Greetings Civic Science Community, When Anand Varma first gathered with other members of the inaugural class of Science Fellows, at the Gates Foundation headquarters in early 2020, he remembers not…

Dear Colleagues, Working across new and deepening connections, we are hearing compelling shared aspirations and resonance for a future where science is a vibrant part of community life and…

Greetings Civic Science Community, Several recent reports have punctuated our network discussions as we continue to think collaboratively about what science needs from democracy, and what democracy needs from science.  We continue…

The 2024–25 Civic Science Fellows cohort will launch in spring 2024. As 2024–25 host partners open applications for Fellows, we will share them here and in our monthly newsletter (see…

Greetings Civic Science Community, Collaboration is often the key to unlocking fundamental new science—and if that new science has the potential to profoundly reshape human life—to understanding how this new…

Greetings Civic Science Community, As we move into the summer, it is a reminder of the powerful encounters with science that happen outside of school, for children and adults.

The Civic Science Fellows program is announcing opportunities to become a Civic Science Fellow host partner for our next cohort, which will begin in March 2024. Innovative organizations are…

Greetings Civic Science Community, What does it take to change a system?  Many in our community are working to change systems of academic science, including the central goal of rewarding…

Greetings Civic Science Community, Beyond the headlines of ChatGPT, partnerships are coalescing to find more effective, resilient responses to misinformation—from social scientists investigating approaches through research (as Civic Science Fellow Michelle…

Greetings Civic Science Community, Early in the 2021–23 cohort of Civic Science Fellows, host partner Mónica Feliú Mójer of Ciencia Puerto Rico reminded us, “Change moves at the speed of trust.”   For those…