Chapter 19 references: Persuade administrators, donors, and legislators
Chapter references
- Baron, Nancy, Escape from the Ivory Tower: A Guide to Making Your Science Matter, Island Press, 2010.
- Chittenden, David; Farmelo, Graham, and Lewenstein, Bruce V. (eds), Creating Connections, Museums and the Public Understanding of Current Research, AltaMira Press, 2004
- Mervis, Jeffrey, “Explaining Science to Power: Make It Simple, Make It Pay,” Science, Vol. 314, No. 5803, November 24, 2006.
- Murray, David, Schwartz, Joel, and Lichter, Robert S., It Ain't Necessarily So: How the Media Remake Our Picture of Reality, Lanham, Md.: Rowman and Littlefield, 2001
- Science Friday, “Help Us Weight Galaxies!” April 27, 2018.
- Science Friday, “What Makes the Solar System Like a Crime Scene?” August 19, 2016,
- Science Friday, “It Was Totally Planet Nine,” January 22, 2016.
General references
- Baskin, Paul, "Often Distant fom Policy Making, Scientists try to Find a Public Voice," Chronicle of Higher Educaton, May 28, 2009 (Subscription required)
- Pain, Elisabeth, "Feeding Your Research into the Policy Debate," Science Careers, July 30, 2010
- SciDev.net, How do I brief policymakers on science-related issues?
- Stem Cells Explained, University of Michigan online tutorial
- Sykes, Kathy, "Scientists should engage in policy, but it's a balancing act," The Conversation, September 29, 2013
- The Psychology of Climate Change Communication, Center for Research on Environmental Decisions, 2015
- Wulf, William and Jones, Anita, "A Call to Serve," Science November 14, 2008 (subscription required)
Scientific society and governmental legislative affairs units and education resources
- AAAS Office of Government Relations
- AAAS Shaping Science Policy
- AAAS ScienceInsider policy blog
- American Academy of Pediatrics
- American Astronomical Society Public Policy Page
- American Chemical Society
- American Geophysical Union
- American Physical Society
- American Physiological Society
- Association for Women in Science Advocacy and Public Engagement
- Association of American Universities
- COMPASS Communication Tools & Resources
- DOE Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs
- Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, Policy & Government Affairs
- NIH Office of Legislative and Policy Analysis
- NSF & Congress
- NSF Office of Legislative & Public Affairs
- National Science Teachers Association
- Society for Neuroscience Advocacy Network
General research advocacy groups
- Coalition for National Science Funding
- Council on Governmental Relations
- National Association for Biomedical Research
- STEM Education Coalition
- Task Force on the Future of American Innovation
- The Science Coalition
Issue advocacy groups
- Audubon
- Center for Science in the Public Interest
- Environmental Defense Fund
- Friends of the Earth
- Mars Society
- NASA Watch
- National Wildlife Federation
- Natural Resources Defense Council
- Ocean Champions
- Planetary Society
- Space Politics
- Union of Concerned Scientists
Federal science policy offices & committees & contact information
- BeBusinessEd, How to contact Congress
- Congressional committees
- Science & Policy links, National Science Foundation
- Office of Management and Budget
- Office of Science and Technology Policy
- U.S. House of Representatives committee offices
- U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Science, Space and Technology
- U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation
- U.S. Senate committees