Government Chief Scientific Adviser (United Kingdom)

{{short description|Adviser to the UK Prime Minister and the Cabinet}}

{{distinguish|Chief Scientific Officer}}

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The UK Government Chief Scientific Adviser (GCSA) is the personal adviser on science and technology-related activities and policies to the Prime Minister and the Cabinet. They are also the head of the Government Office for Science.

Many individual government departments have departmental Chief Scientific Advisers (CSA).{{cite web|url=http://www.bis.gov.uk/go-science/science-in-government/chief-scientific-advisers|title=Chief scientific advisers across government|publisher=Government Office for Science|access-date=2023-02-17}} The GCSA is involved in recruiting CSAs, and meets regularly with CSAs to identify priorities, challenges and strategies.[http://www.bis.gov.uk/assets/bispartners/goscience/docs/c/10-1294-chief-scientific-advisers-and-their-officials-introduction.pdf Chief scientific advisers and their officials], GO-Science, 2010 The adviser also usually serves as chair of the UK's Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE).{{cite journal|last1=Grimes|first1=Robin|author-link=Robin Grimes|title=The UK Response to Fukushima and Anglo-Japanese Relations|journal=Science & Diplomacy|year=2014|volume=3|issue=2|url=http://www.sciencediplomacy.org/perspective/2014/uk-response-fukushima-and-anglo-japanese-relations}}