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Reporting on federal changes to science

The U.S. Federal Research and Development (R&D) Budget 101

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

"This course is designed to build a foundational understanding of the U.S. federal research and development (R&D) budget process. Through a series of modules, participants will explore how the federal R&D budget is developed, the key factors that shape funding decisions, the history of federal R&D investments, and how to seek out budget data and trends. This course was prepared by Alessandra Zimmermann of the AAAS R&D Budget and Policy Program, a program that has been collecting and curating federal R&D funding data since 1976."
  • Note: The course is free for non-AAAS members through September 30. After September 30, AAAS membership is required; the course will be a membership benefit.
Reporting on federal changes to science

The U.S. Federal Research and Development (R&D) Budget 101

Summary:
"This course is designed to build a foundational understanding of the U.S. federal research and development (R&D) budget process. Through a series of modules, participants will explore how the federal R&D budget is developed, the key factors that shape funding decisions, the history of federal R&D investments, and how to seek out budget data and trends. This course was prepared by Alessandra Zimmermann of the AAAS R&D Budget and Policy Program, a program that has been collecting and curating federal R&D funding data since 1976."
  • Note: The course is free for non-AAAS members through September 30. After September 30, AAAS membership is required; the course will be a membership benefit.
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American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

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Tip Sheet: What We No Longer Know — Reporting on Extreme Weather With Unreliable Federal Data

Climate change is creating conditions for extreme weather as well as disasters like fires and floods. At the same time, the federal databases – and even data archives – that inform understanding and predictions about such events are disappearing. On July 16, 2026, CASW Connector hosted a Chat with:

  • Christopher K. Wikle, the Curators’ Distinguished Professor of Statistics at the University of Missouri. He specializes in spatio-temporal statistics, with primary applications to geophysical processes, weather, climate, complex biological processes and the environment.
  • Jason Samenow, the founder and chief meteorologist for Capital Weather, a company dedicated to providing trustworthy D.C. area weather coverage. He was previously The Washington Post‘s weather editor and also worked as a climate change analyst at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
  • Sarah Kaplan, a climate reporter at The Washington Post covering humanity’s response to a warming world.

The Chat was moderated by  Regina Nuzzo, a professor of mathematics and data science at Gallaudet University, co-host of the Normal Curves podcast, and a science journalist specializing in statistics and the scientific process.

Check out the tip sheet for advice and resources, as well as a recording of the Chat.

Resource Database / Guide

Tip Sheet: What We No Longer Know — Reporting on Extreme Weather With Unreliable Federal Data

Summary:

Climate change is creating conditions for extreme weather as well as disasters like fires and floods. At the same time, the federal databases – and even data archives – that inform understanding and predictions about such events are disappearing. On July 16, 2026, CASW Connector hosted a Chat with:

  • Christopher K. Wikle, the Curators’ Distinguished Professor of Statistics at the University of Missouri. He specializes in spatio-temporal statistics, with primary applications to geophysical processes, weather, climate, complex biological processes and the environment.
  • Jason Samenow, the founder and chief meteorologist for Capital Weather, a company dedicated to providing trustworthy D.C. area weather coverage. He was previously The Washington Post‘s weather editor and also worked as a climate change analyst at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
  • Sarah Kaplan, a climate reporter at The Washington Post covering humanity’s response to a warming world.

The Chat was moderated by  Regina Nuzzo, a professor of mathematics and data science at Gallaudet University, co-host of the Normal Curves podcast, and a science journalist specializing in statistics and the scientific process.

Check out the tip sheet for advice and resources, as well as a recording of the Chat.

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Reporting on federal changes to science

The Cost of Cutting American Science

"Every great solutions story starts with a problem, and a major problem in the U.S. right now is massive, abrupt funding cuts to established programs. The Partnership for Public Service has created a new tool to help uncover and understand those cuts, which could be of special interest to journalists. The Partnership for Public Service doesn’t just spotlight problems — it often celebrates the best of civic impact. In that spirit, this interactive database isn’t just useful for finding what’s wrong; it can also be a starting point for stories about how the affected communities are responding."
Reporting on federal changes to science

The Cost of Cutting American Science

Summary:
"Every great solutions story starts with a problem, and a major problem in the U.S. right now is massive, abrupt funding cuts to established programs. The Partnership for Public Service has created a new tool to help uncover and understand those cuts, which could be of special interest to journalists. The Partnership for Public Service doesn’t just spotlight problems — it often celebrates the best of civic impact. In that spirit, this interactive database isn’t just useful for finding what’s wrong; it can also be a starting point for stories about how the affected communities are responding."
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What Journalists Need To Know About a Proposal To Overhaul Federal Science Funding

