Policy Blog

A new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine calls on the federal government to encourage focusing resources on high-quality science education for all US students.

The council will convene stakeholders across the research enterprise to develop ways to promote high-quality research practices and to anticipate and address challenges to research ethics and integrity.

In this first article in a new series, we address how we as a community can and should advocate for our priorities with the policy makers who control the funds that make our science possible.

Here is a look at astronomy-related policy events on the schedule for July 2021.

A new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine — Call to Action for Science Education: Building Opportunity for the Future — will be released at a free webinar on 13 July. Register today!...

A public meeting to discuss NASA's recent request for information, "Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities in NASA Programs, Contracts, and Grants," will take place at 1 pm ET on Tuesday, 13 July...

The Senate passed the US Innovation and Competitiveness Act on 8 June. Here we provide some detail about what that means for the National Science Foundation and other federal agencies supporting the astronomical sciences...

A special issue of the Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society features 522 white papers offering input from the scientific community to inform the Planetary Science and Astrobiology Decadal Survey 2023-2032.

The Biden administration released the full President's FY 2022 Budget Request on 28 May. Here we provide some detail about the funding for NASA and other federal agencies that support the astronomical sciences.

Astro2020 co-chairs Fiona Harrison and Robert Kennicutt explain why the final report of the latest Decadal Survey on Astronomy and Astrophysics will be delayed beyond June 2021.