Energy, Environment & Climate Reduce, Repurpose, Recharge: Establishing a Collaborative Doctrine of Groundwater Management in the Ogallala Aquifer The federal government should create a Reduce, Repurpose, Recharge Initiative (RRRI): a voluntary program designed to keep farmers engaged in groundwater conservation in the Ogallala Aquifer.
Energy, Environment & Climate Establishing the AYA Research Institute: Increasing Data Capacity and Community Engagement for Environmental-Justice Tools The Biden Administration should create the “AYA Research Institute” to increase federal capacity to identify and resolve environmental justice issues.
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.
Education & Workforce Establishing Village Corps: A National Early Childhood Education (ECE) Program at AmeriCorps Establishing a new ECE-focused branch of AmeriCorps is an innovative solution that builds on existing programmatic infrastructure to use talent and funds efficiently and equitably.
Health & Life Sciences Establishing a National Endemic Disease Surveillance Initiative (NEDSI) The Biden-Harris Administration should establish a National Endemic Disease Surveillance Initiative (NEDSI) to remove barriers to tracking and predicting endemic, infectious diseases.
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.
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.
Health & Life Sciences Regulating Probiotic Use and Improving Veterinary Care to Bolster Honeybee Health The FDA and USDA should improve the administration of antibiotics in apiculture and strengthen the regulation of pre- and probiotic supplements marketed to commercial beekeepers.
Energy, Environment & Climate Carbon Capture in the Industrial Sector: Addressing Training, Startups, and Risk This is the ideal time to expand U.S. climate strategy into an “all of the above” solution that includes carbon capture and storage as a core component.
