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ArticleBioscience2026

The Scientist Network for Advancing Policy (SNAP): building infrastructure for early-career scientists in policy and public engagement.

Miles Arnett, Dimitris Boufidis, Cael Dant, Brendon Davis, Isako Di Tomassi, Kassandra Fernandez, Amanda Finn, J P Flores, Saul J Flores, Alex Lando and 7 more

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Article in Bioscience, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

0 citing papers in PubMed.

No citing paper in PubMed yet.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

17 authors.

Miles ArnettScientist Network for Advancing Policy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4532-6066
Dimitris BoufidisScientist Network for Advancing Policy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8901-7957
Cael DantScientist Network for Advancing Policy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0003-6798-4913
Brendon DavisScientist Network for Advancing Policy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7672-5038
Isako Di TomassiScientist Network for Advancing Policy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0001-4463-4385
Kassandra FernandezScientist Network for Advancing Policy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1101-5219
Amanda FinnScientist Network for Advancing Policy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9442-5653
J P FloresScientist Network for Advancing Policy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5619-8990
Saul J FloresScientist Network for Advancing Policy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4801-0999
Alex LandoScientist Network for Advancing Policy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0005-8494-5646
Erin MorrowScientist Network for Advancing Policy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0007-5511-2981
Disha PatelScientist Network for Advancing Policy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0004-3053-8845
Anna Rader GrovesScientist Network for Advancing Policy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0001-5304-2189
David RamotowskiScientist Network for Advancing Policy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6424-4790
Alex RichScientist Network for Advancing Policy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3346-2426
Emma ScalesScientist Network for Advancing Policy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0002-3527-0249
Lani TranScientist Network for Advancing Policy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0000-9213-6412

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Scientist Network for Advancing Policy (SNAP) is a trainee-led grassroots coalition founded to empower early-career researchers to engage meaningfully with science policy, advocacy, and public-facing science communication. Our mission is to equip scientists with the tools, networks, and confidence to translate their research and expertise in service of their communities. In this Special Report, we share how SNAP's initiatives, spanning from local community conversations to national policy debates, are reimagining and transforming the multifaceted role of scientists in communities. By investing in coalition-building and centering early-career voices, SNAP is creating scalable models for civic engagement and science advocacy to advance equity, democratize science policy, and strengthen the relationship between science and society.

Indexed as

civic engagementearly-career scientistsevidence-informed policymakinggraduate STEM educationscience policy

Identifiers

PMID42621002
PMCPMC13485995

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