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National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (also known as NASEM or the National Academies) is a congressionally chartered organization that serves as the collective scientific national academy of the United States. The name is used interchangeably in two senses: (1) as an umbrella term or parent organization for its three sub-divisions that operate as quasi-independent honorific learned society member organizations known as the National Academy of Sciences (NAS), the National Academy of Engineering (NAE), and the National Academy of Medicine (NAM); and (2) as the brand for studies and reports issued by the unified operating arm of the three academies originally known as the National Research Council (NRC). The National Academies also serve as public policy advisors, research institutes, think tanks, and public administration consultants on issues of public importance or on request by the government.[7][8][9][10][11]

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
The Keck Center of the National Academies in Washington, D.C.
Location of NASEM in Washington, D.C.
AbbreviationNASEM
PredecessorCouncil of National Defense – Department of Science and Research
United States Army Signal Corps – Science and Research Division
Formation1863 (as National Academy of Sciences)
1916 (as National Research Council)
2015 (as National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine)[1][2]
FounderFederal Government of the United States
TypeNational Academy
53-0196932
Legal statusCongressionally Chartered Nonprofit Organization
PurposeProvide independent, objective advice to inform policy with evidence, spark progress and innovation, and confront challenging issues for the benefit of society.[3]
HeadquartersKeck Center
500 5th Street, NW, Washington, D.C. 20001
Location
Coordinates38°53′48″N 77°01′10″W / 38.89667°N 77.01944°W / 38.89667; -77.01944
Membership
Scientists, engineers, and health professionals
Official language
English
Marcia McNutt[4]
President (NAE)
John L. Anderson[5]
President (NAM)
Victor Dzau[6]
SubsidiariesNational Academy of Sciences (NAS)
National Academy of Engineering (NAE)
National Academy of Medicine (NAM)
Websitewww.nationalacademies.org

The National Research Council, National Academy of Engineering, and National Academy of Medicine began as activities of the National Academy of Sciences until they were reorganized in 2015 into units of the current National Academies while maintaining the charter status and corporate successorship of the original National Academy of Sciences.

Now jointly governed by all three academies, the NRC produces some 200 publications annually which are published by the National Academies Press. The reports produced by the National Academies have been characterized as reflective of scientific consensus.[12]

History Edit

The US National Academy of Sciences was created by an Act of Incorporation dated March 3, 1863, which was signed by then President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln.[13] The Act stated that "... the Academy shall, whenever called upon by any department of the Government, investigate, examine, experiment, and report upon any subject of science or art. ... "[13] With the American civil war raging, the new Academy was presented with few problems to solve, but it did address matters of "... coinage, weights and measures, iron ship hulls, and the purity of whiskey ..."[13] All subsequently affiliated organizations have been created under this same overall congressional charter, including the two younger academies, National Academy of Engineering (NAE) (created in 1964) and NAM (created as the Institute of Medicine in 1970 and rechartered as NAM in 2015).[14]

Under this same charter, the National Research Council was created in 1916. On June 19 of that year, then US President Woodrow Wilson requested that the National Academy of Sciences organize a "National Research Council". The purpose of the Council (at first called the National Research Foundation) was in part to foster and encourage "the increased use of scientific research in the development of American industries ... the employment of scientific methods in strengthening the national defense ... and such other applications of science as will promote the national security and welfare."[15]

At the time, the Academy's effort to support national defense readiness, the Committee on Nitric Acid Supply, was approved by Secretary of War Newton D. Baker. Nitric acid was the substance basic in the making of propellants such as cordite, high explosives, dyes, fertilizers, and other products but availability was limited due to World War I. The NRC, through its committee, recommended importing Chilean saltpeter and the construction of four new ordnance plants. These recommendations were accepted by the War Department in June 1917, although the plants were not completed prior to the end of the war.[15]
In 1918, Wilson formalized the NRC's existence under Executive Order 2859.[16][17][18] Wilson's order declared the function of the NRC to be in general:

"(T)o stimulate research in the mathematical. physical, and biological sciences. and in the application of these sciences to engineering, agriculture. medicine. and other useful arts. with the object of increasing knowledge, of strengthening the national defense, and of contributing in other ways to the public welfare."[13]

During World War I, the United States was at war, the NRC operated as the Department of Science and Research of the Council of National Defense as well as the Science and Research Division of the United States Army Signal Corps.[19] When war was first declared, the Council had organized committees on anti-submarine and gas warfare.[13]

On June 1, 1917, the council convened a meeting of scientific representatives of the United Kingdom and France with interested parties from the U.S. on the subject of submarine detection.[20][21] Another meeting with the British and French was held in Paris in October 1918, at which more details of their work were disclosed. As a result of these meetings, the NRC recommended that scientists be brought together to work on the problems associated with submarine detection. Due to the success of council-directed research in producing a sound-based method of detecting submarines, as well as other military innovations, the NRC was retained at the end of the war, though it was gradually decoupled from the military.

