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CCST is seeking applications for its next class of CCST Science & Technology Policy Fellows. Training begins November 1st in Sacramento. Start your application today—due March 31st.

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  • Analysis of scientific and technical matters of critical importance for California decision makers

  • ‘Science At Your Service’ – On-demand expertise for briefings, reports, and more

  • Access to world class expertise through our Partner Institutions and beyond

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Want to make a difference? We recruit PhD scientists and engineers to spend a year of public service in California, gaining valuable career training in public policy.

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Read our latest announcements, blog posts, and insights in our News section, covering all things CCST and S&T Policy Fellows related. Be sure to sign up for our monthly CCST Spotlight Newsletter to get these highlights and more directly in your inbox.

Mar 3, 2023

CCST Hosts Workshops, Fellowship Booth at AAAS Annual Meeting in Washington DC
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Feb 24, 2023

WATCH: CCST Science Day Symposium at the California Natural Resources Agency
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Feb 17, 2023

WATCH: Innovations in Desalination
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Feb 16, 2023

Deadline Extended: Seeking Applications for CCST Science & Technology Policy Fellowship in Sacramento, California
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Feb 13, 2023

Announcing the 2023 “CCST Science in Public Service Award” Recipients
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Feb 6, 2023

The Many California Experiences
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CCST Expert Briefings

Catch up on our latest CCST Expert Briefings. Download the one-pager overviews and watch the video recordings on a range of topics addressing challenges facing California, featuring leading voices from our Partner Institutions and beyond. And sign up to be the first to hear about upcoming briefings and related events.

Feb 17, 2023

WATCH: Innovations in Desalination
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Sep 28, 2022

WATCH: Cultivating Data Security Practices in Precision Agriculture
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Sep 21, 2022

California’s 5th Climate Change Assessment Roundtables
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Aug 31, 2022

Watch: Decarbonizing Transportation with Hydrogen
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May 12, 2022

WATCH: Decarbonizing with Hydrogen: Challenges and Opportunities
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Apr 22, 2022

Watch: Managing Salinity in the California Delta in a Changing Climate
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An invited roster of scientists and technical experts with deep experience.

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For more than 30 years, CCST has worked to tailor its services to meet the needs of the Capitol policy community, particularly when it comes to providing impartial advice and expertise on sensitive scientific matters. By leveraging its network of experts distributed throughout the University of California, California State University, California Community Colleges, Stanford, Caltech, and NASA and DOE campuses, CCST can respond to a variety of decision maker requests for assistance.

Contact CCST to speak to an expert in a specific scientific or technological field, secure expert testimony for a hearing, arrange for an in-office meeting with a researcher, organize a panel briefing, commission a brief report or full-fledged research project and publication, and more.

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What We Do

We facilitate informal chats, expert testimony, briefings, workshops, reports, and more for California decision makers.

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Commissioned Projects and Reports

CCST convenes trusted experts to produce rigorously reviewed scientific reports that aid state leaders in making critical decisions.

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Science and Technology Week

CCST’s annual Science and Technology Week celebrates the importance of science in informing California policymaking.

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CCST Projects

Most of our projects, which focus on issues that are timely and important to California’s future, result in the publication of one or more reports. To provide sound, science-based input to California’s policymakers, CCST:

  • Convenes world-class experts to develop assessments

  • Ensures full disclosure of conflicts of interest

  • Conducts thorough, objective work based on scientifically sound principles

  • Ensures rigorous peer review is conducted before reports are published

We are proud to uphold these standards, ensuring that policymakers have the information necessary to craft policies made stronger with science—in California and beyond.

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Costs of Wildfire

Assessing the state of knowledge regarding wildfire losses and their associated costs across key sectors.

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Biomethane

Impacts on cost of biomethane, volume sold, and equipment operation.

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Oil and Gas Water Cycle Reporting

Potential health risks and community impacts of natural gas production and storage.

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Maker Space

Developing a sustainable network to aid the growth of the Maker Movement.

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Publications

As a trusted non-partisan partner of the California Legislature and Executive Branch, we develop and publish reports on some of the most timely and important issues critical to California’s future. Our publications ensure that the public has access to unbiased insight into important scientific matters, while giving policymakers at the state and national level the information necessary to craft policies that reflect current scientific understanding.

All of our publications are freely available, and can be viewed by browsing the full list of reports, or by using the search bar.

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