Policy Blog

The National Science Foundation announces award of a cooperative agreement with the University of Central Florida for management and operations of Arecibo Observatory.

President-Elect Megan Donahue and Executive Officer Kevin Marvel are gravely concerned about the administration’s abrupt cancellation of the Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope.

...but two more years without a sequester as Congress votes to #RaisetheCaps.

The National Science Foundation does not and will not tolerate sexual misconduct and has announced new steps to help eliminate such transgressions from science and engineering.

The AAS leadership salutes our colleagues at the Arecibo Observatory and elsewhere in Puerto Rico for their courage and dedication in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria.

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

The AAS seeks applications from upper-level undergraduate and graduate student AAS members for the Catalyzing Advocacy in Science and Engineering Workshop. Deadline: 2 February.

Your guide to items at the January 2018 AAS meeting that relate to informing and/or developing the public policy that governs federally funded research in the astronomical sciences.

Are you an AAS member interested in advocating for your science with policymakers? If yes, then you should volunteer for Congressional Visits Day (12-14 March 2018)! Deadline: 26 January 2018.

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