Office of Science and Technology Policy
Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Template:United States space program sidebar The Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) is a department of the United States government, part of the Executive Office of the President (EOP), established by United States Congress on May 11, 1976, with a broad mandate to advise the president on the effects of science and technology on domestic and international affairs.
The director of this office is traditionally colloquially known as the science advisor to the president. A recent appointed director was mathematician and geneticist Eric Lander who was sworn in on June 2, 2021.[1] Lander resigned February 18, 2022, following allegations of misconduct.[2]
On February 16, 2022, the Biden administration announced that deputy director Alondra Nelson would serve as acting director and former National Institutes of Health (NIH) director Francis Collins would serve as acting science advisor. Both assumed positions on February 18, 2022. In October 2022, Arati Prabhakar became Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy.[3][4] The most recent Michael Kratsios became Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy on March 25, 2025.[5]
History
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20th century
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President Richard M. Nixon eliminated the President's Science Advisory Committee after his second Science Advisor, Edward E. David Jr., resigned in 1973, rather than appointing a replacement. In 1975, the American Physical Society president Chien-Shiung Wu met with the new president Gerald Ford to reinstate a scientific body of advisors for the executive branch and the president, which President Ford concurred to do.[6] The United States Congress then established the OSTP in 1976 with a broad mandate to advise the President and others within the Executive Office of the President on the effects of science and technology on domestic and international affairs. The 1976 Act also authorizes OSTP to lead inter-agency efforts to develop and to implement sound science and technology policies and budgets and to work with the private sector, state and local governments, the science and higher education communities, and other nations toward this end.
21st century
Under President Donald Trump, OSTP's staff dropped from 135 to 45 people.[7] The OSTP director position remained vacant for over two years, the longest vacancy for the position since the office's founding.[8][9][10] Kelvin Droegemeier, an atmospheric scientist who previously served as the vice president of research at the University of Oklahoma, was nominated for the position on August 1, 2018[11] and confirmed by the Senate on January 2, 2019.
Michael Kratsios was nominated by President Trump to be the fourth Chief Technology Officer of the United States and associate director of OSTP in March 2019[12] and was unanimously confirmed by the Senate on August 1, 2019.[13] During Trump's tenure, Droegemeier also managed the National Science and Technology Council.
President Joe Biden named, and the Senate later unanimously confirmed,[14] Eric Lander as head of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, while also upgrading the position to a cabinet-level post.[15] Lander resigned in February 2022 following reports that engaged in abusive conduct against both subordinates and other White House officials.[16]
In 2022, The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy held a roundtable discussion with some of the nation’s leading scientists to discuss the need to combat the climate crisis and counter arguments for delaying climate action. It is the first time that the White House has recognized scientists who study the climate denial operation run by the fossil fuel industry.[17]
On August 8, 2022, President Joe Biden signed into law the CHIPS and Science Act which included a provision to create a blockchain and cryptocurrency specialist advisory position under the OSTP to be established and appointed by the Director.[18]
On August 25, 2022, OSTP issued guidance to make all federally funded research in the United States freely available without delay.[19][20]
Staff
Key positions vary among administrations and are not always published online.[21]
- Assistant to the President for Science and Technology and OSTP Director: Arati Prabhakar
- Deputy Assistant to the President for Cancer Moonshot and OSTP Deputy Director for Health Outcomes: Danielle Carnival
- Special Assistant to the President and OSTP Chief of Staff and Deputy Director for Strategy: Asad Ramzanali[22]
- Special Assistant to the President and OSTP Principal Deputy Director for Science, Society, and Policy: Kei Koizumi
