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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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

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

On Being a Scientist was designed to supplement the informal lessons in ethics provided by research supervisors and mentors. The book describes the ethical foundations of scientific practices and some ...

NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of ...

This year, the CHR marks a half a century of work to safeguard human rights and deepen understanding of the connections between human rights and science, engineering, and medicine. Visit the CHR’s ...

The Water Science and Technology Board (WSTB) serves as the focal point for studies related to water resources at the National Academies. The board works to improve the scientific and technological ...