NRC's Articles of Organization have been changed only three times: in 1956, January 1993, and July 2015.[22]

The Academies Edit

The National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, and National Academy of Medicine are honorary membership organizations, each of which has its own governing Council, and each of which elects its own new members. The membership of the three academies totals more than 6,300 scientists, engineers, and health professionals. New members for each organization are elected annually by existing members, based on their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research. By the terms of the original 1863 Congressional charter, the three academies serve pro bono as "advisers to the nation on science, engineering, and medicine."

Program units Edit

The program units, formerly known as the National Research Council, are collectively the operating arm of the three academies for the purpose of providing objective policy advice. Although separately chartered (see above), it falls legally under the overall charter of the National Academy of Sciences, whose ultimate fiduciary body is the NAS Council. In actual practice, the NAS Council delegates governing authority to a Governing Board of the National Research Council that is chaired jointly by the presidents of the three academies, with additional members chosen by them or specified in the charters of the academies.

Under this three-academy umbrella, the program units produce reports that shape policies, inform public opinion, and advance the pursuit of science, engineering, and medicine.[23]

There are seven major divisions: Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Division of Earth and Life Studies, Division of Engineering and Physical Sciences, Health and Medicine Division, Policy and Global Affairs Division, Transportation Research Board, and the Gulf Research Program.[24]

Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education (DBASSE) Edit

Units of the Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education[25] Edit

  • Board on Children, Youth, and Families (BCYF)
  • Board on Behavioral, Cognitive, and Sensory Sciences (BBCSS)
  • Board on Human-Systems Integration (BOHSI)
  • Board on Environmental Change and Society (BECS)
  • Board on Science Education (BOSE)
  • Committee on Law and Justice (CLAJ)
  • Board on Testing and Assessment (BOTA)
  • Committee on Population (CPOP)
  • Committee on National Statistics (CNSTAT)

Division on Earth and Life Studies (DELS) Edit

Units of the Division on Earth and Life Studies[26] Edit

  • Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources (BANR)
  • Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate (BASC)
  • Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology (BCST)
  • Board on Earth Sciences and Resources (BESR)
  • Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology (BEST)
  • Board on Life Sciences (BLS)
  • Institute for Laboratory Animal Research (ILAR)
  • Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board (NRSB)
  • Ocean Studies Board (OSB)
  • Polar Research Board (PRB)
  • Water Science and Technology Board (WSTB)

Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences (DEPS) Edit

The Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences has activities organized around:[27]

Units of the Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences[28] Edit

  • Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board (ASEB)
  • Air Force Studies Board (AFSB)
  • Board on Army Research and Development (BOARD)
  • Board on Energy and Environmental Systems (BEES)
  • Board on Infrastructure and the Constructed Environment (BICE)
  • Board on Mathematical Sciences and Analytics (BMSA)
  • Board on Physics and Astronomy (BPA)
  • Computer Science and Telecommunications Board (CSTB)
  • Intelligence Community Studies Board (ICSB)
  • Laboratory Assessments Board (LAB)
  • National Materials and Manufacturing Board (NMMB)
  • Naval Studies Board (NSB)
  • Space Studies Board (SSB)

Gulf Research Program (GRP)[29] Edit

Health and Medicine Division (HMD) Edit

Units of the Health and Medicine Division[30] Edit

  • Board on Children, Youth, and Families (BCYF)
  • Board on Global Health (BGH)
  • Board on Health Care Services (HCS)
  • Board on Health Sciences Policy (HSP)
  • Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice (BPH)
  • Food and Nutrition Board (FNB)

Policy and Global Affairs Division (PGA) Edit

Units of the Policy and Global Affairs Division[31] Edit

  • Board on Higher Education and Workforce (BHEW)
  • Board on International Scientific Organizations (BISO)
  • Board on Research Data and Information (BRDI)
  • Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy (STEP)
  • Committee on Human Rights (CHR)
  • Committee on International Security and Arms Control (CISAC)
  • Committee on Science, Engineering, Medicine, and Public Policy (COSEMPUP)
  • Committee on Science, Technology, and Law (CSTL)
  • Committee on Women in Science, Engineering, and Medicine (CWSEM)
  • Fellowships Office
  • Government-University-Industry Research Roundtable (GUIRR)
  • Resilient America Program
  • Science and Technology for Sustainability (STS)

