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Innovation & Economic Competitiveness

Innovation & Economic Competitiveness
Science Policy

Project BOoST: A Biomanufacturing Test Facility Network for Bioprocess Optimization, Scaling, and Training

The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the essential importance of biomanufacturing capabilities—extending to the geopolitical level—as well as the fragility of many supply chains and processes.

Innovation & Economic Competitiveness
Science Policy
Technology Policy

Advancing the U.S. Bioindustrial Production Sector

The U.S. government should create a Bio for America Program Office (BAPO) at the National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) to house a suite of initiatives that would lead to the creation of more well-paying U.S.-based biomanufacturing jobs and more.

Education & Workforce
Innovation & Economic Competitiveness
Science Policy

Accelerating Bioindustry Through Research, Innovation, and Translation

Streamlined funding of open and cross-disciplinary research, prize and challenge mechanisms, and market shaping through innovative procurement have all proven highly effective in the face of market failures and applied technology gaps like those seen in our bioindustry.

Innovation & Economic Competitiveness

Tilling the Federal SOIL for Transformative R&D: The Solution Oriented Innovation Liaison

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

Health & Life Sciences
Innovation & Economic Competitiveness

Pandemic Readiness Requires Bold Federal Financing for Vaccines

Getting ahead of the next pandemic is impossible without government financing.

Innovation & Economic Competitiveness

Expanding Pathways for Career Research Scientists in Academia

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.

Innovation & Economic Competitiveness

Putting Redlines in the Green: Economic Revitalization Through Innovative Neighborhood Markets

The Biden-Harris Administration can combat the impacts of redlining through a new place-based program called “Putting Redlines in the Green”.

Innovation & Economic Competitiveness

Creating the Make it in America Regional Challenge

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.

Health & Life Sciences
Innovation & Economic Competitiveness

Combating Bias in Medical Innovation

The Biden-Harris Administration must act to address bias in medical technology at the development, testing and regulation, and market-deployment and evaluation phases.

Energy, Environment & Climate
Innovation & Economic Competitiveness

Leveraging Department of Energy Authorities and Assets to Strengthen the U.S. Clean Energy Manufacturing Base

Climate action and U.S. manufacturing competitiveness are deeply intertwined and require a coordinated strategy.

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

Fund Organizations, Not Projects: Diversifying America’s Innovation Ecosystem with a Portfolio of Independent Research Organizations

Dominant research-funding paradigms are constraining the outputs of America’s innovation systems.

Health & Life Sciences
Innovation & Economic Competitiveness

Creating Advanced Market Commitments and Prizes for Pandemic Preparedness

The U.S. should invest in AMCs and prizes for vaccine development and deployment as part of the American Pandemic Preparedness Plan.

Innovation & Economic Competitiveness

Broadening the Knowledge Economy through Independent Scholarship

Our lack of creativity in defining the scholarly landscape is limiting our nation’s capacity for innovation.

Health & Life Sciences
Innovation & Economic Competitiveness

Curing Alzheimer’s by Investing in Aging Research

Now is the time for the NIA to drive science-first funding for the field of aging.

Innovation & Economic Competitiveness

Bringing Opportunities to Incarcerated Persons and Prison-Tech Startups

The Biden-Harris Administration should launch a cross-agency initiative to support prison-tech startups.

Education & Workforce
Innovation & Economic Competitiveness

Creating a Public System of National Laboratory Schools

The U.S. should establish a system of National Laboratory Schools in parallel to its existing system of FFRDCs.

Education & Workforce
Innovation & Economic Competitiveness

Improving Graduate-Student Mentorship by Investing in Traineeship Grants

The federal government should build on the success of the NIH’s training-grant program to support STEMM graduate students & U.S. R&D.

Innovation & Economic Competitiveness
Technology Policy

Creating an AI Testbed for Government

The U.S. should establish a testbed for government-procured artificial intelligence (AI) models used to provide services to Americans.

Innovation & Economic Competitiveness

Smarter Zoning for Fair Housing

Without reform, exclusionary zoning will continue to damage equity and inhibit growth and opportunity in many parts of America.

Innovation & Economic Competitiveness

A Strategy for Countering Fraudulent Trademark Registrations at the Patent and Trademark Office

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

Innovation & Economic Competitiveness
Technology Policy

Promoting Transparency and Competition in the Broadband Market

The federal government can and must intervene to promote transparency and competition in the broadband market.

Innovation & Economic Competitiveness

Ensuring Manufacturing USA Reaches Its Potential

Expanded manufacturing programs will invest in our nation’s long-term competitive innovation capacity.

Innovation & Economic Competitiveness

Reforming Federal Rules on Corporate-Sponsored Research at Tax-Exempt University Facilities

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

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.

Innovation & Economic Competitiveness

Steering Innovation for Autonomous Vehicles Towards Societally Beneficial Outcomes

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

Innovation & Economic Competitiveness

How to Unlock the Potential of the Advanced Research Projects Agency Model

The Advanced Research Projects Agency model can unleash the full potential of our R&D community to solve critical societal challenges.

Energy, Environment & Climate
Innovation & Economic Competitiveness

Support Electrification at Regional Airports to Preserve Competitiveness & Improve Health Outcomes

The Biden Administration should electrify the entire aviation ecosystem to eliminate airport lead emissions and create jobs.

