May 31 - June 5, 2026
Washington, D.C.

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For over two decades, the AMS Science Policy Colloquium has offered a career-shaping opportunity for earth and atmospheric scientists and professionals to gain insight into the federal policy process.

Join some 30–40 of your peers: early to midcareer earth and atmospheric scientists and professionals from academia, government, and the private sector who will dialog with policy-level officials in the federal agencies and Executive Office of the President, Congressional members and staffers from both parties, and other leaders engaged in the policy process.

2026 will be the 26th year of this unique and highly successful science policy immersion workshop; alumni now number over 800.

The 2026 Science Policy Colloquium will cover:

• The basics:
  • The science-policy process
  • Federal R&D budgets
  • Congress (House and Senate)
  • White House (OMB and OSTP)
  • Federal agency players
  • International science diplomacy
  • Environmental security
• Policy implications of the Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation Act of 2017, as well as selected climate-change legislation
• Valuation—what’s involved in estimating the worth of environmental intelligence to society and the world
• …and more!

Learn more about the Science Policy Colloquium, including agendas and participant testimonies from previous years

Learn more about registration, including opportunities for funding