Transportation Research Board (TRB) Edit

Units of the Transportation Research Board[32] Edit

  • Consensus and Advisory Studies Division
  • Cooperative Research Programs Division
    • Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP)
    • National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP)
    • Behavioral Traffic Safety Cooperative Research Program (BTSCRP)
    • National Cooperative Research and Evaluation Program (NCREP)
    • Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP)
    • National Cooperative Freight Research Program (NCFRP)
    • National Cooperative Rail Research Program (NCRRP)
    • Hazardous Materials Cooperative Research Program (HMCRP)

The study process Edit

The National Academies attempt to obtain authoritative, objective, and scientifically balanced answers to difficult questions of national importance.[33] Top scientists, engineers, health professionals, and other experts (not limited to those in academies membership) are enlisted to address the scientific and technical aspects of some of society's problems. These experts are volunteers who serve on study committees that are convened to answer specific sets of questions. All committee members serve without pay. NASEM does not perform original research; rather it provides independent advice. Federal agencies are the primary financial sponsors of the Academies' work; additional studies are funded by state agencies, foundations, other private sponsors, and the National Academies endowment. The external sponsors have no control over the conduct or results of a study, once the statement of task and budget are finalized. Study committees gather information from many sources in public meetings but deliberate in private in order to avoid political, special interest, and sponsor influence.

All reports go through an extensive external review facilitated by the internal Report Review Committee (also consisting of members from the NAS, NAE, and NAM).[34]

Through this study process, the National Academies produce around 200 reports each year. Recent reports addressed the obesity epidemic, the use of forensics in the courtroom, invasive plants, pollinator collapse, underage drinking, the Hubble Space Telescope, vaccine safety, the hydrogen economy, transportation safety, climate change, and homeland security. Many reports influence policy decisions; some are instrumental in enabling new research programs; others provide independent program reviews. The National Academies Press is the publisher for the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, and makes its publications available for free online reading. The full book PDFs have been available for free download since 2011.

Reports Edit

Climate change Edit

In 2001, the NRC published the report Climate Change Science: An Analysis of Some Key Questions, which emphasized that national policy decisions made both in the near term and in the future will influence the extent of any damage suffered by vulnerable human populations and ecosystems later in this century. The report endorsed findings of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) as representing the views of the scientific community:

The changes observed over the last several decades are likely mostly due to human activities, but we cannot rule out that some significant part of these changes is also a reflection of natural variability. Human-induced warming and associated sea level rise are expected to continue through the 21st century ... The IPCC's conclusion that most of the observed warming of the last 50 years is likely to have been due to the increase in greenhouse gas concentrations accurately reflects the current[2001] thinking of the scientific community on this issue.[35]

In 2013, the NRC published the report Abrupt Impacts of Climate Change: Anticipating Surprises, which provided an updated look at the issue of abrupt climate change and its potential impacts. This study differed from previous treatments of abrupt changes by focusing on abrupt climate changes and also abrupt climate impacts that have the potential to severely affect the physical climate system, natural systems, or human systems, often affecting multiple interconnected areas of concern.[36]

Sexual assault Edit

In 2013, the NRC published the report Estimating the Incidence of Rape and Sexual Assault,[37] which pointed out that approximately 80 percent of sexual assaults go unreported to law enforcement. The report recommends that the National Crime Victimization Survey adopt new approaches to interviews of rape victims, including changing the wording of questions.

In an article about the report, Amber Stevenson, clinical supervisor and therapist at the Nashville Sexual Assault Center, said that victim-blaming was the main issue preventing victims from coming forward:

As long as we as a community continue to make victim-blaming statements, such as, "She put herself in this situation,"..."She didn't fight back, she must have wanted it," we will continue to see rapes go unreported ... We have to stop blaming the victim. The conversation needs to shift to the person who chose to rape.[38]

Integrity in research Edit

The 1992 report, Responsible Science: Ensuring the Integrity of the Research Process was updated in 2017 by the report, Fostering Integrity in Research:

... as experience has accumulated with various forms of research misconduct, detrimental research practices, and other forms of misconduct, as subsequent empirical research has revealed more about the nature of scientific misconduct, and because technological and social changes have altered the environment in which science is conducted, it is clear that the framework established more than two decades ago needs to be updated.[39]

One of the report's main concerns is that a growing percentage of recently published research turns out to be not reproducible due in part to inadequate support of standards of transparency in many fields as well as to various other detrimental research practices.[40]

Other programs Edit

The Christine Mirzayan Science and Technology Policy Fellowship is an annual program for recent graduate students to spend three months working in the National Academies.[41] The Academies also administered the Marian Koshland Science Museum in downtown Washington until its closing in 2017; the Museum has since been replaced by LabX, a program of online resources and nationwide public events that aim to increase awareness of scientific and evidence-based solutions to community problems.[42]

