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{{Organization
|OrganizationName=Office of Science and Technology Policy
|OrganizationType=Executive Departments (Sub-organization)
|Mission=The OSTP advises the President on the effects of science and technology on domestic and international affairs. Its mission includes providing scientific and technical advice, ensuring policies are informed by sound science, and coordinating the scientific and technical work of the Executive Branch for the benefit of society.
|ParentOrganization=Executive Office of the President
|TopOrganization=Executive Office of the President
|CreationLegislation=National Science and Technology Policy, Organization, and Priorities Act of 1976
|Employees=100
|Budget=$7 million (Fiscal Year 2024)
|OrganizationExecutive=Director
|Services=Science and technology policy advice; Interagency coordination; Public engagement; Research and innovation strategy
|HeadquartersLocation=38.89749, -77.03869
|HeadquartersAddress=Eisenhower Executive Office Building, 1650 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20504, USA
|Website=https://www.whitehouse.gov/ostp/
}}
{{Short description|Department of the United States government}}

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|agency_name     = Office of Science and Technology Policy
|seal            = US-OfficeOfScienceAndTechnologyPolicy-Seal.svg
|seal_width      = 140
|formed          = {{start date and age|1976|5|11}}
|preceding1      = Office of Science and Technology
|headquarters    = [[Eisenhower Executive Office Building]]<br />725 17th Street NW, [[Washington, D.C.]], U.S.
|employees       = 130
|chief1_name     = [[Arati Prabhakar]]
|chief1_position = Director
|parent_agency   = [[Executive Office of the President]]
|website         = {{url|whitehouse.gov/ostp|WhiteHouse.gov/OSTP}}
}}
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The '''Office of Science and Technology Policy''' ('''OSTP''') is a department of the [[United States]] government, part of the [[Executive Office of the President of the United States|Executive Office of the President]] (EOP), established by [[United States Congress]] on May 11, 1976, with a broad mandate to advise the [[President of the United States|President]] on the effects of [[Science and technology in the United States|science and technology on domestic and international affairs]].

The director of this office is traditionally colloquially known as the [[Science Advisor to the President]]. A recent appointed director was mathematician and geneticist [[Eric Lander]] who was sworn in on June 2, 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|title=White House science advisor Eric Lander sworn in on Pirkei Avot published in 1492|url=https://www.jta.org/quick-reads/white-house-science-advisor-eric-lander-sworn-in-on-pirkei-avot-published-in-1492 |date=June 2, 2021 |access-date=June 2, 2021 |website=Jewish Telegraphic Agency|language=en-US}}</ref> Lander resigned February 18, 2022, following allegations of misconduct.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Thompson|first=Alex|title='I am deeply sorry for my conduct': Biden's top science adviser apologizes to staff|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2022/02/04/eric-lander-science-adviser-biden-apologize-00005988|access-date=2022-02-08|website=POLITICO|language=en}}</ref>

On February 16, 2022, the [[Biden administration]] announced that deputy director [[Alondra Nelson]] would serve as acting director and former [[NIH]] director [[Francis Collins]] would serve as acting science advisor. Both assumed positions on February 18, 2022. In October 2022, [[Arati Prabhakar]] became Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy.<ref>{{cite web|title=White House unveils 'AI bill of rights' as 'call to action' to rein in tool|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/10/04/white-house-unveils-ai-bill-rights-call-action-rein-tool/|website=washingtonpost.com|access-date=2022-10-05}}</ref><ref name="arati1">{{cite web|title=Senate Confirms Prabhakar to Lead White House Science Office|url=https://news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-and-business/senate-confirms-prabhakar-to-lead-white-house-science-office|website=bloomberglaw.com|access-date=2022-10-05}}</ref>

On August 25, 2022, OSTP issued guidance to make all federally funded research in the United States freely available without delay.<ref name="OSTPaug2022">{{cite news |title=OSTP Issues Guidance to Make Federally Funded Research Freely Available Without Delay |url=https://www.whitehouse.gov/ostp/news-updates/2022/08/25/ostp-issues-guidance-to-make-federally-funded-research-freely-available-without-delay/}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Patel |first=Vimal |date=2022-08-26 |title=White House Pushes Journals to Drop Paywalls on Publicly Funded Research |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/25/us/white-house-federally-funded-research-access.html |access-date=2022-09-02 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>