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CISTP faculty evaluated the research and
development programs of government agencies
in the United States and abroad. Clients included
Greece’s ministry of development, nasa, the
national institutes of standards and Technology
and the u.s. department of energy and programs
in the european union, Japan and Korea. nicholas
Vonortas also co-authored a report for the European
Union on entrepreneurship, innovation and the
information society.
Elliott School students produced incisive policy
analyses of their own. A report on the opportunities
and challenges of “Near Earth Objects” was used
by a blue-ribbon group drafting an international
agreement for the United Nations Committee on the
Peaceful Uses of Outer Space.
Space policy students had
the opportunity to meet
with NASA Administrator
michael Griffin, the American
Museum of Natural History’s
Hayden Planetarium Director
neil deGrasse Tyson,
Apollo 9 astronaut rusty
schweikardt, National
Security Council Director for
Space Policy Phil ritcheson
and others.
CISTP MA student audrey schaffer (MA’07, second from
right), a Boeing award winner, with colleagues at NASA.
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CISTP advanced understanding of science and
technology policy among experts and the general
public. CISTP hosted workshops for the Korea
science and engineering foundation and Korean
institute for science and Technology evaluation
and Planning.
CISTP launched a seminar series on the Politics and
Policy of information and continued to host the
Technology and innovation seminar. Other seminar
topics included “Do Visas Kill? The Development
Effects of Skilled-Worker Emigration from Africa”
and “The Puzzling Politics of Entrepreneurial State
Economic Development Policy.”
Visiting scholars from Brazil, china, hungary, Korea,
mexico, norway, sweden and the united Kingdom
and officers from the U.S. Department of State and
U.S. Air Force worked at the center.
The space Policy institute has been a leading voice in the international space community since
1987. The Boeing Company has supported the institute since its earliest days. Boeing’s support has
funded a range of activities, such as research, dinner discussions for the Washington space policy
community, workshops and conferences. Over the past two years, Boeing has donated $40,000 for
student scholarships. audrey schaffer, a Boeing fellow who earned her MA in international science and
technology policy this spring, interned at NASA’s Exploration Systems Missions Directorate, and upon
graduation was accepted as a Presidential Management Fellow.
“We’re happy to have played a role in supporting training for exceptional students
interested in pursuing careers in space policy and management. We know
that the Space Policy Institute provides a unique educational experience.”
— roger Krone, president of Boeing Network and Space Systems
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Numerous organizations
funded CISTP’s research,
including: the Greek
ministry of development,
u.s. office of naval
research, the macarthur
foundation, nasa,
the national oceanic
and atmospheric
administration and the
rockefeller foundation.
The Space Policy Institute
received support for its
activities from Boeing,
lockheed martin, The
aerospace corporation
and the united space
alliance.