Committee on Science and Public Policy

To address the funding problem, in February 1964 Frank Westheimer, an organic chemist at Harvard University, was elected to head a committee, under the auspices of the Committee on Science and Public Policy of the National Academy of Sciences, to make a comprehensive study of American basic research in chemistry. The report of the committee, titled Chemistry Opportunities and Needs, came to the basic conclusion that scientific opportunities were being lost for lack of support- ... 

Following the 1970 conference, F. A. Matsen, Harrison Shull, Peter Lykos, and Frank Harris, a physicist at the University of Utah, were designated to draft the conference report and to take appropriate steps to initiate implementation of the recommendations. Despite the lukewarm response of the Committee on Science and Public Policy, one of the steps they took was to send... 

National Academy of Sciences, Committee on Research in the Life Sciences of the Committee on Science and Public Policy, The Life Sciences Recent Progress and Application to Human Affairs The World of Biological Research Requirements for the Future, 1970. 

The Chemical Abstracts Service conducts extensive quantitative investigations of the growth and structure of chemical literature see, for example, IB, Baker, 1976. The Westheimer Report, sponsored by the Committee on Science and Public Policy of the National Academy of Sciences, includes quantitative material on American chemical publications see IB, NAS, 1965, 30-38. 

Stewart, W., Feder, N. (1986). Professional practices among biomedical scientists A study of a sample generated by an unusual event. In U.S. Hou.se of Representatives. Committee on Science and Technology, Task Force on Science Policy, Science policy study (Vol. 22 Research and Publication Practices Second Session). Washington, DC U.S. Government Printing Office. 

National Academy of Sciences-National Academy of Engineering-Institute of Medicine, Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy. "Report of the Research Briefing Panel on Chemical and Process Engineering for Biotechnology," in Research Briefings 1984. Washington, D.C. National Academy Press, 1984. 

Hank C. Jenkins-Smith is professor of public policy at the George H.W. Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A M University in College Station. He holds the Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long Chair of Business and Government at the Bush School. He was previously professor of political science and director of the Institute for Public Policy at the University of New Mexico. Professor Jenkins-Smith s areas of research include science and technology policy, environmental policy, public perceptions of environmental and technical risks, and national security policy. Professor Jenkins-Smith has written books on the public policy process and policy analysis and has served on a number of committees for the National Research Council. 

These review papers have included the circular by the U.S. Geological Survey, Circular 779, "Geologic Disposal of High-Level Radioactive Wastes - Earth-Science Perspectives" the review by the Ad-Hoc Committee of Earth Scientists for the EPA reviews by the Office of Science and Technology Policy and finally a review prepared by an Interagency Committee chaired by the Office of Science and Technology Policy whose paper was released for public comment on July 3, 1978. 

The world in which science is conducted has changed, and so have the skills necessary for scientists to function effectively. In a report published in 1995, essential skills and characteristics of scientists were addressed by The Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy (COSEPUP), which was a joint committee of the National Academy of Science, National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine.The COSEPUP report states that a world of work that has become more interdisciplinary, collaborative, and global requires young people who are adaptable, flexible, as well as technically proficient.Subsequently, the 1996 report of the Research and Graduate Affairs Committee of the Amer-... 

Reshaping the Graduate Education of Scientists and Engineers, Committee on Science, Engineering and Public Policy National Academy Press Washington, DC, 1997. 

Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy of the National Academies. (2009). On Being a Scientist A Guide to Responsible Conduct in Research, 3rd ed. (National Academies Press Washington, DC). 

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