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This conversation was originally published in Science & Diplomacy, available here. Ambassador Vinay Mohan Kwatra began his service as Ambassador of India to the United States in August 2024 and has been a member of the Indian Foreign Service since 1988. He has previously held positions as India’s Foreign Secretary, Ambassador to Nepal, Ambassador to France, and Permanent Representative to UNESCO.

From left to right: Clive Cookson, Holden Thorp, Kristen Bibbins-Domingo, and Eric Rubin. Photo credit | Robb Cohen Photography and Video Amid a world of proliferating journal titles, mass retractions and skepticism about the trustworthiness of published research, the Editors-in-Chief of three leading nonprofit science publications convened to candidly discuss how they’re upholding quality, rigor and public trust.

Outgoing AAAS President Theresa Maldonado; AAAS CEO Sudip Parikh; Arizona State University President Michael Crow | Robb Cohen Photography & Video At the 2026 AAAS Annual Meeting, themes of community, compassion and communication pervaded throughout the three-day gathering in Phoenix, Ariz. During the previous year’s meeting in Boston, Mass., disruptions to the U.S. scientific ecosystem were just beginning to unfold, with news of funding cuts and policy changes trickling in.

The American Association for the Advancement of Science has announced the 2026 winners of eight awards that recognize scientists, engineers, innovators and public servants for their contributions to science and society. The 2026 award recipients are: AAAS Philip Hauge Abelson Prize: Gilbert S. Omenn AAAS Mani L. Bhaumik Award for Public Engagement with Science: Lesley-Ann L.

When Meha Jain talks about satellites, she often ends up talking about people. Years before she became an associate professor at the University of Michigan’s School for Environment and Sustainability, Jain was standing in rural smallholder farming communities — systems projected to be extremely negatively impacted by climate change — trying to understand how environmental change is experienced on the ground.

With all twelve conferenced appropriations bills released, and eleven of them now signed into law (six at time of writing, and the numbers remained the same), this report aims to indicate the impact of the bills on the federal R&D ecosystem. This report will use the funding levels in the bills to estimate the funding that will go directly to the performance of R&D, as well as highlight the discretionary funding at a selection of R&D-intensive agencies.

Image credit: Adobe Stock Images. In the last two decades, the scientific world has waged an extraordinary campaign for openness — most notably through open access to research publications. As paywalls fell and repositories surged, what had once been locked away could now be read by most anyone with an internet connection. If open was the goal, this must have felt like victory.

EXTENDED DEADLINE: Applications will now be accepted until February 4, 2026. The call for applications opened December 8, 2025. The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), Washington DC, USA, and The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS), Trieste, Italy, are seeking candidates to participate in their annual course on science diplomacy to be held on 20 – 23 July 2026 in person in Trieste, Italy.

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