PA32B:
The Future of Science Policy: Funding, Freedom of Scientific Expression, and Federal Decision-Making I


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Session ID#: 57797

Session Description:
The 2018 midterm elections have changed the political landscape in Washington. In addition, the past several years have seen new forms of scientific community engagement, from local to national marches, new organizations, and other efforts.  This session will explore the science policy environment, from policies that impact the integrity of science both in and outside of the federal government, to the capacity and conditions for science and scientists working within the federal government, to an increasingly uncertain funding landscape. The session will also call attention to how the scientific enterprise will be shaped going forward, particularly considering the upcoming 116th Congress, and what scientists are doing and can do to effectively influence the political process.
Primary Convener:  Timia A Crisp, American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC, United States
Conveners:  Jacob Carter, Union of Concerned Scientists Washington DC, Washington, United States and Kasey S White, Geological Society of America, Boulder, CO, United States
Primary Liaison:  Timia A Crisp, American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC, United States
Chairs:  Timia A Crisp, American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC, United States and Kasey S White, National Academy of Sciences, Washington, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Jacob Carter, Union of Concerned Scientists Washington DC, Washington, United States

Cross-Listed:
  • SI - Societal Impacts and Policy Sciences
Index Terms:

6309 Decision making under uncertainty [POLICY SCIENCES]
6324 Legislation and regulations [POLICY SCIENCES]
6610 Funding [PUBLIC ISSUES]
6620 Science policy [PUBLIC ISSUES]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Federal Geosciences Budgets in the Trump Era: A Close Look at the State of Government Support (465716)
Alex Lopatka, University of Maryland College Park, College Park, MD, United States and Michael Henry, American Institute of Physics, Government Relations, College Park, MD, United States
Underpopulated and Under Pressure: Federal Scientific Advice and Federal Science Funding in 2019 (346830)
Kei Koizumi, American Association for the Advancement of Science Washington DC, Washington, DC, United States
U.S. EPA’s Scientific Integrity Policy: Successes and Challenges (433805)
Francesca Grifo1, Daniel D'Arcy2, Martha Otto1 and Vincent Cogliano3, (1)US Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC, United States, (2)The Bipartisan Policy Center, Washington, DC, United States, (3)US Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, United States
Overburdened and Under Pressure: The Evolving State of Federal Science and Scientists in the Current Political Era (341161)
Gretchen T Goldman, Union of Concerned Scientists Washington DC, Washington, DC, United States, Dr. Jacob Matthew Carter, Union of Concerned Scientists Washington DC, Center for Science and Democracy, Washington, DC, United States and Charise Johnson, Union of Concerned Scientists, Washington, DC, United States
Government Efforts to Silence Science: Data and Trends (454225)
Lauren Kurtz, Climate Science Legal Defense Fund, Brooklyn, NY, United States, Susan Rosenthal, Climate Science Legal Defense Fund, New York, NY, United States and Romany M Webb, Columbia University, School of Law, Sabin Center for Climate Change Law, New York, NY, United States
Sidelined Science: Scientific Integrity in Federal Policymaking Under Past and Present Administrations (443815)
Emily Berman, Union of Concerned Scientists Washington DC, Washington, DC, United States and Dr. Jacob Matthew Carter, Union of Concerned Scientists Washington DC, Center for Science and Democracy, Washington, DC, United States
What role can cultural institutions play in effectively influencing science policy and the decision-making process? Examples from the Anderson Cabot Center for Ocean Life at the New England Aquarium (395706)
Kelly Anne Kryc, New England Aquarium, Boston, MA, United States
Science,Policy and Politics. (400357)
Ms. Shaughnessy Naughton, Organization Not Listed, Washington, DC, United States

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