Communicating Science to Policymakers: Resources

Here are a few of our favorite guides for...

• AGU Science Policy Action Center:https://www.agu.org/Share-and-Advocate/Share/Policymakers/Track-science-issues
• AGU Share & Advocate for Science, Science Policy Tab: https://www.agu.org/Share-and-Advocate/Share
• Association for Education and Finance (AEFP): https://aefpweb.org/aefp/about.
• Atypical Combinations and Scientific Impact | Science (sciencemag.org) – Science paper on using unconventional combinations of existing knowledge to create impact (2013)
• Committee on Facilitating Interdisciplinary Research | The National Academies Press (nap.edu) – Report by the National Academy of Sciences on Facilitating Interdisciplinary Research (2005)
• Communicating with Policymakers by the Geological Society of America
• Forging Partnerships with Other Federal Programs: NASA and the National Science Foundation (NSF) through Scientific Ocean Drilling · Vol. 53, Issue 4 (Planetary/Astrobiology Decadal Survey Whitepapers) (aas.org) - White Paper submitted to the Planetary Science and Astrobiology Decadal Survey regarding connections with other Federal Agencies, specifically concerning scientific ocean drilling (2021)
• Getting Science into the Hands of Policymakers by the Geological Society of America. 2013-2014 GSA-USGS Congressional Science Fellow Final Report
• NASA, NSF Sign Agreement to Advance Sciences | NASA – NASA press release (2021) about the newly signed MOU between NASA and NSF
• NASA_NSF Umbrella MOU – NASA / NSF Memorandum of Understanding (2021)
• Researching Policymakers worksheet by the American Geophysical Union
• Science Speaks Podcast. 2020. https://whensciencespeaks.com/podcast/how-scientists-can-impact-public-policy...

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One of our goals for this workshop is to develop a list of resources about how to communicate effectively with policymakers about scientific ocean drilling. Do you have a resource you'd like to share? Please post it in the discussion thread below!