External Resources

Aligned with our mission, SNAP is dedicated to sharing resources to learn and engage with science policy. We have compiled a non-exhaustive list of resources from wonderful organizations and groups we admire, pertaining to general Science Policy, fellowships and careers, and information for starting a group on university campuses.

If you have information that you believe should be included on this page, please reach out to us at snapscipolorg@gmail.com. We’d be thrilled to add it!

Learn more about Science Policy

Experience & Career Resources

We recommend checking out the Civic Science Career Roadmap to help you navigate the various roles and opportunities available within the field(s)!

Science-Policy Fellowship & Job Information

  • S&T Impact’s dashboard for “active and developing science and technology policy fellowships,” which they try to keep frequently updated
  • Database on science policy programs
  • Information on fellowships, guides, and links to databases such as this one on active fellowships
  • S&T Policy Job Openings newsletter by Dr. Deborah Stine
  • The job board from Science Careers can be filtered by discipline, or with keywords

Workshops and internships/externships are a great way to get some experience.

SNAPpers have attended AAAS’ Catalyzing Advocacy in Science and Engineering Workshop and the Advocacy Training Program by the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.

Start a Science Policy Group at your University

SNAP has outlined some steps to start a science policy group here. We are always motivated to help support this process, so we recommend that you reach out to chat with us at snapcoalition@gmail.com! Several SNAP Organizing Members have started groups at their universities and may be able to offer direct advice. If you are interested, you can also sign up for our newsletter and join SNAP as an Organizing Member for more support and assistance along this process and to help us grow and instigate meaningful change!

Additionally, feel free to utilize our open-access course material (in development) to educate yourself or hold meetings for your new group. These courses range from how the U.S. government works to science communication and writing.

Groups We Admire

We would also like to highlight some of the groups we admire in the Science Policy and Science Communication spaces. There are many amazing individuals, groups, networks, and coalitions working in this space, so if we are missing someone, please let us know so that we can add them!

Some of these groups are state-specific, such as