Revenue Edit

The National Academies do not receive direct appropriations from the federal government; instead their revenue comes from grants and contracts of federal agencies and private sources.[43][44] According to the New York Times in 2023, "about 70 percent of the National Academies budget comes from federal funds, it also raised private donations from individuals, nonprofits and companies, including Chevron, Google, Merck, and Medtronic."[45] At the time it was advising the government on opioid policy, it received $19 million from Purdue Pharma's Sackler family between 2000 and 2021.[46]

Revenue applied to 2018[44]
Source US dollar
U.S. Government Agencies (Grants and Contracts)
Department of Transportation (DOT) 81,078,845
Department of Defense (DOD) 33,763,256
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) 18,383,255
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) 15,719,370
National Science Foundation (NSF) 12,606,945
Department of Energy (DOE) 7,940,633
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) 7,327,733
Department of Commerce (DOC) 6,363,193
Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) 5,479,264
Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) 4,204,101
Others 15,149,182
Total U.S. Government Agencies 208,015,777
Private and Nonfederal Sources
Grants and Contracts 50,193,687
Other Contributions 5,669,979
Total Private and Nonfederal Sources 55,863,666
Grand Total 263,879,443

See also Edit

References Edit

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  41. ^ "Christine Mirzayan Science & Technology Policy Graduate Fellowship Program". U.S. National Academies. Retrieved July 26, 2014.
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  44. ^ a b "Revenue Applied to 2018". The National Academies.
  45. ^ Jewett, Christina (April 30, 2023). "Institute Members Want Answers on Sacklers' Funds". New York Times. Vol. 172, no. 59774. pp. A21. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved April 30, 2023.
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Further reading Edit

  • Cochrane, Rexmond C. (1978). The National Academy of Sciences: The First Hundred Years, 1863-1963. Washington: The Academy. ISBN 978-0-309-02518-8.

External links Edit

  • Official website  
  • National Academy of Sciences (NAS)
  • National Academy of Engineering (NAE)
  • National Academy of Medicine (NAM)
  • National Academies Press (NAP)
  • Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences

