APS Sends Letter to Biden Transition Team Outlining Science Policy Priorities
APS President Phil Bucksbaum outlines the need for stimulus funding, international collaboration, and immigration reform among other recommendations.
By Tawanda W. Johnson
APS has sent a letter to President-elect Joe Biden’s transition team, requesting that he consider policy recommendations across six issue areas while calling for his administration to “set a bold path to return the United States to its position of global leadership in science, technology, and innovation.”
Authored last December by then-APS President Phil Bucksbaum, the letter urges Biden to consider recommendations in the following areas: COVID-19 stimulus support; international collaborations and research security; visas and immigration; domestic workforce; nuclear threat reduction; and climate change.