The Center of Science, Policy and Society Programs offers career - enhancing fellowships, and it promotes research competitiveness, scientific freedom and responsibility, and dialogue on science and religion.

The program is coordinated by AAAS and is a component of the Science & Technology Policy Fellowships.

Fifteen years ago, Pearl brought to her S&T Policy fellowship three years of postdoctoral mathematics research, experience designing a novel master's program at Rice University, time as a college - level mathematics teacher and a period delving into the technical and legal world of intellectual property.

According to Olga Francois, senior project director of outreach and engagement for the fellowships program, the fellows are a representation of the breadth of science policy work that is being done every day.

The «two cultures» challenge between science and policy was enormous — one of the goals of the fellowship program was to encourage productive collisions between these cultures.

This is a fellowship program designed for genetics professionals with an advanced degree who are early in their careers and interested in the development and implementation of national genomics literacy efforts, informal science education, science education policy, program development, or science education research.

With thousands of subscribers, Fellowship Focus is a publication of the AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellowships (STPF) program.

Program offers full - time legislative and public policy fellowships in Washington, D.C..

In 1999, ANDP developed a fellowship program to give graduate students and postdocs a chance to acquire leadership training, exposure to what goes into academic policy formation, and an understanding of what it takes to be a department chair or program director.

Each year, fellows are chosen for one of eight fellowship programs to learn, upon arrival in D.C., how government works, the major issues relating to science, and how policy is made.

Jessica Menjivar assists in the development and management of technological solutions that support the business operations of the AAAS S&T Policy Fellowships (STPF) program including CRM development, data migration, report preparation and management of the application system.

But if you're especially interested in environmental policy, you'll definitely want to take a look at two fellowships in particular: the Roger Revelle Fellowship in Global Stewardship and the Environmental Fellows Program.

Stith got her foot in the science policy door through a fellowship at the National Science Foundation's Office of Legislative and Public Affairs through AAAS» Science and Technology Policy Fellow program — but her path is far from typolicy door through a fellowship at the National Science Foundation's Office of Legislative and Public Affairs through AAAS» Science and Technology Policy Fellow program — but her path is far from tyPolicy Fellow program — but her path is far from typical.

Although there exist several biodefense education and training programs as well as fellowships, there is still a critical need to educate the next generation of policy experts and scientists about these issues and encourage their involvement in the development of biodefense policies.

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You Can Too: S&T Policy Fellowships Chat Sessions,» a series of live text based chat sessions on the AAAS Science & Technology (S&T) Policy Fellowship program and application process for the 2015 - 16 fellowship class.

Melissa Morris directs the planning and implementation of the professional development (PD) program for the S&T Policy Fellowships (STPF).

This foundation funds a variety of projects, including those that gather and monitor health - related statistics, training and fellowship programs, policy analysis, and health services research.

Their Individual Project Fellowships Program has awarded grants to projects that include making the medical profession «more visible and active on behalf of drug policy reform,» and also evaluating how pure and practical research is controlled.

Salaeha Shariff Project Director, Outreach, AAAS S&T Policy Fellowship Program Shariff directs recruitment cultivation, national outreach activities, and diversity enhancement for the S&T Policy Fellowships.

Join us July 10 at 2:00 pm EDT for a one - hour live chat session for your chance to ask current and alumni fellows with similar discipline backgrounds about their fellowship experience, and get answers to your questions about the AAAS S&T Policy Fellowship program and application process for the 2015 - 16 fellowship class.

Dr. Palmer has also launched many programs engaging the synthetic biology community in the societal aspects of their work including the Synthetic Biology Leadership Excellence Accelerator Program (LEAP), a fellowship in biotechnology leadership and the Policy & Practices track of the international Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) competition.

Each fellowship cohort brings together individuals with diverse interests in policy areas in order to complement and enrich the experiences of all program participants.

The policy fellowship database is intended to provide physician scientist of all stages from training to late - career a listing of available programs and funding opportunities to pursue policy related research.