Committee on Science Policy

General Description

• Committee is standing
• Number of members is fourteen to sixteen
• Term is three years effective 01 February

The members shall consist of 3 Council members (chosen from the Vice Presidents and Members-at-Large), a member of the Board of Trustees, the President, the President Elect/Past President, the Secretary, the Chair of the Committee on Education, the AMS Staff Liaison, and 4–6 at-large members. The Executive Director will serve as a non-voting member.

The Chair of the Committee on Science Policy shall serve ex officio on the Committee on Education.

Principal Activities

To discuss and act on questions of federal policy as it affects the mathematical sciences.

1. To serve as a forum for dialogue about matters of policy connecting representatives of the AMS with government officials and other relevant parties. 
2. To be responsible for the selection of those elements of the Joint Mathematics Meetings and other AMS meeting programs, such as lectures and panel discussions, which bear directly on such policy questions within the purview of the Committee.
3. To provide advice to the AMS on matters of broad science policy.
4. To interact with government agencies and policymakers.
5. To provide advice about ways in which the AMS can work effectively with other organizations on matters of science policy.
6. To conduct periodic reviews of AMS activities in areas of science policy, for example:
   • Science policies promoted by the AMS, and strategies used to implement them.
   • The ways in which the AMS collaborates with other organizations on matters of science policy.
   • AMS Office of Government Relations programs and activities (including congressional briefings, DC-based AMS fellowship programs, congressional visit programs).
   • CSP committee charge
7. To prepare an annual report on the Committee’s activities and goals for the AMS Council and for possible publication in the Notices.

Miscellaneous Information

The Committee does its work by email, videoconference, and usually one face-to-face meeting per year. This committee has been designated at LEVEL P.

Note to the Chair

Committee chairs should be informed, at the beginning of each fiscal period, of the budget of their committees and cautioned to remain within the budget. Such items as travel reimbursement, accommodations, and meals for guests of any kind fall within these budgets.

For the purpose of archiving the committee activities, the Secretary maintains a central file system for archiving committee records. Committee Chairs are asked to submit committee records on yearly basis. Chairs can submit material at their discretion, and some materials that they may wish to provide are meeting minutes, agenda, and emails. Confidential material should be noted, so that it can be handled in a confidential manner.

Authorization

• 10/74 Council minutes, p.4
• 11/81 ECBT minutes, item 5.1
• 01/86 Council minutes, item 4.10
• 01/93 Council minutes, item 4.5
• 01/94 Council minutes
• 01/04 Council minutes, item 4.3.6
• Updated 2/22/93; 8/24/94; 4/27/95; 7/16/03; 2/6/04; 7/20/22; 1/15/25 (Council item 2.10)

Past Members

A list of current and past members from 1989 and onwards is available here
http://www.ams.org/about-us/governance/committees/csp-past.html