January - March, 2026
Alum Devin Reese showing plants to Garden visitors. | Photo: US Botanic Garden
STPF Alumni Share Expertise With U.S. Botanic Garden Visitors
STPF alumni returned to the United States Botanic Garden in Summer 2025 as part of the “Expert Is In” program, sharing their knowledge on topics ranging from pollination and plant evolution to soundscapes, food biotechnology, and green infrastructure. Meet the seven AAAS STPF alumni fellows who helped visitors experience science in bloom. Read more.
Interested in joining the 2026 “Expert Is In” program? Click here to be notified when applications open.
Launch of Pathways to Policy Fellowship
AAAS has launched the Pathways to Policy Fellowship (PPF), its third immersive fellowship, and welcomed a pilot cohort in 2025. PPF places scientists in sectors outside the federal government, including nonprofits, think tanks and private sector companies. Learn more about this exciting new opportunity!
STPF on LinkedIn
Bet you never imagined Duolingo, The Magic School Bus and James Bond to be related! The National Science Foundation (NSF) and its investment in STEM is the piece connecting these three distinct items, explains AAAS STPF alum Carlos Martinez. Read the full post.
Image: Nicole Fuller/National Science Foundation
STPF Sci on the Fly Podcast | Science Under Siege (and What We Can Do)
The unstoppable rise of renewable energy: In 2025, there was the unmistakable shift from looking within the Earth for fossil fuel to looking into its atmosphere at the Sun.
Only on AlumniEngage
In 2025, we hosted Bridges to Action, a webinar series that explored ways alumni can take action and get involved with initiatives both within and beyond AAAS. The conversations remain just as relevant as we move further into 2026. If you missed a session, or would like to revisit one, you can watch them on demand here! (Contact us for the password.)
MOVING & SHAKING
MOVING & SHAKING
Christopher Crawford
Program Officer, Environment
Allen Family Philanthropies
As a program officer, Chris (2023-25 USDA fellow) cultivates and manages grants for innovative and applied conservation science and technology projects. In addition to developing new partnerships and strategic initiatives with the AAAS Fellowship Programs' environment portfolio, he leads development of the foundation's strategy for community-based conservation throughout Africa. "STPF showed me not only how science is conducted within federal agencies and how science informs and influences policy and practice; it also opened new doors for my career as a conservation scientist outside of academia and government," Chris shared.
Photo: Kimberly Grambo