MSA Public Policy



MSA Unit: Public Policy
ChairPerson:
Public Policy Committee Chair   2003 - 2009
Peter Ingram
Duke Univ FELL
Durham, NC
Email:p.ingram@cellbio.duke.edu
WWW:http://microscopy.org/MSAUnits/Committees/PublicPolicy.html
WWW Site: This Page
Members:

Function/Role:

Current Charge: to improve the understanding and appreciation of the role of science and the needs of scientists among those who are in a position to influence and establish public policy.

Historical: This Committee was authorized in the late summer of 1992 with the goal of increasing Federal instrumentation funding to a level more reflective of the needs of MSA’s scientists. In order not to appear self-serving, and to increase our credibility, we have not focused on microscopy alone, but rather on scientific instrumentation, generally in the $100,000 - $2 million range. We emphasize that instrumentation is part of a balanced science policy and should not have to compete with individual investigator grant funding.