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The National Academies of Sciences Engineering and Medicine also known as NASEM or the National Academies is a congressionally chartered organization that serves as the collective scientific national academy of the United States The name is used interchangeably in two senses 1 as an umbrella term or parent organization for its three sub divisions that operate as quasi independent honorific learned society member organizations known as the National Academy of Sciences NAS the National Academy of Engineering NAE and the National Academy of Medicine NAM and 2 as the brand for studies and reports issued by the unified operating arm of the three academies originally known as the National Research Council NRC The National Academies also serve as public policy advisors research institutes think tanks and public administration consultants on issues of public importance or on request by the government 7 8 9 10 11 The National Academies of Sciences Engineering and MedicineThe Keck Center of the National Academies in Washington D C Location of NASEM in Washington D C AbbreviationNASEMPredecessorCouncil of National Defense Department of Science and Research United States Army Signal Corps Science and Research DivisionFormation1863 as National Academy of Sciences 1916 as National Research Council 2015 as National Academies of Sciences Engineering and Medicine 1 2 FounderFederal Government of the United StatesTypeNational AcademyTax ID no 53 0196932Legal statusCongressionally Chartered Nonprofit OrganizationPurposeProvide independent objective advice to inform policy with evidence spark progress and innovation and confront challenging issues for the benefit of society 3 HeadquartersKeck Center 500 5th Street NW Washington D C 20001LocationExecutive Office National Academy of Sciences Building 2101 Constitution Avenue NW Washington DC 20418 United StatesCoordinates38 53 48 N 77 01 10 W 38 89667 N 77 01944 W 38 89667 77 01944MembershipScientists engineers and health professionalsOfficial languageEnglishPresident NAS amp Chair NRC Marcia McNutt 4 President NAE John L Anderson 5 President NAM Victor Dzau 6 SubsidiariesNational Academy of Sciences NAS National Academy of Engineering NAE National Academy of Medicine NAM Websitewww wbr nationalacademies wbr orgThe National Research Council National Academy of Engineering and National Academy of Medicine began as activities of the National Academy of Sciences until they were reorganized in 2015 into units of the current National Academies while maintaining the charter status and corporate successorship of the original National Academy of Sciences Now jointly governed by all three academies the NRC produces some 200 publications annually which are published by the National Academies Press The reports produced by the National Academies have been characterized as reflective of scientific consensus 12 Contents 1 History 2 The Academies 3 Program units 3 1 Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education DBASSE 3 1 1 Units of the Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education 25 3 2 Division on Earth and Life Studies DELS 3 2 1 Units of the Division on Earth and Life Studies 26 3 3 Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences DEPS 3 3 1 Units of the Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences 28 3 4 Gulf Research Program GRP 29 3 5 Health and Medicine Division HMD 3 5 1 Units of the Health and Medicine Division 30 3 6 Policy and Global Affairs Division PGA 3 6 1 Units of the Policy and Global Affairs Division 31 3 7 Transportation Research Board TRB 3 7 1 Units of the Transportation Research Board 32 4 The study process 4 1 Reports 4 1 1 Climate change 4 1 2 Sexual assault 4 1 3 Integrity in research 5 Other programs 6 Revenue 7 See also 8 References 9 Further reading 10 External linksHistory EditThe US National Academy of Sciences was created by an Act of Incorporation dated March 3 1863 which was signed by then President of the United States Abraham Lincoln 13 The Act stated that the Academy shall whenever called upon by any department of the Government investigate examine experiment and report upon any subject of science or art 13 With the American civil war raging the new Academy was presented with few problems to solve but it did address matters of coinage weights and measures iron ship hulls and the purity of whiskey 13 All subsequently affiliated organizations have been created under this same overall congressional charter including the two younger academies National Academy of Engineering NAE created in 1964 and NAM created as the Institute of Medicine in 1970 and rechartered as NAM in 2015 14 Under this same charter the National Research Council was created in 1916 On June 19 of that year then US President Woodrow Wilson requested that the National Academy of Sciences organize a National Research Council The purpose of the Council at first called the National Research Foundation was in part to foster and encourage the increased use of scientific research in the development of American industries the employment of scientific methods in strengthening the national defense and such other applications of science as will promote the national security and welfare 15 At the time the Academy s effort to support national defense readiness the Committee on Nitric Acid Supply was approved by Secretary of War Newton D Baker Nitric acid was the substance basic in the making of propellants such as cordite high explosives dyes fertilizers and other products but availability was limited due to World War I The NRC through its committee recommended importing Chilean saltpeter and the construction of four new ordnance plants These recommendations were accepted by the War Department in June 1917 although the plants were not completed prior to the end of the war 15 In 1918 Wilson formalized the NRC s existence under Executive Order 2859 16 17 18 Wilson s order declared the function of the NRC to be in general T o stimulate research in the mathematical physical and biological sciences and in the application of these sciences to engineering agriculture medicine and other useful arts with the object of increasing knowledge of strengthening the national defense and of contributing in other ways to the public welfare 13 During World War I the United States was at war the NRC operated as the Department of Science and Research of the Council of National Defense as well as the Science and Research Division of the United States Army Signal Corps 19 When war was first declared the Council had organized committees on anti submarine and gas warfare 13 On June 1 1917 the council convened a meeting of scientific representatives