Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology
The Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology (BCST) of the National Academies convenes top experts to assess research and share their insights on pressing chemical science and engineering issues. Our goal is to provide our nation's decision makers with the highest quality scientific and technical advice.
We work in eight areas: Basic Research; Chemical and Energy Industries; Biochemistry; Environmental Chemistry; Pharmaceutical Chemistry; Electrochemistry; National and Homeland Security; and Education and Workforce Development.
Core support for our board is provided by the National Science Foundation and the Department of Energy.
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On February 21-22, 2024, the Chemical Sciences Roundtable of the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine hosted a workshop, Publishing in the Age of Open Science, to discuss the various benefits and issues related to open access and FAIR (findable, accessible, interoperable, reusabl...
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Recent Publications
Building Access to Tomorrow's Medicines: Bringing Together Humans, Robots, and Artificial Intelligence: Proceedings of a Workshop—in Brief
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2025
Municipal Solid Waste Recycling in the United States: Analysis of Current and Alternative Approaches
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2025
Publishing in the Age of Open Science: Proceedings of a Workshop—in Brief
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2025
Carbon Utilization Infrastructure, Markets, and Research and Development: A Final Report
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2024
A Research Agenda Toward Atmospheric Methane Removal
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2024
Chemical Terrorism: Assessment of U.S. Strategies in the Era of Great Power Competition
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2024