With Tighter Budgets, Researchers May Be Asked to Lobby Lawmakers on Campuses
As the federal budget tightens, university researchers have come under growing pressure to help convince policy makers of the importance of spending on science. Now they may get drafted to lobby legislators… The plan will involve identifying lawmakers whose support for federal research spending could be critical on a particular vote, and then asking university researchers in that member’s district to take steps that include inviting the lawmaker to the campus to get a stronger sense of the science and how it benefits the community, said Jennifer A. Hobin, the organization’s director of science policy.
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by Paul Basken, The Chronicle of Higher Education.