The document summarizes the advocacy efforts of the American Chemical Society (ACS) in Washington D.C. It discusses how ACS advocates for policies that advance science and chemistry through various tools like policy statements, coalitions, member involvement and congressional meetings. It also provides a case study of how ACS advocacy helped lead to the passage of the America COMPETES Act, which authorized funding for scientific research and education.
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The Chemistry of Advocacy
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17. ACS Policy Statements Available www.acs.org --- Click on Policy Tab! American Chemical Society
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22. Tools: Science & the Congress Briefing American Chemical Society Future Research Directions In Chemistry & Chemical Engineering www.acs.org/science_congress
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28. A Case Study… American Chemical Society
29. C reating O pportunities to M eaningfully P romote E xcellence in T echnology, E ducation, and S cience Act Aka The America COMPETES Act American Chemical Society The America COMPETES Act
30. A U.S. Discussion on Science, Innovation and Competitiveness… American Chemical Society Mar 05 “ Ideas” Aug 07 Oct 05 “ Plans” Jan 06 “ Focus” Aug 07 “ Agreement”
31. Strong relationships with congressional leaders – helped spur the COMPETES legislation Raising congressional and administration profile of innovation and competitiveness Leading scientific society in the alliance of business, education and others ACS Helped Move the Innovation & Competitiveness Agenda American Chemical Society
33. 41 75 167 250 7876 21,370 LAN Letters to Capitol Hill & White House Advocacy Hours Invested By OLGA OLGA Meetings on Capitol Hill Governance-Led Hill Meetings District Meetings ACS Presidential Letters Building the Innovation Bill Mid 05’-Aug 07’ American Chemical Society
34. Authorization Success America COMPETES Act Signing, 8/9/07 Authorizes $43.3 billion over 3 years for R&D and science education, Puts NSF, NIST, DOE Office of Science on doubling over 7 years American Chemical Society
35. But…..FY 2008 Appropriations Failure!!!!! Congress Waits Too Long … 11 of 12 Appropriations Bills Unfinished by Start of 2008 Fiscal Year (10/1/07) “ Political Scrum” Inter/Intra Party, Congress versus the White House WHY?? American Chemical Society
36. A Funny Thing Happened Right Before the Stroke of Midnight!! American Chemical Society
37. Science Had The Rug Pulled From Beneath It… Solution? Roll all 11 Appropriations Bills into one, $23 billion over what President requested & 12,000 earmarks = $10 billion. American Chemical Society
38. Dec 2007: The “Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2008” …Crashes, Something Had to Give…. American Chemical Society +1.6% +15.7% +15.4% NIST +5.8% +18.4% +18.9% DOE-SC +2.5% +10.7% +10% NSF Omnibus Senate Bill House Bill Agency
39. The COMPETES Act Shortfall at NSF COMPETES Act Authorization Appropriations American Chemical Society
40. Hard Work, Perseverance and Lots of Advocacy Garnered FY 08 Supplemental Funds American Chemical Society 756 4,035.5 6,094.5 FY08 TOTAL 0 62.5 62.5 FY08 Supp. 756 863 677 NIST 3,973 4,586 3,837 DOE-SC 6,032 6,600 5,917 NSF Final FY08 COMPETES FY07 Agency
41. Appropriations Drift Appropriations Dates versus Start of Federal Fiscal Year – October 1 American Chemical Society Mathematical & Physical Sciences Division of Chemistry
42. ACS at Princeton Science Roundtable with Congressional Leadership American Chemical Society
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Notes de l'éditeur
The attention brought to this issue by Thomas Friedman’s book was quickly converted into a focused action plan through the work of the U.S. national Academies (with assists form ACS and many others)
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Since 2005 Research New DOE grant program enhances university nuclear science education NSF-NIH collaboration on deep innovation in interdisciplinary sciences Modified merit review criterion to encourage industry partnerships Education Local education-business councils to reform P-16 STEM education Bolstered NSF and DOE educational programs, particularly in teacher training High School laboratory science pilot program pilot Preserves Noyce Teacher Scholarships
Since 2005 Research New DOE grant program enhances university nuclear science education NSF-NIH collaboration on deep innovation in interdisciplinary sciences Modified merit review criterion to encourage industry partnerships Education Local education-business councils to reform P-16 STEM education Bolstered NSF and DOE educational programs, particularly in teacher training High School laboratory science pilot program pilot Preserves Noyce Teacher Scholarships
Green Chemistry: conversation began last summer, meeting took place week before ARRA passage. 06-GM-109 Green chemistry and engineering for drug discovery, development, and production Challenge Grant RFA, for research in identified challenge areas. Deadline is April 27, 2009. Earliest start date Sept. 30, 2009. $200 million, one-time RFA. Need to check in with Ray about Project Seed example to verify Need to verify with Glenn about what we can say about Joe Francisco project