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The economic and social impact of scientific research and technological innovation is of prime interest to government and influences government policy at many levels. This guide provides links to official sources of government policy and statistical information.
Canadian Government
- Science.gc.ca - a general science portal for the federal government
- Canadian Research institutes and facilities
Funding agencies in support of science and technology research
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
- National Research Council Canada (NRC)
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)
- Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC)
Departments and Agencies
- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Science and Innovation
- Canadian Space Agency
- Environment and Natural Resources Environmental Science and Technology
- Fisheries and Oceans Canada Science
- Health Canada Health Science and Research
- House of Commons Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology (INDU) includes reports and government responses to Parliamentary Committee reports
- Senate Standing Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology (SOCI)
- Library of Parliament research publications (Subjects: Science and technology)
- Science and innovation
- Communications Research Centre Canada
- Natural Resources Canada
- Public Health Agency of Canada
- Statistics Canada - Science and technology
- Transport Canada
Australia
New Zealand
United Kingdom
- Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council - Policy news
- Council for Science and Technology
- POST- Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology in particular see - POSTbriefs, which are policy briefings based on mini-literature reviews and peer review
United States
- Science.gov a gateway to U.S. federal science
- Congress
- House of Representatives. Committee on Science, Space and Technology
- Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, & Transportation
- Library of Congress Science Reference Services. Science Tracer Bullet 09-4 Science and Technology Policy lists relevant sources of information on how science and technology policy is formulated, as well as its effects on the development and application of scientific and technological knowledge on a nation's growth, economy and well-being. In addition to the United States, this compilation includes references to the science and technology policies of other nations and groups of nations.
- Environmental Protection Agency Science Topics
- National Academies bring together committees of experts in science, engineering and medicine
- National Instiute of Standards and Technology Technology Innovation Program
- National Science Board
- European Academies Science Advisory Council (EASAC)
- European Commission Research & Innovation
- European Commission Joint Research Centre
- European Union Research and Innovation
- OECD Science and technology for more information see OECD iLibrary
- OECD Science, technology and innovation policy
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- Organization of American States Science and Technology
- Unesco Science, Technology and Innovation Policy
- World Bank eLibrary Science and Technology
