The U.S. National Committee for the Pacific Science Association (PSA) represents the U.S. scientific community in the PSA, on behalf of the National Academy of Sciences, the U.S. adhering body to the PSA. The U.S. National Committee operates within the National Research Council's Board on International Scientific Organizations, a unit of the Policy and Global Affairs Division. The principal objectives of the committee are to assist the NAS in fulfilling its membership responsibilities and to ensure effective participation by American scientists in the activities of the PSA. The PSA, which has been a leader in regional scientific cooperation since the early 1920's, has concentrated its efforts more recently on promoting the contributions of science and technology to human progress in the Pacific. The PSA has task forces working on the regional aspects of such issues as global environmental change, population growth and resource management, biodiversity, globalization, and natural disaster reduction and mitigation. The U.S. National Committee for PSA has been encouraging greater coordination with interagency and intergovernmental bodies on these initiatives, on strengthening the leadership and platform of PSA in contributing to the intergovernmental forums, and on strategic planning to build human and fiscal resources.		June 18, 2008 Waimea, Hawaii Symposium on “Pacific Science: U.S.-Asia/Pacific Collaboration in Advancing Science in the 21st Century” at the AAAS-Pacific Division meeting March 2-6, 2009 Tahiti, French Polynesia PSA Inter-Congress View details about this upcoming Congress… Scientists and students traveling to the United States can obtain information from the International Visitors Office, a program operated by BISO.
		Support for the USNC/PSA is provided by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 0614728. USNC/PSA Board on International Scientific Organizations The National Academies 500 Fifth Street, NW Washington, DC 20001 Tel 202-334-2807 Fax 202-334-2231

Revised 16 May 2008