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The University of Michigan Washington, DC Office
499 South Capitol St. SW Ste. 501Washington, DC, 20003
936-3933
(202) 554-0578
What We Do | Federal Support at UM | Internships/Fellowships | Useful Links
Sarah Walkling
Director of Federal Relations for Research
Assistant Director, UM Washington Office
skwa@umich.edu
Phone: (202) 554-0578
A complete list of UM's, D.C. staff can be found at UM's Government Relations Staff Directory web page
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What We Do
The opening of the University of Michigan Washington D.C. Office in January, 1990 established a permanent UM presence in Washington to function as a base to reach out to Congress and the federal government for support of the University's teaching, research and service missions.
A primary goal of the UM Washington D.C. Office is to help the University provide national leadership in matters affecting higher education and research as well as help the University to accomplish its specific objectives. Office staff continually monitor federal legislation that impacts or involves higher education and research and work with federal officials and government agencies in providing and research findings that may assist their work.
The Washington Office's approach to government relations has been one of service and outreach: establishing relationships on behalf of the University based on mutual respect and shared goals. Such relationships not only aid in forwarding the University's priorities but also lay the groundwork for solving problems (institutional and individual) when they arise.
In addition to the Washington D.C., UM Government Relations Staff also work in Lansing and Ann Arbor. For more information, visit the web site for the Office of Government Relations.
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Federal Support at UM
Link: Federal Support for Research, Scholarship and Creative Activity at the University of Michigan
These pages provide an overview of federal support for the research enterprise at the University of Michigan. There are pages that show the value of research as well as pages for the major funders of research at the UM.
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Internships/Fellowships
The University of Michigan Washington D.C. Office provides opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students for legislative internships each semester of the academic year and during the summer. For more information, go to: Internship Information.
Other opportunities for Washington based science and technology policy related internship and fellowships are provided by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) http://fellowships.aaas.org/ and the National Academies of Science (NAS) http://national-academies.org/internship.
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Useful Links
UM
- UM Home Page
- UM Club of Washington DC
- UM News and Information Services
- UM Facts and Information
- President's Office Home Page
Congressional
- C-SPAN - includes Congressional Information and Live Audio Feeds from Floors
- Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives
- THOMAS - search for Congressional Bills and Legislative Acts
- U.S. House of Representatives - Links to Member WWW Sites and More
- U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Education and the Workforce
- U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Science
- U.S. Senate - Links to Member WWW Sites and More
- Rollcall, the newspaper of Capitol Hill - http://www.rollcall.com/
Executive Branch
- Official US Executive Branch Web Sites - http://www.loc.gov/global/executive/fed.html
- The Committee for the National Insitute for the Environment (CNIE)
- Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) - the public DARPA URL
- Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) - http://www.epa.gov/
- Federal Election Commission (FEC)
- a href="http://www.facadatabase.gov/">Federal Advisory Committee Act Database
- General Accounting Office (GAO)
- Goverment Printing Office (GPO) - includes Legislative and Regulatory Information
- National Academy of Sciences (NAS)
- NASA - includes links to Office of Space Science and Mission to Planet Earth
- NASA Office of Legislative Affairs
- National Bioethics Advisory Commission (NBAC)
- National Education Association (NEA)
- National Endowment for the Humanities
- National Institutes of Health
- Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
- National Science Foundation
- National Science Foundation - Division of Science Resource Studies
- Office of Energy Research - U.S. Department of Energy
- Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
- Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP)
- U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
- U.S. Copyright Office
- U.S. Department of Education
- US Department of Energy - http://www.doe.gov/
- The White House
Research
- Ad Hoc Group for Medical Research
- American Association For The Advancement of Science (AAAS)
- American Institute of Physics
- American Institute of Physics Media and Government Relations Web Page
- American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE)
- Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC)
- Association of University Technology Managers (AUTM)
- Coalition for National Science Funding
- Coalition for Plasma Science
- Foundation for Biomedical Research (FBR)
- National Academy of
Sciences
- "Allocating Federal Funds for Science and Technology" - National Academy of Sciences
- On Being A Scientist: Responsible Conduct In Research" - National Academy of Sciences
- "Preparing for the 21st Century" - National Academy of Sciences, January 1997
- National Association for Biomedical Research (NABR)
- Research!America
- The Science Coalition
- Science in the National Interest - National Science and Technology Council, September 1994
Higher Education
- Association of American Universities (AAU)
- Association of Graduate Schools (AGS) Clearinghouse - Successful Graduate Programs at AAU Universities
- American Council on Education (ACE)
- Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA)
- Council of Graduate Schools (CGS)
- National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges (NASULGC)
- AAU Research Libraries Project - AAU Task Forces Reports
- American Libraries Association (ALA)
- Association of Research Libraries (ARL)
- EDUCOM - Information Technology in Higher Education
- Stanford University Libraries Copyright and Fair Use
Additional Links
- Washington, D.C., tourist information
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