Science policy

A younger person holds a sign that reads FUND SCIENCE at a national Stand up for Science rally in 2025.

Alex Wong/Getty Images

September 3, 2025

New to Advocacy? 3 Tips for Early Career Scientists

Melissa Varga
Science Network Senior Manager

A sign reads WARNING CRUDE PIPELINE, against a background of grass in the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest in Utah and Wyoming

U.S. Forest Service/Flickr

September 11, 2023

Mountain Valley Pipeline: Science, Community Activism, and The Fight to Preserve Scientist Voices

UCS Science Network

a woman speaks into a microphone at what appears to be a community meeting

Jay Williams/Flickr

March 3, 2022

Data Doesn’t Speak, People Do!

UCS Science Network

A small group of lay people standing in a field observe as a representative from the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service discusses the benefits of using cover crops

Tracy Robillard/NRCS Oregon

November 29, 2021

Scientists Engaging the Public: 6 Steps to Make Participatory Science More Policy Effective

UCS Science Network

a fountain pen in close-up rests on a sheet of paper with writing on it. the nib of the pen is in focus

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September 2, 2021

Science Carries Weight in Decision-Making. Be Heard.

UCS Science Network

Marchers hold signs including one reading "science has no borders" at the Los Angeles march for science in 2017

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September 1, 2021

3 Tips for Getting Started in Science Advocacy as an Early Career Scientist

Melissa Varga
Science Network Senior Manager

Houston Stop Asian Hate Vigil and Rally

March 24, 2021

The Science Policy Community’s Responsibility to Address Anti-Asian Xenophobia

UCS Science Network

February 22, 2021

President Biden’s Science Policies Are…Good, Actually. And That’s Worth Celebrating.

UCS Science Network

January 22, 2021

Using Workshops as a Tool to Build Scientists’ Engagement in Policy

UCS Science Network

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July 6, 2020

Policy During a Pandemic: How to Make Research Accessible for Policymakers During the COVID-19 Pandemic

UCS Science Network

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December 19, 2019

Making the grass GREENER on the other side with H.R. 763

UCS Science Network

December 4, 2019

Expanding Professional Development Opportunities for Scientists Beyond the Lab

UCS Science Network

September 11, 2019

Giving a Voice to Students & Early Career Researchers in International Science Policy and Diplomacy in the Post-Truth Era

UCS Science Network

August 29, 2019

Women Scientists Form a Policy Advocacy Network in the Mid-Atlantic

UCS Science Network

Science and Democracy Fellows, along with trainers and fellows at COMPASS, gather for their first training.

May 29, 2019

Managing the Work: Reflections on a year of science advocacy from the 2018 UCS Science and Democracy Fellows (Part 2)

UCS Science Network

May 28, 2019

Drops, Ripples, Waves: Reflections on a year of science advocacy from the 2018 UCS Science and Democracy Fellows (Part 1)

UCS Science Network

Photo: Gage Skidmore

April 5, 2019

6 Ways to Make Your Science Advocacy Effective at the State and Local Levels

UCS Science Network

February 13, 2019

The Journal of Science Policy and Governance (JSPG): Engaging early career researchers in science policy

UCS Science Network

January 22, 2019

Organizing a Science Policy Workshop: What we learned in Bozeman, Montana

UCS Science Network

October 31, 2018

Supporting Science Policy Advocacy and Outreach through Microgrants

UCS Science Network

Photo: NCinDC/CC BY-ND 2.0 (Flickr)

October 3, 2018

DOI’s New Policy Restricts Science Under the Guise of Transparency

Charise Johnson
Former Contributor

September 4, 2018

Op-Eds for Cheeseheads: Training New Scientists as Communicators in Wisconsin Food Systems Policy

UCS Science Network

Architect of the Capitol

August 31, 2018

The Sociopolitical Evolution of a Scientist: Incorporating Advocacy into My Graduate School Experience

UCS Science Network

Photo: Omari Spears/UCS

August 22, 2018

Public Discussion of Science Policy Surges Nationwide as Thousands Engage in Science Rising

Michael Halpern
Former Contributor