Congressional briefings and exhibitions
The AMS holds annual congressional briefings as a means to communicate information to policymakers. Speakers bring science directly to Capitol Hill decision-makers and offer stories of how federal investment in basic research in math and science pays off for American taxpayers and helps the nation remain a world leader in innovation. The National Science Foundation (NSF) provides the majority of funding for the basic research necessary to unlock the enormous potential applications of the mathematical sciences. The AMS appreciates the NSF’s farsighted commitment to this investment.
Beginning in 2023, each briefing highlights work connected to one of the NSF-funded Mathematical Sciences Institutes. The 2023 briefing is in partnership with the Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics (IPAM).
View recent briefings
- Mitigating Climate Change: science and policy
- Cryptography in the Quantum Era
- Threats & Vulnerabilities of Interconnected Systems
- From the Color of Birds to Nanomaterials and New Technology
- Computational Origami on Stage at Capitol Hill Briefing
- Cryptography: How to Enable Privacy in a Data-Driven World
- Blackboard to bedside: How high-dimensional geometry is transforming the MRI industry
- How Mathematical Models Predict Emerging Epidemics
- From right triangles to modern cryptography
- The Future of Mathematics: Education & Innovation
- How Math Fuels the Knowledge Economy
- Chaos and Avalanches in Science and Socio-Political Systems
- Mathematics: Leading the Way for New Options in the Treatment of Coronary Artery Disease
- The Gulf Oil Spill: How Can We Protect our Beaches in the Future?
View recent exhibitions
- Power Domination: How Zero Forcing is used to monitor an electric power system
- Beyond Coursework: Extending a Successful Model for Building Diversity in STEM to University Campuses
- Berry Smart: Mathematics for Food and Water Security
- On the Movement of Cells, Birds, Fish and Other Agents: Mathematical Modeling in Biology and Ecology
- Mathematical Algorithms for Space Weather, Tsunamis, and Plasma Physics
- Topological Sensor Networks