Science Policy Resources

Organizations / Programs

At Harvard

• GSAS Science Policy Group

• GSAS Science in the News

• Scientific Citizenship Initiative at Harvard Medical School

• Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard Kennedy School

• Program on Science, Technology and Society (STS) at Harvard 

• Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society

Cambridge / Boston Area

• MIT’s Science Policy Initiative

• MIT Policy Lab at Center for International Studies

• MIT Science Policy Review

National 

• American Academy for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

• National Science Foundation

• National Academies of Science

• Research!America

• National Science Policy Network

• Engineers and Scientists Acting Locally

• Union of Concerned Scientists

• Federation of American Scientists

Courses / Training

In person at Harvard / Cambridge area

• Nanocourses by Harvard’s Scientific Citizenship Initiative

  • Introduction to Science Policy: Communicating Your Values to Policymakers (2-3 day course, usually in mid January)

• MIT Science Policy Bootcamp (5-day course at the end of January)

Online / Remote

• EdX course: Policy for Science, Technology and Innovation

• EdX course: Tools for Academic Engagement in Public Policy

  • Additional Policy Communications Resources 

• National Science Policy Network’s Science Policy Scholars 6-week Bootcamp

Books / Textbooks

• Beyond Sputnik: US Science Policy in the 21st Century (2008) by Homer Neal, Tobin Smith, and Jennifer McCormick

• Other texts 

Publications and Newsletters

• Issues in Science & Technology by the National Academies of Science and Arizona State University

• FYI: The American Institute of Physics Bulletin of Science Policy News

• MIT Science Policy Review

• Journal of Science Policy and Governance

Fellowships

• AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellowship

• Mirzayan Science & Technology Policy Graduate Fellowship Program

• Other fellowships and internship opportunities

Career Paths

• Mind Map of Science Policy Career Paths

Other Resource Repositories

• Science Policy Resources accompanying Beyond Sputnik textbook

• National Science Policy Network’s crowdsourced list of science policy and communication resources