High-Skilled Immigration
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July 30th 2026
Experience Matters
An implementer’s guide to Experience-Benchmarked prevailing wages for the US high-skilled immigration system
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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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