Education & Workforce
Innovation & Economic Competitiveness

Competitiveness Through Immigration

Intensifying competition for skilled workers abroad and barriers to immigration at home are deterring potential talent from coming to the U.S.

Innovation & Economic Competitiveness

Meeting Biology’s “Sputnik Moment”

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.

Innovation & Economic Competitiveness

Rebooting the American Dream: Challenge Grants for Emerging Innovation Ecosystems

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

Innovation & Economic Competitiveness

The Local Innovation Unit: Achieving National Goals Through Local Experimentation

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

Education & Workforce
Innovation & Economic Competitiveness

Forging 1,000 Venture Scientists to Transform the Innovation Economy

The Administration should establish the Venture Science Doctorate (VSD) to train graduates to combine research and entrepreneurship.

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.

Innovation & Economic Competitiveness

Creating a National DeepTech Capital Fund

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

Innovation & Economic Competitiveness

Enabling Federal Agencies to Tackle Complex Problems with the Help of Makers-In-Residence

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

Innovation & Economic Competitiveness

Transition Document for the United States Patent and Trademark Office

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

Innovation & Economic Competitiveness
Technology Policy

A Fair Artificial Intelligence Research & Regulation (FAIRR) Bureau

The next administration should create a Fair Artificial Intelligence Research & Regulation Bureau to ensure that AI benefits all Americans.

Innovation & Economic Competitiveness

Place-Based Public-Private Partnerships for Innovation (P4I)

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

Innovation & Economic Competitiveness

Streamlining the Patent Application Process to Nurture the Innovation of Tomorrow

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

Education & Workforce
Innovation & Economic Competitiveness

Embedding Evidence and Evaluation in Economic Recovery Legislation

The next administration and Congress should embed evaluation and evidence-building into stimulus legislation for efficient recovery.

Innovation & Economic Competitiveness
Science Policy

Advancing American AI through National Public-Private Partnerships for AI Research

The next administration should launch a public-private partnership to advance the research foundations of AI and its application at scale.

Health & Life Sciences
Innovation & Economic Competitiveness

Advancing Economic, Health, and Racial Equity by Increasing the Use of Evidence and Data

The next administration should ensure equitable recovery and economic mobility by promoting evidence-based decision-making across agencies.

Health & Life Sciences
Innovation & Economic Competitiveness

A National Bioeconomy Manufacturing and Innovation Initiative

A National Bioeconomy Manufacturing and Innovation Initiative would combat COVID-19, foster economic recovery, and address climate change.

Innovation & Economic Competitiveness

The Digital Corps

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.

Innovation & Economic Competitiveness

Establishing a U.S. Entrepreneurial Corps to Foster an Inclusive Small Business Ecosystem

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

Innovation & Economic Competitiveness

Unlocking Beneficial Capital by Improving Investor Transparency

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

Innovation & Economic Competitiveness

The Lunar and Asteroid Task Force Initiative

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

Innovation & Economic Competitiveness

Leverage Transit-Oriented Development Loan Programs to Accelerate Equitable Economic Recovery

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

Innovation & Economic Competitiveness

Accelerating Innovation, Performance, and Impact at USAID

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

Energy, Environment & Climate
Innovation & Economic Competitiveness

Enabling Better Access to Federal Transportation Funds for Small and Rural Communities

An approach to simplify and expand access to the BUILD program at the Department of Transportation.

Energy, Environment & Climate
Innovation & Economic Competitiveness

Accelerating Deployment of Innovations to Modernize the U.S. Electric Grid

The next administration should establish a Grid Resilience Innovation Demonstration Network to modernize the U.S. electrical grid.

Innovation & Economic Competitiveness
Science Policy

Creating a National Fellowship for Entrepreneurial Scientists and Engineers

Establish a national entrepreneurial fellowship to accelerate the transformation of research discoveries into scalable, market-ready tech.

Innovation & Economic Competitiveness
Technology Policy

Establishing a White House Taskforce to Promote Digital Market Competition

The next administration should establish a White House Taskforce focused on promoting digital market competition.

Innovation & Economic Competitiveness

A Foundational Technology Development and Deployment Office to Create Jobs

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

Innovation & Economic Competitiveness

A National Frontier Tech Public-Private Partnership to Spur Economic Growth

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

Innovation & Economic Competitiveness

Focused Research Organizations to Accelerate Science, Technology, and Medicine

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

Energy, Environment & Climate
Innovation & Economic Competitiveness

A National Initiative to Revitalize American Farming and Advance Regenerative Agriculture

Regenerative agriculture can transform how farmers provide food, fiber and land stewardship while supporting the return of American farming.

Innovation & Economic Competitiveness

Restoring U.S. Leadership in Manufacturing

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

Innovation & Economic Competitiveness

A Civic Research Initiative to Transform State and Local Government

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

Innovation & Economic Competitiveness

Establishing a National Manufacturing Foundation

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

Innovation & Economic Competitiveness

Closing Critical Gaps from Lab to Market

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

Innovation & Economic Competitiveness

Smart Cities Technologies: Driving Economic Growth and Community Resilience

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

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