SciLine offers a "look at how federal scientific research funding has worked for decades, how a proposed rule would increase political control over grantmaking, and how journalists can cover the potential impact on their own communities." Also includes a FAQ section for journalists.
Resource Database / Guide

What Journalists Need To Know About a Proposal To Overhaul Federal Science Funding

Summary:
SciLine offers a "look at how federal scientific research funding has worked for decades, how a proposed rule would increase political control over grantmaking, and how journalists can cover the potential impact on their own communities." Also includes a FAQ section for journalists.
Author:

Kerry Dooley Young

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SciLine

Date:

July 14, 2026

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Reporting on federal changes to science

The Good Science Project

This Substack provides ongoing commentary and analysis on federal science agency funding.
Reporting on federal changes to science

The Good Science Project

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This Substack provides ongoing commentary and analysis on federal science agency funding.
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Reporting on federal changes to science

OECD Data Explorer

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has a huge library of data — the most useful might be their Main Science and Technology Indicators but there are tons of other science-relevant datasets, including but not limited to:
  • Ag and fisheries
  • Environment and climate change
  • Health
  • Science, technology and innovation
Reporting on federal changes to science

OECD Data Explorer

Summary:
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has a huge library of data — the most useful might be their Main Science and Technology Indicators but there are tons of other science-relevant datasets, including but not limited to:
  • Ag and fisheries
  • Environment and climate change
  • Health
  • Science, technology and innovation
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Reporting on federal changes to science

AAAS R&D Budget Reports and Publications

The American Association for the Advancement of Science provides comprehensive, big-picture analyses of final R&D funding across the entire federal government.
Reporting on federal changes to science

AAAS R&D Budget Reports and Publications

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The American Association for the Advancement of Science provides comprehensive, big-picture analyses of final R&D funding across the entire federal government.
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Association of Scientific Journalists of the News Press

"AJSPI [The French Association of Science Journalists] has around 300 members, all of them professional journalists. The great majority work in French for national outlets, but some are employed by foreign media and work in English or other languages." AJSPI activities:
  • Breakfast debates with researchers;
  • Laboratory or research-site visits;
  • Workshops and training courses on the practical aspects of scientific journalism;
  • Study trips abroad and research site visits (some recent examples include South Africa, Turkey, Canada, China, Japan, French Guyana and Israel);
  • Journalist-researcher exchange scholarships that allows journalists to spend a few days in a research laboratory or in the field with scientists, and researchers to spend a few days in a newsroom;
  • Seminars on high-profile issues or on the practical aspects of journalism.
Organization

Association of Scientific Journalists of the News Press

Summary:
"AJSPI [The French Association of Science Journalists] has around 300 members, all of them professional journalists. The great majority work in French for national outlets, but some are employed by foreign media and work in English or other languages." AJSPI activities:
  • Breakfast debates with researchers;
  • Laboratory or research-site visits;
  • Workshops and training courses on the practical aspects of scientific journalism;
  • Study trips abroad and research site visits (some recent examples include South Africa, Turkey, Canada, China, Japan, French Guyana and Israel);
  • Journalist-researcher exchange scholarships that allows journalists to spend a few days in a research laboratory or in the field with scientists, and researchers to spend a few days in a newsroom;
  • Seminars on high-profile issues or on the practical aspects of journalism.
Location:

Paris

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Resource Database / Guide

Tip Sheet: Follow the Money — How To Cover the Federal Appropriations Process

On April 30, 2026, CASW Connector hosted a Chat with Alessandra Zimmermann, AAAS project director for R&D policy, and Max Kozlov, award-winning science journalist at Nature.

The Chat was moderated by independent science journalist Virginia Gewin and facilitated by CASW program director Amber Dance.

Check out the tip sheet for advice and resources, as well as a recording of the Chat.

Resource Database / Guide

Tip Sheet: Follow the Money — How To Cover the Federal Appropriations Process

Summary:

On April 30, 2026, CASW Connector hosted a Chat with Alessandra Zimmermann, AAAS project director for R&D policy, and Max Kozlov, award-winning science journalist at Nature.

The Chat was moderated by independent science journalist Virginia Gewin and facilitated by CASW program director Amber Dance.

Check out the tip sheet for advice and resources, as well as a recording of the Chat.

