Science Policy How Unmet Desire Surveys Can Advance Learning Agendas and Strengthen Evidence-Based Policymaking To improve program outcomes, federal evaluation officers should conduct “unmet desire surveys” to advance federal learning agendas and built agency buy-in.
Science Policy Public Value Evidence for Public Value Outcomes: Integrating Public Values into Federal Policymaking The federal government should broaden institutional capacity to collect and integrate evidence on public values into policy and decision making.
Science Policy Unlocking Federal Grant Data To Inform Evidence-Based Science Funding Federal science-funding agencies spend tens of billions of dollars each year on extramural research, but a healthy dose of transparency could improve the grantmaking process greatly.
Science Policy Strengthening Policy by Bringing Evidence to Life With millions of new scientific papers published every year, acting on research insights presents a formidable challenge. But what if evidence could “live”?
Science Policy Taking Out the Space Trash: Creating an Advanced Market Commitment for Recycling and Removing Large-Scale Space Debris In order to mitigate the space debris problem in a way that also bolsters national economic growth, the U.S. government should create an advanced market commitment for recycling and de-orbiting satellites and large-sized debris.
Innovation & Economic Competitiveness Science Policy Piloting and Evaluating NSF Science Lottery Grants: A Roadmap to Improving Research Funding Efficiencies and Proposal Diversity Our nation’s methods of supporting new ideas should evolve alongside our knowledge base.
Innovation & Economic Competitiveness Science Policy The “FASTER” Act for the Federal Laboratory System The FASTER Federal Lab Act will strengthen U.S. scientific and technology leadership through targeted legislative and policy reforms.
Science Policy Re-envisioning Reporting of Scientific Methods Publication of detailed scientific methodologies can save researchers time and money, and can accelerate the pace of research.
Education & Workforce Innovation & Economic Competitiveness Science Policy The Invention Ecosystem: A Pathway to Economic Resilience and Inclusive Prosperity A strong Invention Ecosystem can power our path to economic recovery, sustained growth and societal resilience.
