Office of Science and Technology Policy

The **Office of Science and Technology Policy** (**OSTP**) is a department of the United States government, part of the Executive Office of the President (EOP), established by United States Congress on May 11, 1976, with a broad mandate to advise the President on the effects of science and technology on domestic and international affairs.

The director of this office is also known as the President's Science Advisor. It is part of the United States Cabinet since 2021.

## Background

Dr. John Holdren, Director, nominated in December 2008, served as Science Advisor to President Barack Obama. Holdren also co-chaired the President's Committee of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) and supported the President's National Science and Technology Council (NSTC).

President Donald Trump nominated Kelvin Droegemeier to become Director. He took office in February 2019.

On January 15, 2021 President-elect Joe Biden said he promoted the office to cabinet-level.

## Directors

|scope="col"|No.|scope="col"|Portrait|scope="col"|Name|scope="col"|President|scope="col"|Term|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|style="text-align:center;"|1||H. Guyford Stever|Gerald Ford|1976–1977|||||
|style="text-align:center;"|2||Frank Press|Jimmy Carter|1977–1981|||||
|style="text-align:center;"|–||_Benjamin Huberman (acting)_|rowspan=6|Ronald Reagan|1981||||
|style="text-align:center;"|3||George A. Keyworth, II|1981–1985||||||
|style="text-align:center;"|–||_John P. McTague (acting)_|1986||||||
|style="text-align:center;"|–||_Richard G. Johnson (acting)_|1986||||||
|style="text-align:center;"|4||William Robert Graham|1986–1989||||||
|style="text-align:center;"|–||_Thomas P. Rona (acting)_|1989||||||
|style="text-align:center;"|–||_William G. Wells (acting)_|rowspan=2|George H. W. Bush|1989||||
|style="text-align:center;"|5||D. Allan Bromley|1989–1993||||||
|style="text-align:center;"|6||John H. Gibbons|rowspan=3|Bill Clinton|1993–1998||||
|style="text-align:center;"|–||_Kerri-Ann Jones (acting)_|1998||||||
|style="text-align:center;"|7||Neal F. Lane|1998–2001||||||
|style="text-align:center;"|–||_Rosina Bierbaum (acting)_|rowspan=3|George W. Bush|2001||||
|style="text-align:center;"|–||_Clifford Gabriel (acting)_|2001||||||
|style="text-align:center;"|8||John H. Marburger III|2001–2009||||||
|style="text-align:center;"|–||_Ted Wackler (acting)_|rowspan=2|Barack Obama|2009||||
|style="text-align:center;"|9||John Holdren|2009–2017||||||
|style="text-align:center;"|–||_Ted Wackler (acting)_|rowspan="2"|Donald Trump|2017–2019||||
|style="text-align:center;"|10||Kelvin Droegemeier|2019–2021||||||
|style="text-align:center;"|–||_Kei Koizumi (acting)_|rowspan=4|Joe Biden|2021||||
|style="text-align:center;"|11||Eric Lander|2021–2022||||||
|style="text-align:center;"|–||_Alondra Nelson (acting)_|2022||||||
|style="text-align:center;"|12||Arati Prabhakar|2022–2025||||||
|style="text-align:center;"|13||Michael Kratsios|Donald Trump|2025–present|||||

## Other websites

- Office of Science and Technology Policy in the Federal Register
- The President's Office of Science and Technology Policy: Issues for Congress  Congressional Research Service

## Infobox (government agency)

- **agency name**: Office of Science and Technology Policy
- **seal**: US-OfficeOfScienceAndTechnologyPolicy-Seal.svg
- **seal width**: 140px
- **preceding1**: Office of Science and Technology
- **headquarters**: Eisenhower Executive Office Building
725 17th Street, Washington, D.C., United States, U.S.
- **employees**: 45
- **chief1 name**: Michael Kratsios
- **chief1 position**: Director
- **parent agency**: Executive Office of the President
- **website**: [https://www.whitehouse.gov/ostp Office of Science and Technology Policy]