- Special Assistant to the President and OSTP Deputy Director for National Security: Stephen Welby
- Special Assistant to the President and Principal Deputy U.S. Chief Technology Officer and OSTP Deputy Director for Technology: Karen Kornbluh[23]
- OSTP Deputy Director for Climate and Environment: Jane Lubchenco
- OSTP Deputy Director for Industrial Innovation: Justina Gallegos
- OSTP Deputy Chief of Staff: Jack Cumming
- OSTP Director of Communications: Jackie McGuinness
- OSTP Director of Legislative Affairs: Alexandrine De Bianchi
Directors
List of OSTP directors.[24]
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| 1 | File:Guyford Stever.jpg | Script error: No such module "Sort". | August 9, 1976 | January 20, 1977 | style="background: Template:Party color;" | | Script error: No such module "Sort". (1974–1977) | |
| 2 | File:Frank Press at Seismological Observatory in Jerusalem 1953.jpg | Script error: No such module "Sort". | January 20, 1977 | January 20, 1981 | style="background: Template:Party color;" | | Script error: No such module "Sort". (1977–1981) | |
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| 3 | File:George A. Keyworth, II 1981, 4.jpg | Script error: No such module "Sort". | August 1981 | December 1985 | |||
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May 24, 1986 | October 1, 1986 | |||
| 4 | File:William Robert Graham, NASA photo portrait, November 1985.jpg | Script error: No such module "Sort". | October 2, 1986 | June 1989 | |||
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August 1989 | August 1989 | |||
| 5 | File:D. Allen Bromley (cropped).jpg | Script error: No such module "Sort". | August 1989 | January 20, 1993 | |||
| 6 | File:Dr Gibbons USDA (cropped).jpg | Script error: No such module "Sort". | January 20, 1993 | April 3, 1998 | rowspan=3 style="background: Template:Party color;" | | Script error: No such module "Sort". (1993–2001) | |
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April 4, 1998 | August 3, 1998 | |||
| 7 | File:Neal-lane.jpg | Script error: No such module "Sort". | August 4, 1998 | January 20, 2001 | |||
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January 21, 2001 | September 30, 2001 | rowspan=3 style="background: Template:Party color;" | | Script error: No such module "Sort". (2001–2009) | |
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October 1, 2001 | October 28, 2001 | |||
| 8 | File:John Marburger official portrait.jpg | Script error: No such module "Sort". | October 29, 2001 | January 20, 2009 | |||
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January 20, 2009 | March 19, 2009 | rowspan=2 style="background: Template:Party color;" | | Script error: No such module "Sort". (2009–2017) | |
| 9 | File:John Holdren official portrait small.jpg | Script error: No such module "Sort". | March 19, 2009 | January 20, 2017 | [25] | ||
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January 20, 2017 | January 11, 2019 | [26] | rowspan=2 style="background: Template:Party color;" | | Script error: No such module "Sort". (2017–2021) |
| 10 | File:Kelvin Droegemeier official photo.jpg | Script error: No such module "Sort". | January 11, 2019 | January 20, 2021 | [27] | ||
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January 20, 2021 | June 2, 2021 | rowspan=4 style="background: Template:Party color;" | | Script error: No such module "Sort". (2021–2025) | |
| 11 | File:Eric Lander July 2021.jpg | Script error: No such module "Sort". | June 2, 2021 | February 18, 2022 | [28][29] | ||
| – | File:Alondra Nelson, OSTP Deputy Director (cropped).jpg | Alondra Nelson ActingScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
February 18, 2022 | October 3, 2022 | [30] | ||
| 12 | File:Arati Prabhakar, OSTP Director.jpg | Script error: No such module "Sort". | October 3, 2022 | January 20, 2025 | [4] | ||
| – | File:Michael Kratsios official photo.jpg | Michael Kratsios | January 20, 2025 | March 25, 2025 | [31] | rowspan=2 style="background: Template:Party color;" | | Script error: No such module "Sort". (2025–present) |
| 13 | March 25, 2025 | present | [32] | ||||
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See also
- Title 32 of the Code of Federal Regulations
- National Science and Technology Council
- President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology
- Science Advisor to the President
References
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External links
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- Office of Science and Technology Policy in the Federal Register
- The President's Office of Science and Technology Policy: Issues for Congress Congressional Research Service
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