"Scarlet Sands-Bliss, a Ph.D. student at UC Berkeley, typically gets up at 6 a.m. to make the drive to rural Lake County, where she's researching how community members can prepare for extreme heat events. Last Monday evening, after a long day of meetings with tribal representatives and behavioral health workers, she hit the road again, racing down country byways to a pop-up science fair and lobbying event in Sacramento."
"Early-career scientists like Sands-Bliss are helping lead the campaign to set up the California Foundation for Science and Health Research, which would dole out grants for projects in health, agriculture, earthquake and wildfire safety and other fields with priority going to ongoing studies that have seen their funding axed by the federal government. Legislation authored by state Sen. Scott Wiener would place a bond measure to fund the proposed foundation before voters in November."
Scarlet Sands-Bliss, a UC Berkeley Ph.D. student, researches community preparation for extreme heat in Lake County and traveled to Sacramento after meetings with tribal representatives and behavioral health workers to present her work. She joined a group of students and postdocs who urged lawmakers to create a $23 billion California Foundation for Science and Health Research to provide grants for health, agriculture, earthquake and wildfire safety projects, prioritizing studies cut by federal funding reductions. State legislation would place a bond measure on the November ballot to finance the proposed foundation, reflecting early-career scientists' concern over declining federal support.
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