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Welcome to Civico! The platform provides a simple, convenient, and tailored way to educate and guide users interested in state-level policy making toward meaningful action. It also provides organizations with opportunities to showcase policy opportunities in one place.

Is Civico for me?

Civico is designed to help scientists and researchers from all sectors and career levels discover their policy pathway. Organizations are invited to showcase their policy programs, trainings, certificates and other opportunities. We also encourage policy professionals across all government levels and career stages to join the network.

Find your Policy Pathway

Civico organizes opportunities in the policymaking process into three stages: identifying, formulating and implementing policy. These stages can help users identify where and how they want to engage with policy and find opportunities to meet their needs and satisfy their curiosity.

The policymaking process starts with a problem that could have multiple solutions. Those interested in solving societal problems can help identify these issues and convert them into opportunities for policy change.

Once a policy opportunity has been identified, a considerable amount of effort goes into formulating possible policy solutions.

A policy is implemented through government actions. Implementation begins by putting the policies to work and monitoring and measuring the outcomes of the policy solution.


Learn from your peers:

Use this platform to learn from others who have found their policy pathway


Featured Opportunities

DeAndrea Salvador

I could use help from scientists in crafting bills and to really think through some of the details to make sure that the bill has the intended impact.

DeAndrea Salvador, Democratic member of the North Carolina Senate

Affiliates

ARIS Advancing Research Impact in Society
Governor's Office of Planning and Research, State of California
CCST California Council on Science & Technology
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1900
Engineers & Scientists Acting Locally
National Society of Black Engineers, Public Policy Special Interest Group
Union of Concerned Scientists
Virginia Tech
GT School of Public Policy
Research America: Discovery, Innovation, Health
Science and Technology Policy Academy: Providing In-Depth Education on S&T Policy