Emerging Technology
What Does America Think the Trump Administration Should Do About AI?
Analyzing public recommendations to the Office of Science and Technology Policy’s (OSTP) AI Action Plan
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Emerging Technology
What Lessons Should the US Learn From DeepSeek?
Testimony to the US House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology
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High-Skilled Immigration
Most of America’s Top AI Companies Were Founded by Immigrants
Immigrant founders are making the United States the global leader in AI
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Emerging Technology
The H20 Problem: Inference, Supercomputers, and US Export Control Gaps
How to prevent 1.3 million AI chips from being sold to China today, and how to prepare for the future
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Infrastructure
Why FORGE Works
The Department of Energy's experiment in geothermal energy continues to pay off
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Metascience
Sweat the Small Stuff
From immigration to family policy, inaccurate and missing federal data undermine major policy reforms
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Infrastructure
How to Prevent Federal Judges From Killing New Energy Projects
Giving courts four years to block a project can pave the way for permitting reform
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High-Skilled Immigration
Strengthening America’s AI Workforce
11 recommendations to recruit the world's top AI talent
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Emerging Technology
An Action Plan for American Leadership in AI
12 recommendations for the Office of Science and Technology Policy's AI Action Plan
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Infrastructure
How the White House Can Reform NEPA
Three steps the Council on Environmental Quality can take to fix our environmental permitting process.
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Emerging Technology
Compute in America: A Policy Playbook
How to rapidly build gigawatt-scale AI clusters in the United States
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Biotechnology
How Scientific Incentives Stalled the Fight Against Antibiotic Resistance, and How We Can Fix It
A million-peptide database could help us solve antibiotic resistance.
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Infrastructure
Leveraging LIHTC for Housing Abundance
Realigning federal subsidies will increase housing supply in America’s big cities
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High-Skilled Immigration
Talent Recruitment Roulette: Replacing the H-1B Lottery
We could almost double the economic value of the H-1B program without changing the number of visas
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Biotechnology
The Case for Clinical Trial Abundance
A series of short papers outlining reform possibilities for America's clinical trials
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Biotechnology
An Innovation Agenda for Addiction
We can advance the development of breakthrough medicines to reduce addiction at scale
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Biotechnology
Securing Benchtop DNA Synthesizers
As the field of benchtop DNA synthesis evolves, it will require ongoing monitoring.
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High-Skilled Immigration
Maximizing the Scientific ROI from International PhDs
Scientific grants should be awarded on the basis of merit, not nationality.
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Biotechnology
Biosecurity in the Trump Era
We highlight five key moves the new administration could make to improve the nation's biosecurity
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Biotechnology
The Triple Rapid Framework for Pandemic Diagnostics
Rapid reconfiguration, rapid deployment, and rapid results could help contain future outbreaks at their source
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Emerging Technology
How to Build the Future of AI in the United States
Part Two of Compute in America
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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
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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High-Skilled Immigration
Meeting U.S. Defense Science and Engineering Workforce Needs
A progress report on recent efforts to retain highly skilled foreign-born STEM talent
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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
Bolstering STEM Talent with the National Interest Waiver
How a 2022 update streamlines the green card process
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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
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
The Case for a NIST Foundation
Four ways a non-profit foundation could supercharge NIST’s work on emerging technologies
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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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Infrastructure
How Cost Allocation Works for Transmission Lines
Why it matters, and why it shouldn't stop the clean energy buildout
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Biotechnology
Mapping America’s Biosurveillance
A comprehensive visual map of the entities that monitor biological threats across the U.S. federal government
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Infrastructure
How to Be a Policy Entrepreneur in the American Vetocracy
A review of "Recoding America: Why Government Is Failing in the Digital Age and How We Can Do Better," by Jennifer Pahlka
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Infrastructure
How to Save America’s Transmission System
The overwhelming priority of energy policy must be making it easier to build things
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Metascience
Progress Deferred: Lessons From mRNA Vaccine Development
We can restructure science funding to help breakthrough research translate more quickly
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Metascience
The ARPA Model: A Reading List
A comprehensive syllabus on the ARPA model and its family tree
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High-Skilled Immigration
Create Your Own Data-Driven Update to Schedule A
Plan an update to the government's shortage occupation list in a new interactive app
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Biotechnology
Congress Can Improve our Pandemic Preparedness
Strengthening the Federal Select Agent Program would mean better oversight of biotech laboratories
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High-Skilled Immigration
Modernizing the H-1B Program
A response to DHS’ proposed changes to better support regional innovation and emerging technology career development
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Infrastructure
The Policy Interventions that Could Boost Geothermal
Part Four of Hot Rocks: Commercializing Next-Generation Geothermal Energy
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High-Skilled Immigration
Help Wanted: Modernizing the Schedule A Shortage Occupation List
A new data-driven method to identify gaps in the labor market
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Biotechnology
Using PAHPA to Address Biosecurity Threats
A letter to House and Senate health committee leaders on making sure PAHPA mitigates biosecurity risks
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Infrastructure
Barriers to Next-Gen Geothermal
Part Three of Hot Rocks: Commercializing Next-Generation Geothermal Energy
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Biotechnology
How Project NextGen Can Create Better Vaccines
A response to BARDA's request for information on the development of next generation medical countermeasures
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Biotechnology
Preventing the Misuse of Breakthrough Health Research
A response to ARPA-H's request for information on ethical, legal, and social implications of technology development
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Infrastructure
How Public Policy Accelerated the Shale Revolution
Part Two of Hot Rocks: Commercializing Next-Generation Geothermal Energy
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Biotechnology
Making the CDC Modern
A response to the CDC's request for information on modernizing the agency
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Infrastructure
The Technological Innovations that Produced the Shale Revolution
Part One of Hot Rocks: Commercializing Next-Generation Geothermal Energy
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Infrastructure
Hot Rocks: Commercializing Next-Generation Geothermal Energy
A joint series from Employ America and Institute for Progress
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Emerging Technology
Where Can Federal AI R&D Funding Go the Furthest?
