Federation of American Scientists
For Federal Capacity For Wildfire Resilience
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Amount$185,000
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Program
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Date Awarded9/23/2021
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Term24.0 Months
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Type of SupportProject
Strategies
Overview
The Federation of American Scientists is a nonpartisan, nonprofit policy research and advocacy organization that works to address issues where science, technology, and innovation policy can deliver dramatic progress and prevent catastrophic harm. The federation’s Day One Project launched the Day One Talent Hub to provide a pathway for federal leaders to access diverse, leading scientific and technological experts interested in serving a “tour of duty†in the federal government. This grant supports the group in seeking wildfire experts for this pathway. (Substrategy: Wildfire)
About the Grantee
Grantee Website
www.fas.org
Address
1112 16th Street NW, Suite 400, Washington, DC, 20036, United States
Grants to this Grantee
for mobilizing U.S. leadership toward effective global climate finance
With this grant, the Federation of American Scientists will develop, through a series of interviews, convenings, and analyses, a detailed understanding of the barriers associated with an increase in U.S. foreign assistance for global climate mitigation and adaptation. This will, in turn, help underpin the development of a plan for how to overcome these constraints for use by a variety of stakeholders, including making recommendations on how to bridge gaps between stakeholder views. (Substrategy: Finance)
for general operating support
The Federation of American Scientists believes that scientists, engineers, and other technically trained people have an ethical obligation to ensure that the technological fruits of science are applied to the benefit of humanity. The group works to make government more accountable and provide scientific knowledge to policymakers. For example, its Congressional Science Policy Initiative promotes better two-way communication to inform and educate Congress and the public on complex science and technology issues and to educate the science community on the workings of Congress, and its Day One Project is working with the executive branch to bring top-quality science talent into senior positions in executive agencies, strengthening the capacity to address science-related issues. This grant is for general operating support.
