SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS FOR AMERICA

'Scientists and Engineers for America' (SEA) is an organization focused on promoting sound science in American government, and supporting candidates who understand science and its applications. SEA was formed on September 27, 2006, and describes itself as non-partisan.^[2]
SEA is organized as a 501(c)(3) organization, and represents a reorganization of Scientists and Engineers for Change, an organization founded in 2004 to support the election of John Kerry. Its current executive director is lawyer and political consultant Mike Brown. ^[3]

Contents

Political positions

Bill of Rights for Scientists and Engineers

Mission statement

Board of Advisors

Criticism

See also

References

External links

Political positions

Bill of Rights for Scientists and Engineers

A bill of rights which outlines the principles of the organisation states:^[4]

Mission statement

The organisation's mission statement states:^[5]

Board of Advisors

Among others, the SEA Board of Advisors includes noted Nobel Laureates such as:

★ Peter Agre ★ Sidney Altman ★ Philip W. Anderson ★ Johann Deisenhofer ★ Alfred Gilman

★ Douglas D. Osheroff ★ Martin Perl ★ Burton Richter ★ Harold E. Varmus

Criticism

Soon after its foundation, the organization was accused of partisanship by several conservative media outlets. Wesley J. Smith, senior fellow of the Discovery Institute, wrote in The Weekly Standard:
An editorial in The Wall Street Journal criticised the organization for seeming to stifle scientific dissent:
In a rebuttal posted on the SEA website, executive director Michael Brown stated:

See also

★ Politicization of science

★ Scientific Integrity in Policymaking

★ Union of Concerned Scientists

References

1. ''Who We Are'', SEA Website, December 14, 2006
2. ''Who We Are'', SEA Website, September 27, 2006
3. ''Science 2006'', Seed Magazine, October 6, 2006
4. ''Bill of Rights for Scientists and Engineers'', SEA Website, September 27, 2006
5. ''SEA Mission Statement'', SEA Website, September 27, 2006


★ ''Science under ‘political assault,’ group says'' Kansas City Star, September 28, 2006

★ ''Scientists Form Group to Support Science-Friendly Candidates'', The New York Times, September 28, 2006

★ ''The Word'', The Colbert Report, October 2, 2006

External links

★ Scientists and Engineers for America: official site