Are you a science graduate student interested in the intersection between policy and science? The Ecological Society of America (ESA) invites applications for its Katherine S. McCarter Graduate Student Policy Award (GSPA). ESA will give the policy award to ten students for 2019. Offered each year, this award gives graduate students hands-on science policy experience including interacting with congressional decision-makers, federal agency officials, and others engaged in science and public policy. The 2019 policy event is March 25-27, 2019.
Participants receive: * Travel to Washington, DC. Domestic travel, hotel, and meal expenses will be paid by ESA. * Policy and communications training, including information on the legislative process and in federal science funding. * An opportunity to hear first-hand from ecologists currently working in federal agencies about their policy careers. * Meetings with congressional policymakers on Capitol Hill to discuss the importance of federal investments in the biological and ecological sciences, with a primary focus on the National Science Foundation. ESA will host a Congressional Visits Day to promote federal investment in the biological sciences, particularly through the National Science Foundation. On the first day, participants receive communications training and learn about the federal budget and appropriations process and the political landscape. During the second day of the event, participants meet with congressional decision makers to discuss federal support of research and education in the biological sciences. For information on eligibility and how to apply, go to: https://www.esa.org/esa/public-affairs/esa-policy/policy-getting-involved/esa-graduate-student-policy-award/ Questions? Email ali...@esa.org<mailto:ali...@esa.org> or nic...@esa.org<mailto:nic...@esa.org>. Nicole Zimmerman Public Affairs Manager Ecological Society of America
