Your Neighborhood Scientist

Your Neighborhood Scientist is an initiative to cultivate community-based conversations about science, science policy, and scientists. 

Currently, there is an information gap between public perception of science and the reality of the good that science does in our communities. To help fill this gap, we publish a newsletter written by scientists and community leaders about exciting, taxpayer-funded research that’s happening in the US and the positive impact that science and science policy has on the world around us. We also talk about the diversity of people who do science, and the many ways that science helps our communities, often behind the scenes. Our articles are written and edited by the scientists doing the work, so you know that you’re getting information about what’s really happening — not just clickbait. 

Our hope is that our readers will help us shift the current national narrative by talking to their neighbors, coworkers, family, and friends about why science is important in their communities and why we need science policy that supports scientists doing the work they do best. 

With your help, we can show the world that science benefits everyone and that our communities are better off for it.