This standing committee will explore the implications of global basic and applied research in the era of strategic competition, identify areas where opportunities for Five Eye alliance nation ...

Early-career researchers selected for the 2026 Christine Mirzayan Science and Technology Policy Graduate Fellowship program, who recently began their 12-week assignments at the National Academies, ...

Recognizing wildfires as an increasingly complex public health and health care challenge, the National Academies’ Forum on ...

The National Academies’ Gulf Research Program announced today its 2026 cohort of Science Policy Fellows. Beginning Sept. 1, the 12 fellows will spend one year on the staff of federal, state, and local ...

A new congressionally mandated National Academies report is bringing renewed attention to those questions, recommending a ...

The Transportation Research Board’s Airport Cooperative Research Program announced eight recipients of this year’s ACRP ...

Flood Resilience across the Commonwealth, held March 27, 2026, in Charlottesville, researchers, local and state officials, ...

Emerging research institutions — which by statute spend less than $50 million in federal research funding annually — are ...

Each year, thousands of top experts in their fields volunteer their time and extensive knowledge to the National Academies. The contributions of volunteers and expert staff drive progress, innovation, ...

Chemistry and chemical engineering are fundamental to technologies that could revolutionize energy production, quantum ...

WASHINGTON — A new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine provides a comprehensive assessment of the current capabilities of extreme event attribution (EEA) — a ...

WASHINGTON — Renowned evolutionary biologist Neil H. Shubin took office today as the president of the National Academy of Sciences. Also today, Monica M. Bertagnolli, former director of the National ...