Innovation & Economic Competitiveness

Our innovation ecosystem needs more transformative research and engagement enterprises (TREEs), especially for societal challenges that have not historically benefitted from solution-oriented research.

Federal STEM-funding agencies — led by NSF and NIH, as the two largest sources of federal funding for academic research — should explore and pursue strategies for changing grant-funding incentives in ways that strengthen and elevate the role of the career research scientist in academia.

The Biden Administration should create the Make it in America Regional Challenge (MIARC) to activate demand in underinvested regions with cluster-based techno-economic development efforts.

The problem of fraudulent trademark registrations at the PTO has become increasingly severe, but it can be contained.

The administration should implement two reforms to clarify and update rules governing use of facilities financed by tax-exempt bonds.

Guiding the evolution of AVs towards the future we want requires evaluating AVs with metrics that prioritize societally beneficial outcomes.

Biology is becoming a defining technology of the modern era, and is expected to contribute nearly 1.1. million jobs to the US by 2030.

By supporting bottom-up, place-based investment and building a network of new ideas, the Administration can foster American dynamism.

The Administration should create the Local Innovation Unit to catalyze decentralized experiments focused on our most urgent challenges.

The Biden-Harris Administration should establish a DeepTech fund to enable more entrepreneurs to bring promising technologies to market.

The next administration should implement a Maker-In-Residence fellowship program to leverage the skills of the American maker community.

This transition document provides over 25 actionable recommendations on the future of the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

The next administration should launch national Place-Based Public-Private Partnerships for Innovation to supercharge American innovation.

The next administration should take steps to streamline the patent application process and improve the innovation ecosystem.

The next administration should create a “Digital Corps” — a two-year early-career fellowship designed for the country’s top young technology talent to serve in the Federal Government.

The next administration should create a U.S. Entrepreneurial Corps to invest in the next generation of small business leaders.

The next administration should launch a Presidential Advisory Commission to improve transparency among beneficial investment organizations.

The Federal Government should launch a task force to promote and achieve U.S. private space exploration on the Moon and on asteroids.

The Federal Government should establish a national equitable transit-oriented development policy.

A blueprint for USAID to accelerate innovation, performance and impact.

The U.S. government should create a Foundational Technology Development and Deployment Office to fill critical commercialization gaps.

Create a $500M fund and an administration authority that allows relevant government agencies to create public-private partnerships.

Create new FROs to tackle scientific and technological challenges that can’t be efficiently addressed by existing organizational structures.

A proposal to restore American manufacturing leadership with a comprehensive agenda.

A proposed federal initiative would expand the emerging field of civic research as “R&D for state and local government.”

Establishing a National Manufacturing Foundation to restore critical industrial commons, ensuring what is invented here can be made here.

Forging a more effective commercialization pipeline to enhance U.S. long-term economic competitiveness and innovation leadership.

A proposal for the federal government to help communities leverage smart-city technologies to help address social and economic challenges.