P & GA LINKS

P & GA HOME General information on the Public & Governmental Affairs Center [MORE] WIRED TO WASHINGTON A tool to send advocacy letters to local and national politicians [MORE] CONGRESSIONAL VISIT DAYS Learn more about this annual event in Washington D.C. [MORE] NEWS AND NOTES View recent articles related to the P & GA [MORE] READING ROOM News articles on global materials-related activities [MORE] FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES List of funding sources for materials-related projects [MORE] MATERIAL AGENCIES List of public and private agencies concerned with P&GA initiatives [MORE] P & GA COMMITTEE HOME Info about the committee and how to join [MORE]

SPOTLIGHT DOWNLOADS Webcast: “Introductory Remarks and Overview on “Accelerating Materials and Manufacturing Innovation for Global Competitiveness”, Kevin Hemker, Johns Hopkins University, and TMS Public and Governmental Affairs Committee Chair Webcast: “Computational Materials Science for Innovation ”, James B. Roberto, Oak Ridge National Laboratory Webcast: “Integrated Computational Materials Engineering (ICME): The Next Big Thing”, by John Allison, Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering, The University of Michigan

P & GA Materials Agencies and Organizations

There are many public and private entities engaged in activities—both directly and peripherially—related to metals and materials science and technology as well as the educational and professional communities concerned with such initiatives. Some of these organizations, organized generally by region, include the following.

• Department of Commerce
  • National Institute of Standards & Technology
  • National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration
• Department of Defense
  • Air Force Office of Scientific Research
  • Army Research Office
  • Army Medical Research & Materiel Command
  • Army Research Laboratory
  • Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
  • Office of Naval Research
  • Naval Research Laboratory
  • DoD Laboratory Community
• Department of Energy
  • National Laboratories
  • Office of Industrial Technologies
  • Office of Science
• Department of the Interior
  • U.S. Geological Survey
• Department of Transportation
• Environmental Protection Agency
  • Office of Research & Development
  • National Center for Environmental Research
• National Academy of Engineering
  • International Visitors Office (Visa Information)
  • National Materials Advisory Board
• National Aeronautics and Space Administration
• National Science Foundation
• National Trust for Historic Preservation
• U.S. Small Business Administration

Other United States Organizations

• Alliance for Science and Technology Research in America
• American Association for the Advancement of Science
• American Association of Engineering Societies
• Voices of Innovation
• American Educational Research Association
• ASM International Federal Affairs Committee
• Association of American Universities
• Community of Science
• Council On Governmental Relations
• Federation of Materials Societies
• Society of Research Administrators
• The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society

• NSERC
• Federation of European Materials Societies
• Industrial Materials Institute - National Research Council
• Industry Canada
• Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining
  • Foresight Activities
• Minerals Resources in Quebec
• National Research Council of Canada

• Environment Australia Online
• New South Wales Department of Mineral Resources
• Northern Territory Department of Mines and Energy
• Queensland Department of Mines and Energy
• South Australian Department of Mines and Energy
• Tasmanian Department of Mineral Resources
• Victorian Department of Natural Resources & Environment
• Western Australia Department of Industry and Resources