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My predecessor as Science Adviser, Dr.
George Atkinson, created an opportunity for tenured academic scientists and
engineers, farther along in their careers than the typical AAAS fellow, to
work as science diplomats in the State Department. Jefferson Fellows come to
the State Department for a year, funded by their own university, as they
would be on a sabbatical leave, with the State Department covering their
local living and travel expenses. Fellows then consult for the State
Department for an additional 5 years after they return to their home
institutions. The Jefferson Fellows program was initially launched with
grants from the Carnegie Corporation and the MacArthur Foundation. It is now
part of the State Deparment and is administered by the National Academy of
Sciences.
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