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Scientific Communications Act of 2007

Introduced: March 9, 2007 Introduced by: Matsui, Doris O. Democratic · California See on congress.gov
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Mar 14, 2007
Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Science Education.
Mar 9, 2007
Referred to the House Committee on Science and Technology.
Mar 9, 2007
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E511-512)
Mar 9, 2007
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Scientific Communications Act of 2007 - Directs the National Science Foundation (NSF) to establish a program for making grants to institutions to provide communications training to graduate students in order to improve the ability of scientists to interact with policymakers. Requires such program to be integrated with other NSF programs for the training of scientists, such as the Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) program.

Requires recipients of grants under this Act to transmit annual reports to NSF describing the operations of the program funded by the grant.

What's happening now March 14, 2007

Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Science Education.

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