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High-Skilled Immigration
Meeting U.S. Defense Science and Engineering Workforce Needs
...length of time in the U.S. – often referred to as assimilation – affects the earnings of migrants to the U.S. Building on Borjas (1987)’s classic application of the Roy...
High-Skilled Immigration
The Case for High-Skilled Immigration Reform
...them throughout their careers. This study found that “migrants to the U.S. are up to six times more productive than migrants to other countries — even after accounting for talent during one’s...
High-Skilled Immigration
Creating a Global Skill Partnership with Central America Using Existing US Visas
...be accomplished by requiring some training or cultural exchange component take place in the US for ‘away’ track migrants. Further, designated sponsors could require ‘away’ track migrants who have already...
High-Skilled Immigration
Maximizing the Scientific ROI from International PhDs
...of which, the Investigator Grants, has a citizenship and permanent residency requirement. This leaves 48% of grants made to early-career researchers free to non-permanent residents, significantly above the 9% through...
High-Skilled Immigration
Help Wanted: Modernizing the Schedule A Shortage Occupation List
...thousands of dollars and months of delays (currently more than 12 months), in those situations where U.S. labor market protections are appropriately pre-certified. The intended result is that immigrants who...
Metascience
Fund Organizations, Not Projects: Diversifying America's Innovation Ecosystem with a Portfolio of Independent Research Organizations
...starship vs. NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS). The ITER fusion program vs. fusion companies like Commonwealth Fusion and Helion. NIH grants for COVID-19 research vs. privately funded “fast grants” for...
Metascience
Indirect Cost Recovery and American Innovation: Context and Ideas for Reform
...is to reduce or end the use of project grants to fund overhead expenses, and to replace them with grants that specifically fund infrastructure or fund institutions through block grants....
Emerging Technology
Using X-Labs to Unleash AI-Driven Scientific Breakthroughs
...of the most important AI-for-science efforts could slip through the cracks of federal funding — too multidisciplinary, infrastructure- and engineering-heavy, or speculative for traditional grants. To operationalize this new scientific...