of the United Kingdom and France with interested parties from the U S on the subject of submarine detection 20 21 Another meeting with the British and French was held in Paris in October 1918 at which more details of their work were disclosed As a result of these meetings the NRC recommended that scientists be brought together to work on the problems associated with submarine detection Due to the success of council directed research in producing a sound based method of detecting submarines as well as other military innovations the NRC was retained at the end of the war though it was gradually decoupled from the military NRC s Articles of Organization have been changed only three times in 1956 January 1993 and July 2015 22 The Academies EditMain articles National Academy of Sciences National Academy of Engineering and National Academy of Medicine The National Academy of Sciences National Academy of Engineering and National Academy of Medicine are honorary membership organizations each of which has its own governing Council and each of which elects its own new members The membership of the three academies totals more than 6 300 scientists engineers and health professionals New members for each organization are elected annually by existing members based on their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research By the terms of the original 1863 Congressional charter the three academies serve pro bono as advisers to the nation on science engineering and medicine Program units EditThe program units formerly known as the National Research Council are collectively the operating arm of the three academies for the purpose of providing objective policy advice Although separately chartered see above it falls legally under the overall charter of the National Academy of Sciences whose ultimate fiduciary body is the NAS Council In actual practice the NAS Council delegates governing authority to a Governing Board of the National Research Council that is chaired jointly by the presidents of the three academies with additional members chosen by them or specified in the charters of the academies Under this three academy umbrella the program units produce reports that shape policies inform public opinion and advance the pursuit of science engineering and medicine 23 There are seven major divisions Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education Division of Earth and Life Studies Division of Engineering and Physical Sciences Health and Medicine Division Policy and Global Affairs Division Transportation Research Board and the Gulf Research Program 24 Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education DBASSE Edit Units of the Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education 25 Edit Board on Children Youth and Families BCYF Board on Behavioral Cognitive and Sensory Sciences BBCSS Board on Human Systems Integration BOHSI Board on Environmental Change and Society BECS Board on Science Education BOSE Committee on Law and Justice CLAJ Board on Testing and Assessment BOTA Committee on Population CPOP Committee on National Statistics CNSTAT Division on Earth and Life Studies DELS Edit Units of the Division on Earth and Life Studies 26 Edit Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources BANR Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate BASC Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology BCST Board on Earth Sciences and Resources BESR Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology BEST Board on Life Sciences BLS Institute for Laboratory Animal Research ILAR Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board NRSB Ocean Studies Board OSB Polar Research Board PRB Water Science and Technology Board WSTB Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences DEPS Edit The Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences has activities organized around 27 Government missions in defense space and aerospace National infrastructure challenges such as energy and environmental systems information and telecommunications manufacturing and engineering design civil engineering and the built or constructed environment inclusive of its Board on Infrastructure and Constructed Environment or BICE Science and engineering disciplines such as physics astronomy computer science and engineering materials science and engineering and the mathematical sciences and their applications Continuing assessments of federal government laboratories and research programs Units of the Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences 28 Edit Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board ASEB Air Force Studies Board AFSB Board on Army Research and Development BOARD Board on Energy and Environmental Systems BEES Board on Infrastructure and the Constructed Environment BICE Board on Mathematical Sciences and Analytics BMSA Board on Physics and Astronomy BPA Computer Science and Telecommunications Board CSTB Intelligence Community Studies Board ICSB Laboratory Assessments Board LAB National Materials and Manufacturing Board NMMB Naval Studies Board NSB Space Studies Board SSB Gulf Research Program GRP 29 Edit Health and Medicine Division HMD Edit Units of the Health and Medicine Division 30 Edit Board on Children Youth and Families BCYF Board on Global Health BGH Board on Health Care Services HCS Board on Health Sciences Policy HSP Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice BPH Food and Nutrition Board FNB Policy and Global Affairs Division PGA Edit Units of the Policy and Global Affairs Division 31 Edit Board on Higher Education and Workforce BHEW Board on International Scientific Organizations BISO Board on Research Data and Information BRDI Board on Science Technology and Economic Policy STEP Committee on Human Rights CHR Committee on International Security and Arms Control CISAC Committee on Science Engineering Medicine and Public Policy COSEMPUP Committee on Science Technology and Law CSTL Committee on Women in Science Engineering and Medicine CWSEM Fellowships Office Government University Industry Research Roundtable GUIRR Resilient America Program Science and Technology for Sustainability STS Transportation Research Board TRB Edit Units of the Transportation Research Board 32 Edit Consensus and Advisory Studies Division Cooperative Research Programs Division Airport Cooperative Research Program ACRP National Cooperative Highway Research Program NCHRP Behavioral Traffic Safety Cooperative Research Program BTSCRP National Cooperative Research and Evaluation Program NCREP Transit Cooperative Research Program TCRP National Cooperative Freight Research Program NCFRP National Cooperative Rail Research Program NCRRP Hazardous Materials Cooperative Research