The primary functions of the SC may include:
- Support the health, morale, and welfare of the NASA research workforce;
- To provide advice and recommendations to the CS;
- To serve as a forum to discuss Agency policies, practices, and issues impacting the science community;
- To provide consistent messaging for internal and external audiences regarding science throughout NASA;
- To help the NASA Centers and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) address issues related to science and science workforce, and to promote science integration and cooperation;
- To help the CS in recognizing outstanding science achievements and scientists within and outside the Agency;
- To promote a research culture with the highest level of scientific integrity among the NASA research community; and
- To help foster innovative and transformational science research.
Science Council Representatives
(Center Chief Scientist or their designee)
Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
- James Garvin | Biography
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
- Mark Simons | Biography
Langley Research Center (LaRC)
Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC)
- Renee Weber | Biography