Programs devoted to activities in realms where science, government and society intersect, to further the work of scientists, promote of human welfare, and foster scientific freedom and responsibility.

Provide opportunities for accomplished postdoctoral to mid-career scientists and engineers to contribute to the public policymaking process.

Statements of goals, position papers, letters and testimony to Congress and other government bodies.

A resource for students, teachers, and anyone else interested in how technology and society are shaping each other and our future.

Upcoming legislation and government regulations that have implications for the geophysical sciences, and position statements on policy-related topics.

Interdisciplinary association of scholars, scientists, and policymakers concerned with problems that involve politics or public policy and one or more of the life sciences.

Integrates understanding of scientific, technological, and economic elements in the formulation of national policies affecting the economic well-being of the United States.

thoughts on goal-oriented science funding.

The Center for Advanced Studies in Science and Technology Policy is a private, non-partisan research and advisory organization focused on information, technology, and national security policy and related issues.

A non-profit think tank that works with the U.S. Congress on issues involving science policies and their effects on society. Includes issues papers and analyses on current topics.

Masters degree thesis suggests increased participation in research policy by groups not representing business or science.

Science, technology and innovation policy. Many publications available online. Advisory agency to the Québec government.

Information and position statements on environmental policy.

Involved in a variety of projects, including monitoring arms sales and weapons development, cyberstrategy, intelligence reform, military analysis, nuclear weapons, space policy, and monitoring emerging diseases.

The UK Foresight programme is managed by the Office of Science and Technology and brings together key people, knowledge and ideas to look beyond normal commercial time horizons to identify potential opportunities from new science and technologies and actions to help realise those opportunities.

Summarizes science policy developments in Washington affecting the physics and astronomy community. Summaries are approximately one page long and are issued two or more times every week. FYI e-mail subscriptions are free; they are provided by the American Institute of Physics as a service to the science community.

FYI summarizes science policy developments in Washington affecting the physics and astronomy community.

Global web portal presented by the UN Commission on Science and Technology for Development (UNCSTD). Policy recommendations and resources pertaining to sustainable development that addresses gender inequality.

Join the G&PP List Serve or Geology in Government Mentor Program. Be a Congressional Science Fellow. Read congressional and federal actions which affect the geoscience community.

UNRISD project exploring how new information and communications technologies can be used in developing countries. Events, publications, unpublished papers, and researcher profiles. Some content in French.

An instutute in Portland Oregon, that attempts to develop the local dialogue on science, technology and society issues.

Provides advice to the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment on key national and international issues.

Promoting scientific excellence, providing advice to the government on scientific issues of national importance, maintaining scientific relations with similar bodies worldwide, and publishing scholarly works.

Journal published by the National Academy Press (U.S.) - Publicly available archives going back many years from influential people in US government science policy.

Publications and information from a joint Pacific Northwest Lab/University of Maryland institute dedicated to examining the problems associated with global climate change.

Museum of the National Academy of Sciences, focusing on "science behind the headlines", in particular current and sometimes controversial policy issues.

Nanotechnology Foresight focuses on nanotechnology and public policy surrounding it.

The National Science Board is the US science policy advisor to the President and the Congress. Their homepage contains many documents on the US science and technology policy.

Science and technology policy statements from the Organization of American States(OAS).

Reports focus on research and development policy changes and trends in Europe and the U.S.

Topical reports on numerous subjects in science and technology (1974-1995).

OSA promotes the generation, application and archiving of knowledge in optics and photonics and disseminates this knowledge worldwide.

A federally funded US research and development center sponsored by the National Science Foundation and managed by RAND

An effort to assist U.S. states participating in the National Science Foundation's "Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research", from the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Issue briefs and links to useful resources on key issues related to the topic of balancing national security and scientific openness.

Focus is on policy reforms and intellectual property law reforms in India.

Evaluation and measurement of science, technology and innovation (STI). Mainly downloadable reports on STI policy and strategy.

Grassroots group of scientists opposed to environmental policies of the Bush administration.

Description of the British Council's policy in science, engineering and environment.

Information and analysis on civil and military space issues, policies and programs. Covers a variety of topics including life on Mars, advanced aircraft, Russian aerospace, Challenger accident, space weapons, exploration, and links.

This Georgia Institute of Technology Center engages in interdisciplinary research and analysis of technology-intensive issues occurring at the interface of engineering, management and technology policy.

An innovation policy consultancy, which specialises in the evaluation, comparative analysis and implementation of government science and technology policy and SME support programmes.

Essay explaining the reasons for the decline of "unfettered" or "curiosity-driven" research.

Contains official documents of the European Commission, including documents on their science and technology policy.

Aims to provide a neutral platform for the debate of science or technology issues of importance to society. Includes PDF downloads of journals and ordering information for other materials.

Prof. Suarez-Villa on technocapitalism, its sources and phenomena, continuous invention and innovation, networks, the experimental firm, innovative capacity, technological eras.

The first completely Internet-based international science foresight activity. The goal was to identify emerging research developments in the physical and engineering sciences using experts selected by purely objective methods.

Homepage of this government department, containing downloadable copies of their publications, news and other information.

In the Executive Office of the President. Current and archived information about policy on fundamental science, education and scientific literacy, investment in applied research, and international cooperation.

PCAST consists of 18 members from the private sector plus the Assistant to the President for Science and Technology who serves as the Committee's Co-Chair.