A think tank for accelerating scientific, technological, and industrial progress
Policy research and strategy to remove the bottlenecks to U.S. growth
Over the last 50 years, our rate of innovation has been slowing down while the global challenges we face have been growing. To combat climate change, future pandemics, and economic stagnation, we need to leverage the United States' unique advantages and chart a path to abundance.
Metascience
How can we change the incentives within science to produce more breakthrough research?
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High-Skilled Immigration
How can we attract and retain superstar talent from around the globe?
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Biotechnology
How can we prevent future pandemics and accelerate progress in the life sciences?
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Infrastructure
How can we make it easier to build things in the world of atoms?
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Emerging Technology
How can we shape the frontier of technological development and deployment?
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Spotlight research
Infrastructure
How NEPA Will Tax Clean Energy
The National Environmental Policy Act has become a barrier to environmental policy
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High-Skilled Immigration
Expelling Excellence: Exchange Visitor Restrictions on High-Skill Migrants in the United States
Examining the Exchange Visitor Skills List, a little-known restriction on high-skill immigration to the United States
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Emerging Technology
Will We Ever Get Fusion Power?
The private sector is taking a fresh look at the challenging technology
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Emerging Technology
The Case for a NIST Foundation
Four ways a non-profit foundation could supercharge NIST’s work on emerging technologies
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High-Skilled Immigration
Practical Ways to Modernize the Schedule A List
An analysis of responses to the Department of Labor's recent Request for Information
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High-Skilled Immigration
Meeting U.S. Defense Science and Engineering Workforce Needs
A progress report
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High-Skilled Immigration
Bolstering STEM Talent with the National Interest Waiver
How a 2022 update streamlines the green card process
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Emerging Technology
How to Build an AI Data Center
Part One of Compute in America: Building the Next Generation of AI Infrastructure at Home
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Emerging Technology
Compute in America: Building the Next Generation of AI Infrastructure at Home
A new series from the Institute for Progress
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Infrastructure
Seven Frequently Asked Questions About NEPA
Debunking common myths about the National Environmental Policy Act
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Infrastructure
We Must End the Litigation Doom Loop
It's time for Congress to impose a time limit on injunctions.
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Infrastructure
A Cheat Sheet for NEPA Judicial Reform
How do different reform proposals stack up?
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High-Skilled Immigration
The Talent Scout State
How the U.S. can proactively recruit high-potential immigrants
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Infrastructure
Moving Past Environmental Proceduralism
If the activists of fifty years ago had known what we know now, what might they have done differently?
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Emerging Technology
How to Make the NSTC a Moonshot Success
The new National Semiconductor Technology Center can reshape America's semiconductor industry
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