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High-Skilled Immigration
STEM Immigration Is Critical to American National Security
...patents are produced by immigrants and 33% of American Nobel are won by immigrants.[ref 12] But the need for STEM talent is especially pronounced in defense-related industries. Not only are...
Infrastructure
Smarter Zoning for Fair Housing
...to meeting fair-housing standards, and (ii) support plentiful supplies of affordable housing to address equity and other issues. HUD should also provide research grants under the Unlocking Possibilities Program,[ref 8]...
High-Skilled Immigration
Semiconductor Investments Won’t Pay Off If Congress Doesn’t Fix the Talent Bottleneck
...of domestic STEM education. First, every cap-exempt immigrant is required by the provisions to pay $1,000 to fund STEM scholarships and training for low-income Americans. What’s more, new STEM immigrants...
Emerging Technology
Where Can Federal AI R&D Funding Go the Furthest?
IFP Co-founder and Co-CEO Caleb Watney presented this testimony on October 18, 2023 before the U.S. House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, during a hearing titled “Balancing Knowledge and...
Emerging Technology
What Does America Think the Trump Administration Should Do About AI?
...This takes time away from the most important parts of policymaking: figuring out which ideas to prioritize and implementing them. At IFP, we’re experimenting with tools to help solve this...
Emerging Technology
An Action Plan for American Leadership in AI
...the development of an “AI Action Plan.” IFP submitted the following response. Introduction Recent developments in AI suggest that a new age of scientific discovery and economic growth is within...
Emerging Technology
America’s AI Exports Program
Editor’s note: This publication is IFP’s response to the Department of Commerce’s request for information (RFI) on establishing America’s AI Exports Program. Minor edits have been made to reflect changes...
Metascience
But Seriously, How Do We Make an Entrepreneurial State?
...a discrete goal tied to their career advancement. When an agency’s performance is judged primarily on short-term outcomes—how many vaccines were shipped, were the grants paid out, and so on—it’s quite easy for longer-term...