Program HMCRP The study process EditThe National Academies attempt to obtain authoritative objective and scientifically balanced answers to difficult questions of national importance 33 Top scientists engineers health professionals and other experts not limited to those in academies membership are enlisted to address the scientific and technical aspects of some of society s problems These experts are volunteers who serve on study committees that are convened to answer specific sets of questions All committee members serve without pay NASEM does not perform original research rather it provides independent advice Federal agencies are the primary financial sponsors of the Academies work additional studies are funded by state agencies foundations other private sponsors and the National Academies endowment The external sponsors have no control over the conduct or results of a study once the statement of task and budget are finalized Study committees gather information from many sources in public meetings but deliberate in private in order to avoid political special interest and sponsor influence All reports go through an extensive external review facilitated by the internal Report Review Committee also consisting of members from the NAS NAE and NAM 34 Through this study process the National Academies produce around 200 reports each year Recent reports addressed the obesity epidemic the use of forensics in the courtroom invasive plants pollinator collapse underage drinking the Hubble Space Telescope vaccine safety the hydrogen economy transportation safety climate change and homeland security Many reports influence policy decisions some are instrumental in enabling new research programs others provide independent program reviews The National Academies Press is the publisher for the National Academies of Sciences Engineering and Medicine and makes its publications available for free online reading The full book PDFs have been available for free download since 2011 Reports Edit Climate change Edit In 2001 the NRC published the report Climate Change Science An Analysis of Some Key Questions which emphasized that national policy decisions made both in the near term and in the future will influence the extent of any damage suffered by vulnerable human populations and ecosystems later in this century The report endorsed findings of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change IPCC as representing the views of the scientific community The changes observed over the last several decades are likely mostly due to human activities but we cannot rule out that some significant part of these changes is also a reflection of natural variability Human induced warming and associated sea level rise are expected to continue through the 21st century The IPCC s conclusion that most of the observed warming of the last 50 years is likely to have been due to the increase in greenhouse gas concentrations accurately reflects the current 2001 thinking of the scientific community on this issue 35 In 2013 the NRC published the report Abrupt Impacts of Climate Change Anticipating Surprises which provided an updated look at the issue of abrupt climate change and its potential impacts This study differed from previous treatments of abrupt changes by focusing on abrupt climate changes and also abrupt climate impacts that have the potential to severely affect the physical climate system natural systems or human systems often affecting multiple interconnected areas of concern 36 Sexual assault Edit In 2013 the NRC published the report Estimating the Incidence of Rape and Sexual Assault 37 which pointed out that approximately 80 percent of sexual assaults go unreported to law enforcement The report recommends that the National Crime Victimization Survey adopt new approaches to interviews of rape victims including changing the wording of questions In an article about the report Amber Stevenson clinical supervisor and therapist at the Nashville Sexual Assault Center said that victim blaming was the main issue preventing victims from coming forward As long as we as a community continue to make victim blaming statements such as She put herself in this situation She didn t fight back she must have wanted it we will continue to see rapes go unreported We have to stop blaming the victim The conversation needs to shift to the person who chose to rape 38 Integrity in research Edit The 1992 report Responsible Science Ensuring the Integrity of the Research Process was updated in 2017 by the report Fostering Integrity in Research as experience has accumulated with various forms of research misconduct detrimental research practices and other forms of misconduct as subsequent empirical research has revealed more about the nature of scientific misconduct and because technological and social changes have altered the environment in which science is conducted it is clear that the framework established more than two decades ago needs to be updated 39 One of the report s main concerns is that a growing percentage of recently published research turns out to be not reproducible due in part to inadequate support of standards of transparency in many fields as well as to various other detrimental research practices 40 Other programs EditThe Christine Mirzayan Science and Technology Policy Fellowship is an annual program for recent graduate students to spend three months working in the National Academies 41 The Academies also administered the Marian Koshland Science Museum in downtown Washington until its closing in 2017 the Museum has since been replaced by LabX a program of online resources and nationwide public events that aim to increase awareness of scientific and evidence based solutions to community problems 42 Revenue EditThe National Academies do not receive direct appropriations from the federal government instead their revenue comes from grants and contracts of federal agencies and private sources 43 44 According to the New York Times in 2023 about 70 percent of the National Academies budget comes from federal funds it also raised private donations from individuals nonprofits and companies including Chevron Google Merck and Medtronic 45 At the time it was advising the government on opioid policy it received 19 million from Purdue Pharma s Sackler family between 2000 and 2021 46 Revenue applied to 2018 44 Source US dollarU S Government Agencies Grants and Contracts Department of Transportation DOT 81 078 845Department of Defense DOD 33 763 256Department of Health and Human Services HHS 18 383 255U S Agency for International Development USAID 15 719 370National Science Foundation NSF 12 606 945Department of Energy DOE 7 940 633National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA 