New Frontiers for Innovation Policy
Global Competition
What a National Technology Strategy Is—and Why the United States Needs One
To compete in the twenty-first century, the United States needs a nimble agency to catalyze technological innovation that delivers security, prosperity, jobs, and health—for all citizens.Read More
Industrial Policy
Encompassing the Innovation Panoply
As US science policy shifts toward a new model intended to stimulate economic growth, the country must create an institutional infrastructure for federal industrial policy.Read More
Health Care Innovation
Innovation as a Force for Equity
Today’s health innovation system doesn’t benefit everyone equally. To change it we need to think differently about expertise, innovation, and systems for ensuring access to crucial technologies.Read More
Multiple Paths to Discovery
Innovation Is Not a Linear Race, It’s a Dance Between Discovery and Use
Investing more money in science is not enough to meet the challenges of the twenty-first century. We also must recognize a diverse set of approaches to scientific advancement.Read More
The Engineering Method
Working in the Penumbra of Understanding
A twenty-first century science and technology policy that works to solve society’s problems must fully incorporate engineering’s unique perspective.Read More
Modernizing Science Policy
Science Policy From the Ground Up
It’s time to modernize the federal role in the nation’s increasingly decentralized R&D ecosystem and unleash innovation at the local level.Read More
Telling New Stories
Stories to Work By
Narratives of technological inevitability often limit the tools society has at its disposal to promote equality and opportunity.Read More
Reimagining Philanthropy
Changing the Business of Breakthroughs
A new worldwide network of scientists and engineers is demonstrating how philanthropy can leverage a highly effective innovation model to solve urgent global problems.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.