STAS Core Objectives

Enhancing the S&T literacy and capacity of the Department of State: increasing the number of scientists in the Department and the exposure of non-scientist Department personnel to S&T issues

• American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellowships - 36-37 in 2004
• Professional Science Society Fellowships - 8 in 2004 American Institute of Physics (2001), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (2002), American Chemical Society (2004)
• Jefferson Science Fellowships - 5 in 2004
• S & T Student Internships (71 in the U.S and abroad for Summer 2008)
• Embassy Science Fellows (37 from 7 agencies in 33 posts)

Building partnerships with the outside S&T community: establishing partnerships within the U.S. Government, with S&T partners abroad, and with foreign embassies in the U.S.

Providing accurate S&T advice to the Department: directly advising the Secretary of State, other senior State Department officials, and embassies on emerging and “at the horizon” S&T issues.

Shaping a global perspective on the emerging and “at the horizon” S&T developments anticipated to affect current and future U.S. foreign policy by creating a “proactive anticipatory” environment for S&T decision-making, as opposed to “crisis management.”