Competing in the Twenty-First Century
Innovation Policy
A New S&T Policy for a New Global Reality
Globalized science and engineering capability has changed how innovation happens and who it benefits. US policies need to be reconfigured to respond.Read More
Targeted Research
How to Build Upon Vannevar Bush’s “Wild Garden” to Cultivate Solutions to Human Needs
In today’s competitive environment, we cannot assume that curiosity-driven advances in science will someday be useful. We must also be pursuing questions targeted at needed breakthroughs.Read More
S&T Policies
Innovation-Based Economic Security
To benefit from today’s globalized research and development, the United States needs to make science and technology policies an integral part of economic security.Read More
Worker Training and Education
For a Competitive Economy, We Need a Skilled Workforce
The United States must make sustained investments in worker training and higher education to meet the shifting needs of a scientifically productive society.Read More
Global Leadership
America on Edge: Settling for Second Place?
The United States cannot afford to be complacent about the advancements in science and technology that are needed to power the economy, defend the nation, maintain public health, and combat climate change.Read More
The Missing Millions
Cultivating America’s STEM Talent Must Begin at Home
Only with collective commitment, effort, and focus can the country educate and develop the “missing millions” needed to push the frontiers of knowledge, keep our nation safe, and power the innovation economy.Read More
“The Next 75 Years of Science Policy” has been made possible through the generous support of The Kavli Foundation.
Header illustration by Shonagh Rae.