State Science and Technology Policy Advice Issues, Opportunities, and Challenges: Summary of a National Convocation (2008) / Chapter Skim
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3 The Current Landscape for State Science and Technology Policy Advice
3 The Current Landscape for State Science and Technology Policy Advice
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California is also investing $400 million in its Institutes of Science and Innovation: under the initiative the campuses in the University of California system are working on critical issues like climate change, energy, and traffic congestion; private universities, including Stanford, the University of Southern California, and the California Institute of Technology, are also participating in this initiative. Other states not typically known for their commitments to research are making substantial investments in science and technology, including Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Indiana, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, For additional information about the Pew Center on the States, see |
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The Georgia Research Alliance uses part of its $30 million in annual public and private funding to recruit eminent scholars to Georgia universities, and Kentucky's "Bucks for Brains" initiative has invested about $350 million in state funds for similar purposes. Washington State's Life Sciences Discovery Fund is using money from the state's settlement with tobacco companies, and Kansas is setting aside tax revenue that exceeds a base year amount for the Kansas Bioscience Authority. Many of these initiatives seek to take advantage of the physical proximity of researchers, businesses, and policy makers. Even in the age of the Internet, said Henton, "the most creative work is still face to face.
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At the convocation, Larry McKinney, director of coastal fisheries for the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, described some of the issues in developing science-based natural resource policies as part of a regulatory process. 10For additional information about California's Bay Area Science and Engineering Consor tium, see |
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As a result, the presence of a single person to provide science and technology policy advice in an official capacity in state governments varies from state to state and over time. Yet science advisors can have an influence that cannot be achieved in other ways, said Tom Bowles, who has been science advisor to New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson since 2006.
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researchers. Along with the Air Force Research Laboratory at Kirkland Air Force Base, the White Sands Missile Base, and researchers at the state's colleges and universities, the state has a strong base of highly trained scientists and engineers.
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"How universities impact public policy is through the creation of intellectual capital, and in today's society, intellectual capital is business capital," said Holly Harris Bane, associate vice president for strategic initiatives and engagement at the University of Akron in Ohio. "Universities serve as an engine for the creation, distribution, and application of knowledge." State governments also can forge close partnerships with colleges and universities through both budgeting and governance.
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The functions of state academies of science and engineering, which can trace their origins to Plato's school of philosophy at Akademia, include archiving knowledge, providing a venue for the presentation of original research, fostering education in science and mathematics, engaging in public outreach, and to some extent provide science and technology policy advice to state governments. Representatives of the state academies meet each year at the annual meeting of the National Association of Academies of Science,11 which was founded in 1926 and is an affiliate of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
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12For additional information about the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, see |
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It has 30 members, split more or less evenly between academia and business, and includes many of the state's 14For additional information about Sigma Xi, see |
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Also, the CCST often arrives at conclusions "that may not be exactly the solution that people are looking for," Hackwood said. Recent projects undertaken by the CCST have focused on nanotechnology, intellectual property, biotechnology, genetically engineered foods, energy, climate change, health care information, the preparation of science and mathematics teachers, masters-level science education, and state competitiveness.
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19For additional information about the California Teacher Advisory Council, see |
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