Program areas at FAS
Talent InitiativesIn FY23, FAS expanded the Talent Hub's reach by bringing in a new portfolio director with 20 years of experience managing federal fellowship programs. This expertise led to the largest federal grant in FAS history. This award is from the USDA for administration of their food systems fellowship program. Within USDA and across the federal government the team has placed 50 fellows in federal agencies. These fellows are solving problems for agencies seeking expertise to work on important issues.
Government InnovationFAS aims to help build a more proficient and innovative federal government by generating and implementing concrete solutions about how it hires talent, spends its resources, breaks down bottlenecks and builds new initiatives. To date, we've been working to Advance the adoption and uptake of innovative financial mechanisms across government and within specific agencies, including DOE and USAID.
Special ProjectsFAS believes that great ideas can originate from anyone. Often bringing these ideas to life requires a set business structure that bar many innovators and scientists from entry. FAS seeks to free up these policy-focused entrepreneurs with infrastructure and guidance through our fiscal sponsorship offering.
Global Risk In FY23, FAS expanded the Nuclear Information Project (NIP) to a portfolio focused on global risk. During this time, the team has hired a new portfolio director who brings 30+ years of executive branch leadership in the nuclear policy space. In addition to providing the public with the most reliable and agreed upon public data of nuclear weapons, the team added a focus on enhancing policymakers' understanding of the broad implications of AI and nuclear weapon-related issues, and developing a suite of policy, regulatory, and global policy initiatives; and advancing and expanding the work of the Nuclear Information Project to enhance transparency and public knowledge, develop and promote policy recommendations, and catalyze global action to responsibly reduce the numbers and role of nuclear weapons worldwide.Government CapacityFAS kicked off a new body of work around government capacity this fiscal year. FAS aims to help build a more proficient and innovative federal government by generating and implementing concrete solutions about how it hires talent, spends its resources, breaks down bottlenecks and builds new initiatives. To date, we've been working to Advance the adoption and uptake of innovative financial mechanisms across government and within specific agencies, including DOE and USAID.
Science Policy Entrepreneurship and Day One Project The goal of this work is to create innovative ideas that catalyze new ways of working or thinking across the federal government. In FY23, the team worked to deliver bold policy solutions, from diverse sources across the science and technology landscape, across broad issue spaces, from climate resilience to wildfire to evidence-based decision-making and bioeconomy.