Through funding to the California Council on Science and Technology, the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation partnered with five other organizations to support the creation and development of a science and technology policy fellowship program for the California Legislature. The program was modeled after the successful 35-year-old federal Science & Technology Policy Fellowship Program administered by the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Ten Ph.D.-level scientists and engineers are now in place in California Senate and Assembly offices providing unbiased, non-partisan science and technology expertise for policymakers, to be used to inform their decision-making.

Read the San Jose Mercury News article here:

http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_14116657