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Paul Atkins

Chief executive of Royal Society Te Apārangi, in New Zealand

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Jan 6, 2026
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Who developed Project 2025 and key contributors?

Project 2025 was developed and directed by the conservative think tank The Heritage Foundation, which assembled a large team of former Trump administration officials and conservative policy experts to...

Jan 22, 2026
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Who are the principal named architects of Project 2025 and what positions did they hold in government?

is a –led blueprint for a administration whose named architects include a mix of former Trump officials and conservative operatives; the most repeatedly identified figures in reporting are , , , , , a...

Jan 16, 2026
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Which Project 2025 authors hold current federal positions and what offices do they lead?

Several authors of Project 2025 now occupy senior roles in the federal government: Russell Vought is serving as Director of the Office of Management and Budget, Brendan Carr is leading the Federal Com...

Jan 29, 2026

Is there a publicly available list of Project 2025 contributors and the government positions they later held?

Yes — multiple publicly available compilations identify people who contributed to and track which contributors were later nominated, appointed or confirmed to government posts — but there is no single...

Jan 16, 2026

Which specific Project 2025 policies have been implemented and who authored them?

Project 2025 — a nearly 900‑page conservative blueprint convened by the Heritage Foundation — has served as both a policy playbook and a personnel roster that the second Trump administration has used ...

Jan 5, 2026

How many former Project 2025 contributors currently hold Senate‑confirmed positions in the administration and what are their roles?

A minimum of five individuals who are identified as contributors to Project 2025 hold Senate‑confirmed positions in the current administration: Russell Vought (Director, Office of Management and Budge...

Feb 6, 2026

Which Project 2025 contributors later took federal positions, and what roles did they assume?

A significant handful of people who contributed to later moved into senior roles in the federal government after the , occupying posts ranging from budget chief to agency heads and special advisers; r...

Jan 29, 2026

Who are the 20–30 most influential named contributors to Project 2025 and what chapters did they write?

names roughly 35 primary authors/editors across 30 chapters and credits hundreds more as contributors; multiple reviewers found that authored most chapters and that several named architects have since...