Resources

• Videocast by NIH OITE Careers in Science Policy.

• Relevant sections in the NIH Symposium Newsletters from 2019.

• Review the slides at How to: Science Policy - Office of Intramural Training Education at NIH.

• Read the ASBMBTODAY article on "The skills you need for a career in science policy."

• Read an interview with a National Heart, Lung, & Blood Institute policy analyst: "From neuroscientist to science policy analyst."

Training

Participate in extracurricular activities to gain the skills and experiences necessary to make the jump from the bench to policy:

• Look for available teaching opportunities: TAing, tutoring high school students, the Maryland Science Center internship program.

• Participate in student government or the GSA newsletter.

• Look for any opportunities where you would have to talk about science to non-experts.

• Volunteer in political campaigns.

• Participate in a Hill Day through a scientific society.

• Seek writing opportunities in graduate school organizations, or scientific associations

• Meet with policy professionals at your institution to learn about what they do and to identify volunteering opportunities.

• Risk Sciences and Public Policy certificate program offered by the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health

• AAAS Leadership Seminar in Science and Technology Policy

• AAAS Forum in Science and Technology Policy

Professional Societies and Networking

• AAAS – Washington Science Policy Alliance

• Association of Women in Science - DC, Baltimore and Bethesda chapters

• Journal of Science Policy & Governance:  http://www.sciencepolicyjournal.org/. You can subscribe to their mailing list here. JSPG seeks to elevate the visibility and enhance the skills of students and early career researchers in science policy and governance.

• Listserve of science policy jobs (and monthly science policy happy hours in DC): To join, email Carrie Wolinetz at cdg5@georgetown.edu

• ESEP Science Policy Happy Hours : https://www.science-engage.org/happyhour

• Build your own! You could start by talking to people in the field, asking them for additional names of people who would be interested in such a networking group.

Previous work

Science Policy Stance of 2018 Midterm Election Candidates Representing Baltimore, Maryland

Poster presentation for the 2018 Experimental Biology conference in San Diego, CA

December 2017 Op-Ed against tax on graduate student tuition waiver written by JHSPG Executive Board

We thank the Biomedical Career Institute at the Johns Hopkins Unviersity for collating all of the information above!

Updated 9/21/2022