Snowmass '21 Community Engagement Frontier 6: Public Policy and Government Engagement: Congressional Advocacy for HEP Funding (The "DC Trip'')

TL;DR

This paper reviews how the High Energy Physics community in the U.S. engages in advocacy efforts to secure federal funding, emphasizing the importance of community-driven government engagement and policy influence.

Contribution

It provides an overview of advocacy strategies and community engagement practices aimed at influencing U.S. federal funding policies for HEP.

Findings

HEP community actively engages in advocacy for federal funding

Community-driven efforts impact policy decisions

Advocacy strategies vary across institutions

Abstract

This document has been prepared as a Snowmass contributed paper by the Public Policy \& Government Engagement topical group (CEF06) within the Community Engagement Frontier. The charge of CEF06 is to review all aspects of how the High Energy Physics (HEP) community engages with government at all levels and how public policy impacts members of the community and the community at large, and to assess and raise awareness within the community of direct community-driven engagement of the U.S. federal government (\textit{i.e.} advocacy). The focus of this paper is the advocacy undertaken by the HEP community that pertains directly to the funding of the field by the U.S. federal government.