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High-Skilled Immigration
Visa Interview Waivers after COVID
...and all screening and vetting required for all nonimmigrants, including name checks and biometric screening. Third, the waivers are discretionary. Consular officers always have the option to interview an applicant...
Biotechnology
Proxy Praxis: Why Validating an Endpoint Took 12 Years
...team had to patch together small grants, accepting support from sources like the National Dairy Council. While $2 million might seem substantial, it pales in comparison to the cost of...
Biotechnology
Preventing Pandemics Requires Funding
...of its name. Here’s how the total spending for the White House plan compares to the Senate’s. Two categories — grants for state stockpiles and awards to support community health...
Emerging Technology
What Will It Cost for the US to Be Ready for the Next Big AI Breakthrough?
...and grants are then budgeted at 10% of the personnel-plus-overhead base to bring in specialized external expertise without building all capabilities in-house, and compute resources at 8% of the same...
Infrastructure
The Policy Interventions that Could Boost Geothermal
...industry can be supported either by incentivizing supply or by generating demand. Push tools typically provide financial incentives that encourage supply, like tax credits or research and development grants. When...
Biotechnology
How ARPA-H’s Use-Inspired Research Can Accelerate Progress in Health
...NIH grants are awarded by committees of peer scientists, whereas ARPA-H programs will be led by a single subject-matter program manager with autonomy over potentially risky funding decisions. Brief term...
Emerging Technology
Faster AI Diffusion Through Hardware-Based Verification
...funding whereby an R&D goal is attacked through a disconnected collection of academic grants. Such an approach risks resulting in incremental, slow, and scattered efforts that lack sufficient relevance to...
High-Skilled Immigration
The Cost of the OPT FICA Exemption
...exemptions from FICA, such as for nonimmigrants in F, M, J, or Q visa statuses. International students begin paying FICA taxes only after they become US tax residents as determined...
