Career pathways / Science Policy Advisor

How to become a Science Policy Advisor

Science policy advisors carry evidence into rooms where budgets and laws are written — advising ministers, running funder strategies, translating research into decisions. A research background plus policy training is the classic route.

Who hires this role

Employer types: government · research funder · academy of sciences

Representative employers: UKRI · NSF · European Commission DG RTD

Knowledge structure

Derived from the fields that feed this career — what the role actually draws on.

Quantitative analysisexpected
Policy & institutionscore requirement
Technical / digitalexpected
Languages & communicationexpected

What to study

Science and Technology Policy6 verified programmes mapped — read the guide

Scholarships that fund this path

Schemes linked to the fields above in our verified database.

Chevening ScholarshipCommonwealth Master's Scholarship

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