Chair: Joshua Caldwell, Vanderbilt University
HQ Liaison: Todd Osman, Executive Director
The Policy Outreach WG provides opportunities for MRS members to visit key Congressional Offices and government agencies to advocate for basic science funding and engages representatives of funding agencies to participate in the MRS Spring and Fall Meetings to explain current initiatives and the mechanics of proposals to attendees. It also plans and hosts an annual Government Agency Summit, during which agency leaders meet with the presidents of materials-related societies to discuss topics of mutual interest.