The New Jersey Academy of Science (NJAS) is a society consisting of 400 professional scientist

Scientist

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s in academia

Academia

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, government

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, and industry

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. This also includes college

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 students who are pursuing both graduate

Graduate school

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 and undergraduate degrees in the senior academy, and high school

High school

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 students in the junior academy.

Founded in 1954, the NJAS is a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science

American Association for the Advancement of Science

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 and of the National Academy of Sciences

United States National Academy of Sciences

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 and works with the New Jersey

New Jersey

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 state government on scientific issues.

The NJAS is headquartered at Rutgers University

Rutgers University

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 in Piscataway, New Jersey.