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Emerging Technology
The Case for AgARDA
...and in turn would help find early market adopters for these innovations. The USDA’s National Institute for Food and Agriculture has a small business grants program that could provide seed...
Metascience
Progress Deferred: Lessons From mRNA Vaccine Development
...vaccine and research grants helped underwrite a major expansion in manufacturing capacity. This was particularly critical in the case of startups like Moderna, which lacked the infrastructure to produce its...
High-Skilled Immigration
Strengthening America's AI Workforce
Executive Summary International talent is necessary for US AI dominance. Two-thirds of the top AI startups were founded by immigrants and most PhD-level AI talent in the US is foreign-born....
Metascience
Sweat the Small Stuff
...the integrity of U.S. employers hiring foreign-born skilled immigrants (especially those in STEM). The data from the Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS), owned by ICE, could provide more...
Metascience
American Science Should Take a Lot More Risks
...things worse. The NIH’s new policy to cap what it pays universities to cover indirect costs on grants (for things like utility bills, research facilities and administrative staff) to 15...
Emerging Technology
Operation Patchlight
...following: The federal government should invest $1 billion in rapidly issued grants to companies or non-profits building AI-powered tooling for critical infrastructure defenders. The aim is to provide an upfront...
High-Skilled Immigration
Renew Visas at Home
Summary Under current State Department policy, most nonimmigrants must renew their visa outside the US at an American embassy or consulate overseas. This requires workers and students to leave the...
Infrastructure
Breaking the NEPA Litigation Doom Loop
...on vacatur and injunction Another approach advocated for by my colleagues at IFP is a hard time limit — four years from the start of an agency’s environmental review —...