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Conference

Visualising Climate 2026

"Visualising Climate is the first global conference on data visualisation for climate and environmental sciences. Bringing together scientists, artists, communicators, and journalists, this event will serve as a meeting point between data and storytelling, evidence and perception, art and science. Over three days of talks, workshops, and informal conversations, participants will delve into how data can be visualised to inform, engage, inspire action, and influence policy. This summit is a space to share tools, techniques, and case studies that push the boundaries of visual narratives, foster interdisciplinary collaboration and co-creation, and empower change through data visualisation."
  • Where: Bologna, Italy
  • When: November 4–6, 2026
Conference

Visualising Climate 2026

Summary:
"Visualising Climate is the first global conference on data visualisation for climate and environmental sciences. Bringing together scientists, artists, communicators, and journalists, this event will serve as a meeting point between data and storytelling, evidence and perception, art and science. Over three days of talks, workshops, and informal conversations, participants will delve into how data can be visualised to inform, engage, inspire action, and influence policy. This summit is a space to share tools, techniques, and case studies that push the boundaries of visual narratives, foster interdisciplinary collaboration and co-creation, and empower change through data visualisation."
  • Where: Bologna, Italy
  • When: November 4–6, 2026
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Source database

Field Sources: An Environmental Source Desk

"Environmental stories are undercovered in part because the experts are hard to find. Naturalists, science communicators, curriculum designers, field educators, and community-based practitioners are doing work that is directly relevant to the stories journalists are pursuing — but they don’t appear in the usual source databases, and they usually don’t have communication specialists on staff. Field Sources is a personally-curated roster of environmental and sustainability practitioners who have agreed to be available to journalists on deadline." The service is for:
  • Journalists: You’re working on a story that touches environmental education, sustainability practice, informal learning, or community-based science. You need a credible, responsive source — and you need them quickly. Field Sources is free for journalists. You bring the angle. I do the matching.
  • Practitioners: You have expertise that journalists need but can’t find. You’re willing to be interviewed, you can speak to a deadline, and you want your work to reach a wider audience. Inclusion in Field Sources is by invitation and application — not open enrollment.
Source database

Field Sources: An Environmental Source Desk

Summary:
"Environmental stories are undercovered in part because the experts are hard to find. Naturalists, science communicators, curriculum designers, field educators, and community-based practitioners are doing work that is directly relevant to the stories journalists are pursuing — but they don’t appear in the usual source databases, and they usually don’t have communication specialists on staff. Field Sources is a personally-curated roster of environmental and sustainability practitioners who have agreed to be available to journalists on deadline." The service is for:
  • Journalists: You’re working on a story that touches environmental education, sustainability practice, informal learning, or community-based science. You need a credible, responsive source — and you need them quickly. Field Sources is free for journalists. You bring the angle. I do the matching.
  • Practitioners: You have expertise that journalists need but can’t find. You’re willing to be interviewed, you can speak to a deadline, and you want your work to reach a wider audience. Inclusion in Field Sources is by invitation and application — not open enrollment.
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Conference

Falling Walls Science Summit

Press accreditation is available to journalists of all media (print, online, TV, radio, web TV, photography) for "the Falling Walls Science Summit, November 6-9, 2026. Discover groundbreaking research, innovative ideas, and transformative global leaders from academia, business, politics, the media, and civil society, and the 2026 Falling Walls Science Breakthroughs of the Year Laureates. Since 2009, the Falling Walls Science Summit has united the world’s greatest minds to break down barriers in science and innovation. We bring together global science leaders, business pioneers, and public sector visionaries to share knowledge, foster collaboration, and shape the future of the international innovation system—creating meaningful impact for humanity."
  • Where: Falling Walls Science House, Karl-Marx-Allee 34, Berlin or Online
Conference

Falling Walls Science Summit

Summary:
Press accreditation is available to journalists of all media (print, online, TV, radio, web TV, photography) for "the Falling Walls Science Summit, November 6-9, 2026. Discover groundbreaking research, innovative ideas, and transformative global leaders from academia, business, politics, the media, and civil society, and the 2026 Falling Walls Science Breakthroughs of the Year Laureates. Since 2009, the Falling Walls Science Summit has united the world’s greatest minds to break down barriers in science and innovation. We bring together global science leaders, business pioneers, and public sector visionaries to share knowledge, foster collaboration, and shape the future of the international innovation system—creating meaningful impact for humanity."
  • Where: Falling Walls Science House, Karl-Marx-Allee 34, Berlin or Online
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