A civic commitment to continuity, comity, and renewal.

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The ASR Project was created to help renew the conditions that allow science to serve the public good.

American science depends on more than discovery. It depends on trusted evidence, capable institutions, scientific talent, lawful oversight, public understanding, and working relationships across sectors and political difference. These conditions have to be maintained. When they weaken, the consequences are felt across public health, research, regulation, education, innovation, and civic life.

ASR stands for American Science Renewal. Its work is grounded in three commitments: continuity, comity, and renewal.

Continuity means preserving the knowledge, people, records, programs, and relationships that scientific work requires.

Comity means creating settings where people can work across disagreement without distorting evidence or diminishing expertise.

Renewal means strengthening the systems that allow science to serve the public with integrity, clarity, and practical effect.

ASR is not a partisan project. It is a civic renewal project. We do not ask people to agree on every policy question. We ask them to share a commitment to honest evidence, capable institutions, public service, and the responsible use of scientific knowledge.

Our first task is to build Science Renewal Commons: a shared civic workspace where participants can gather evidence, share notes, form working groups, preserve expertise, and create practical tools for American Science Renewal.

The work begins modestly, but the need is large. Science will not remain trustworthy, useful, or durable by accident. It requires people willing to maintain the conditions on which it depends.

ASR exists to help build those conditions.

Andrew Ritcheson, DPhil, CPsychol, AFBPsS, FRSA
Founder and Chief Enablement Officer
The ASR Project