7 327 733Department of Commerce DOC 6 363 193Office of the Director of National Intelligence ODNI 5 479 264Department of Veterans Affairs VA 4 204 101Others 15 149 182Total U S Government Agencies 208 015 777Private and Nonfederal SourcesGrants and Contracts 50 193 687Other Contributions 5 669 979Total Private and Nonfederal Sources 55 863 666Grand Total 263 879 443See also EditAmerican Academy of Arts and Sciences List of members of the National Academy of Sciences Member of the National Academy of Sciences National Academies Press National Academies Communication Award United States National Research Council rankingsReferences Edit Overview NAS History National Academy of Sciences Retrieved June 10 2020 Blair Peter D 2016 The evolving role of the US National Academies of Sciences Engineering and Medicine in providing science and technology policy advice to the US government Palgrave Communications Springer Nature 2 doi 10 1057 palcomms 2016 30 About us National Academies of Sciences Engineering and Medicine Retrieved June 10 2020 Our Leadership National Academies of Sciences Engineering and Medicine Retrieved June 10 2020 Our Leadership National Academies of Sciences Engineering and Medicine Retrieved June 10 2020 Our Leadership National Academies of Sciences Engineering and Medicine Retrieved June 10 2020 Policy and Global Affairs Units www nationalacademies org Retrieved June 5 2020 Cooperative Research Programs Division www trb org Retrieved June 5 2020 https www nationalacademies org about About Us https www nationalacademies org ocga Congressional and Government Affairs Blair Peter D June 7 2016 The evolving role of the US National Academies of Sciences Engineering and Medicine in providing science and technology policy advice to the US government Palgrave Communications 2 1 1 7 doi 10 1057 palcomms 2016 30 ISSN 2055 1045 Hicks Diana Zullo Matteo Doshi Ameet Asensio Omar I March 1 2022 Widespread use of National Academies consensus reports by the American public Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 119 9 Bibcode 2022PNAS 11907760H doi 10 1073 pnas 2107760119 ISSN 0027 8424 PMC 8892306 PMID 35193972 a b c d e Rexmond Cochrane 1978 The National Academy of Sciences The First Hundred Years 1863 1963 NAP pp 209 211 ISBN 0 309 02518 4 Institute of Medicine to Become National Academy of Medicine The National Academies of Sciences Engineering and Medicine a b Rexmond Cochrane 1978 The National Academy of Sciences The First Hundred Years 1863 1963 NAP pp 209 211 ISBN 0 309 02518 4 Executive Order 2859 A Chronicle of Public Laws Calling for Action by the National Academy of Sciences National Academy of Engineering Institute of Medicine and National Research Council Washington DC National Academies 1985 p xiii NAP 11820 Retrieved March 22 2014 William Henry Welch NAS National Research Council U S 1919 Organization and Members The National Research Council p 3 Accessed at Google Books Michael S Reidy Gary R Kroll Erik M Conway 2007 Exploration and Science Social Impact and Interaction ABC CLIO pp 176 ISBN 978 1 57607 985 0 Howeth Linwood S 1963 History of communications electronics in the United States Navy Page 528 Articles of Organization Archived 2016 05 19 at the Wayback Machine June 1 2015 MRC website Articles of Organization of the National Research Council May 19 2016 Archived from the original on May 19 2016 Retrieved May 20 2021 About the National Research Council National Research Council Archived from the original on March 28 2014 Retrieved March 22 2014 Units of the Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education www nationalacademies org Retrieved June 5 2020 Units of the Division on Earth and Life Studies www nationalacademies org Retrieved June 5 2020 The mission of the Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences DEPS National Research Council Retrieved March 22 2014 Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences Units www nationalacademies org Retrieved June 5 2020 About the Gulf Research Program www nationalacademies org Retrieved June 5 2020 Health and Medicine Division Units www nationalacademies org Retrieved June 5 2020 Policy and Global Affairs Units www nationalacademies org Retrieved June 5 2020 Cooperative Research Programs Division www trb org Retrieved June 5 2020 Our Study Process National Academy of Medicine Archived from the original on October 16 2009 Retrieved November 1 2015 Who We Are National Academies org Where the Nation Turns for Independent Expert Advice National Academies org Retrieved on 2013 08 12 Climate Change Science An Analysis of Some Key Questions National Academies Press The National Academies Press 2001 doi 10 17226 10139 ISBN 978 0 309 07574 9 Council National Research 2013 Abrupt Impacts of Climate Change Anticipating Surprises doi 10 17226 18373 ISBN 978 0 309 28773 9 Council National Research 2014 Estimating the Incidence of Rape and Sexual Assault doi 10 17226 18605 ISBN 978 0 309 29737 0 PMID 24872989 Study Sexual assaults greatly underreported USA TODAY Retrieved March 29 2016 National Academies Of Sciences Engineering Policy Global Affairs Committee On Science Engineering Committee on Responsible Science 2017 Fostering Integrity in Research doi 10 17226 21896 ISBN 978 0 309 39125 2 PMID 29341557 Retrieved September 15 2018 a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a last2 has generic name help website ignored help Frazier Kendrick 2017 Academies Report Urges Bolstered Efforts to Protect Integrity of Science Skeptical Inquirer 41 4 5 6 Christine Mirzayan Science amp Technology Policy Graduate Fellowship Program U S National Academies Retrieved July 26 2014 About Marian Koshland Science Museum February 16 2012 Retrieved May 13 2019 Who We Are The National Academies a b Revenue Applied to 2018 The National Academies Jewett Christina April 30 2023 Institute Members Want Answers on Sacklers Funds New York Times Vol 172 no 59774 pp A21 ISSN 0362 4331 Retrieved April 30 2023 Jewett Christina April 23 2023 Sacklers Gave Millions to Institution That Advises on Opioid Policy The New York Times pp A1 ISSN 0362 4331 Retrieved April 30 2023 Further reading EditCochrane Rexmond C 1978 The National Academy of Sciences The First Hundred Years 1863 1963 Washington The Academy ISBN 978 0 309 02518 8 External links EditOfficial website nbsp National Academy of Sciences NAS National Academy of Engineering NAE National Academy of Medicine NAM National Academies Press NAP Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title National Academies of Sciences Engineering and Medicine amp oldid 1174474146 Program units, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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