Policy Blog

This Action Alert asks you to call your Members of Congress today to end the partial government shutdown and pass bipartisan, bicameral legislation to fund and reopen federal agencies like NASA, NSF, and Smithsonian.

The next Decadal Survey in Astronomy and Astrophysics is getting started! The National Academies and study co-chairs are seeking nominations for committee and panel membership and accepting science white paper...

Your guide to items at the January 2019 AAS meeting that relate to informing and/or developing the public policy that governs federally funded research in the astronomical sciences.

The Astro2020 Co-Chairs will hold a decadal town hall at AAS 233, have extended the science white paper deadline (to 19 February) and released some examples.

Make a phone call now! Tell your representatives in Congress how the shutdown is impacting you in your professional and personal life, and ask them to pass legislation today.

In this monthly feature of the AAS Policy Blog, we share a calendar of upcoming events in science and space policy that may be of interest to our members.

Are you an AAS member interested in advocating for your science with policymakers? If yes, then you should volunteer for Congressional Visits Day (11-13 March 2019)! Deadline: 25 January 2019.

Do you love writing, giving talks, and meeting new people? Are you interested in a career in science policy? Then you should apply to be the AAS's next John Bahcall Public Policy Fellow! Deadline: 1 March.

A new report from the National Academies says that new investments are needed to sustain NASA's instrumentation and facilities for future extraterrestrial sample analyses.

In this monthly feature of the AAS Policy Blog, we share a calendar of upcoming events in science and space policy that may be of interest to our members.