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Annual Report cience S Without Borders aaas annual report | 2011 The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) is the world’s largest general scientific society and publisher of the journal Science (www.sciencemag.org) as well as Science Translational Medicine (www.sciencetranslationalmedicine.org) and Science Signaling (www.sciencesignaling.org). AAAS was founded in 1848 and includes some 261 affiliated societies and academies of science, serving 10 million individuals. Science has the largest paid circulation of any peer- reviewed general science journal in the world, with an estimated total readership of 1 million. The non-profit AAAS (www.aaas.org) is open to all and fulfills its mission to “advance science and serve society” through initiatives in science policy; international programs; science education; and more. For the latest research news, log onto EurekAlert! (www.eurekalert.org), the premier science-news Web site, a service of AAAS. American Association for the Advancement of Science 1200 New York Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20005 USA Tel: 202-326-6440 For more information about supporting AAAS, please e-mail [email protected], or call 202-326-6636. This year’s cover photograph was taken in August 2010 in the Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, by Alan I. Leshner. [FSC MixedSources logo / Rainforest Alliance Certified / 100 percent green power logo] table of Contents 2 Welcome Letter by Alice S. Huang and Alan I. Leshner 4 Public Statements on Key Issues 7 Science, Policy and Society 10 Government Relations 12 AAAS Worldwide 14 Science Education and Careers 16 Science, Technology and Security Policy 18 The Science Family of Journals 20 Media and Public Engagement 22 ScienceCareers and AAAS MemberCentral 23 Special Gifts 2011 24 AAAS Awards and Prizes 26 AAAS Fellows 28 Acknowledgment of Contributors and Patron Members 40 Financial Summary 41 AAAS Board of Directors, Officers and Information Welcome from the AAAS Chair, alice s. Huang, and the Ceo, alan I. leshner Advances in science and technology have the Improving science education—and providing power to bridge cultural, ideological and language support as well as unparalleled resources to teachers, barriers worldwide. Even amid politically tense students and science career seekers—has long been circumstances, science serves as a universal way the focus of multiple AAAS activities. In 2011, those to communicate across borders. Shared scientific efforts included, as one example, a major conference goals represent an effective leverage for enhancing for more than 500 college and university faculty, ad- international relationships as researchers coopera- ministrators and others who are working to advance tively confront questions about national security, undergraduate education in science, technology, science education, human health, environmental engineering and mathematics (STEM). Participants sustainability, the origins and nature of the universe described an array of innovative and increasingly and much more. multi-disciplinary projects to help promote student learning while providing them with hands-on discov- Successful science diplomacy initiatives can be ery experiences. The event was organized by AAAS implemented at many levels—between individuals, Education and Human Resources staff as part of the institutions and governments. AAAS initiatives in Association’s ongoing work with the National Science 2011 helped to promote science and technology Foundation (NSF) program that promotes Course, cooperation broadly across various geographic Curriculum and Laboratory Improvement. regions, particularly Asia-Pacific Rim countries such as China, India and Mexico. In Bangalore, for Other education and career-related events instance, AAAS teamed up with an elite group of In- focused on expanding the innovation pipeline by dian science leaders to explore the need for univer- developing strategies to recruit and retain a more sally compatible scientific standards and practices. diverse community of scientists and engineers. Cohesive, consistent policies and ethical guidelines Transformative thinking and new ideas often spring have become ever more important as multi-nation- from new participants to the science and engineer- al, multi-disciplinary research teams scramble to ing enterprise. This is why AAAS coordinates science mitigate disasters caused by nature and people. and technology internships, in concert with NASA, Association leadership emphasized that message the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administra- at the World Science Forum in Hungary and else- tion, and companies like IBM, Merck and Lockheed where over the past year. Turn to pages 12-13 for Martin, for qualified, motivated students with more information on these and other high-impact disabilities. Similarly, AAAS in 2011 hosted 600 contributions by the AAAS International Office. attendees of the NSF Emerging Researchers National 2 AAAS Annual Report 2011 Conference in STEM—part of a broad effort to society. The AAAS Research Competitiveness support scientists from historically under-represent- Program, meanwhile, continues to support the ed groups, a goal of the America COMPETES Act. efforts of science innovators throughout the United AAAS further issued a new NSF-sponsored guide for States, and in Saudi Arabia and Europe. See pages graduate program leaders interested in measuring 7-9 for more information on the work of the AAAS the effectiveness of efforts to promote diversity. Center of Science, Policy and Society Programs, and pages 16-17 for details about the Center for Of course, student performance in science and Science, Technology and Security Policy. technology-related fields depends to a large extent on curriculum and the capability of their teachers. AAAS also worked to engage its membership A new Web site developed by Project 2061, the re- and the public in key science-society issues. The nowned AAAS science-literacy initiative, helps edu- successful launch of MemberCentral, the Associa- cators more accurately assess how well students tion’s community portal for members, now offers understand science concepts presented to them an array of multi-media materials on topics ranging in classrooms. The online resource offers unusu- from climate change to genetic sequencing, and ally detailed information on how thousands of U.S. from the obstacles facing women in science to middle- and early high-school students answered the meaning of “transformative research.” Public 600 multiple-choice questions on topics ranging engagement activities in 2011 encompassed, for from cell biology to plate tectonics. These and other example, Family Science Days at the AAAS Annual 2011 highlights of AAAS science education activities Meeting and participation in the USA Science & are described on pages 14-15. Engineering Festival. The scourge of HIV/AIDS, regional shortages The Science family of journals continues to of food and water and the looming global climate publish ground-breaking original research and change crisis are examples of global challenges award-winning science news, too (see pages 18-19). requiring science-based solutions. U.S. federal Finally, the AAAS Board launched a year-long ex- research and development (R&D) funding remains amination of all AAAS functions, including publica- essential to both American competitiveness and tions, with the purpose of positioning the associa- efforts to combat problems that affect all of us, tion for continued effectiveness and service to the worldwide. Objective, authoritative analyses science community in the coming decades. With completed by the AAAS R&D Budget and Policy your support, these and many other AAAS activities Program, combined with the communication efforts are helping to bring a thoughtful diversity of ideas of the Association’s Office of Government Relations to bear on the global quest for science-based (pages 10-11), are helping to inform U.S. science solutions and innovation. policy on issues at the intersection of science and Alice S. Huang Alan I. Leshner AAAS Chair (2011-2012) and AAAS CEO and Executive Publisher, Senior Faculty Associate in Biology, Science, Science Translational California Institute of Technology Medicine and Science Signaling science without borders 3 Public Statements ON KEY Issues The importance of federal R&D investments, unwarranted investigations of climate scientists and the need for more diversity within the scientific community were the focus of public statements by AAAS in 2011. Through op-ed articles, letters to policymakers and speaking appearances, AAAS also tackled threats to the GLOBAL ClIMATE CHANGe teaching of evolution, plus other 1 June. AAAS CEO Alan I. Leshner sent a letter to the Los Alamitos Unified School District, expressing concern about science-society issues such as plans to treat climate change as a “controversial issue” in human embryonic stem cell advanced placement environmental science classes. 28 June. A statement of the AAAS Board of Directors decried research, science communication personal attacks on climate scientists. The Board noted and nuclear proliferation. that accounts of harassment, death threats and legal challenges had created a hostile environment, inhibit- ing the free exchange of scientific findings and ideas. The statement was widely reported by the news media. INNOVATIon, sCIENCe AND soCIETY 7 March. At a time when U.S. President Barack Obama has called for the next “Sputnik moment,” universities should reward faculty members for engaging a broader student
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