Testimony to the U.S. House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology
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Biotechnology
Mitigating Risks from Dual-Use Research
A response to OSTP's request for information on developing a policy for research with certain pathogens
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Infrastructure
A Grand Bargain for Permitting Reform
American energy production can be transformed, if the parties can find a deal
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High-Skilled Immigration
A Serious Case for Dynamic Scoring
Innovation policy has a budget problem, and Congress has a chance to fix it
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Metascience
To Speed Up Scientific Progress, We Need to Understand Science Policy
Three ways to bridge the divide between researchers and policymakers
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Metascience
Funding Delays Are Slowing Scientific Progress
It shouldn't take scientists 20 months to navigate the grant process
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Infrastructure
No, NEPA Really Is a Problem for Clean Energy
Four reasons the arguments of NEPA defenders miss the mark
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Biotechnology
How ARPA-H’s Use-Inspired Research Can Accelerate Progress in Health
Focusing on pandemic prevention will help the new agency achieve its ambitious goals – if it takes the right risks
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Infrastructure
Geothermal Energy Needs Permitting Reform
At the very least, give geothermal energy the same exemptions that oil and gas receive
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Biotechnology
How At-Home Rapid Tests Could Help Prevent the Next Pandemic
Loosening restrictions on at-home rapid tests will mitigate future outbreaks
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Metascience
How the NSF Moved Faster than the NIH During COVID-19
The pandemic highlighted how flexible funding authority can save lives during a crisis
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Biotechnology
How AI Can Help Prevent Biosecurity Disasters
A response to OSTP's request for information on a National Artificial Intelligence Strategy
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Infrastructure
Can I-95’s Repairs Teach Us to Build Faster?
The astonishingly fast repairs to Interstate 95 offer a rare glimpse at how quickly America can build when we get out of our own way.
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Biotechnology
Indoor Air Quality Is the Next Great Public Health Challenge
Cleaner indoor air can increase productivity, improve student outcomes, and prevent pandemics
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Metascience
How DARPA Can Anticipate Downside Risk
A response to DARPA's request for information on assessing ethical, legal, and societal implications of emerging technologies
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Metascience
How DARPA Can Proactively Shape Emerging Technologies
A response to DARPA's request for information on assessing ethical, legal, and societal implications of emerging technologies
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Metascience
Building a Better NIH
A series of short papers outlining the growth potential for our nation's premier health R&D funder
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High-Skilled Immigration
Visa Interview Waivers after COVID
Even though the COVID emergency is over, personal appearance waivers should be a standing policy in low-risk cases
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Infrastructure
Defining “Major Federal Action” in NEPA
Federal agencies need to concentrate their efforts on projects that cause considerable environmental disruption
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Infrastructure
Environmental Assessment Reform
Allow agencies the autonomy to act as soon as they can accurately determine a "finding of no significant impact"
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Biotechnology
Preparing for Pandemic Preparedness Legislation
Nine legislative ideas to improve our biosecurity response
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Infrastructure
Why Does Nuclear Power Plant Construction Cost So Much?
The source of clean energy shouldn't be displaying "negative learning" over time
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Infrastructure
Time Limit on Injunctions
NEPA review needs a judicial shot clock
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High-Skilled Immigration
Harnessing Global Talent for Regional Innovation
Three ways the executive branch can streamline visa pathways to support new regional innovation hubs
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Metascience
Can Policymakers Trust Forecasters?
Experts, modelers, and forecasters try to predict events, but which of them are most reliable?
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Infrastructure
“Demand Commitment Mechanisms” Can Jumpstart Long-Duration Energy Storage
A response to the DOE's request for information on advanced market commitments
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Emerging Technology
The Case for AgARDA
The new research agency will need real funding to boost agricultural innovation
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Biotechnology
Preventing the Misuse of DNA Synthesis
The risk of engineered viruses increases as synthetic biology gets cheaper
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Biotechnology
What Are the Odds H5N1 Is Worse Than COVID-19?
And what can we do to stop H5N1 from becoming a pandemic?
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Biotechnology
How To Reuse the Operation Warp Speed Model
To replicate the success of OWS, we need to identify the specific characteristics that made it effective
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Biotechnology
Three Reasons Congress Should Fund Biodefense
Cutting the Chemical Biological Defense Program would be penny-wise and pound-foolish
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Biotechnology
Research Into Far-UVC Systems Can Help Us Prevent the Next Pandemic
A response to the EPA's request for information on better indoor air quality management
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High-Skilled Immigration
Renew Visas at Home
Domestic visa reissuance has been suspended since 2004 — it's time to bring it back
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