Research & Development

Building back better: a billion dollar investment in broadening economic opportunity September 2, 2022

As Build Back Better Regional Challenge communities get to work, they represent our best hope for greater opportunity across the country.

Safeguarding Benchtop DNA Synthesis July 14, 2021

Benchtop DNA synthesizers could become more ubiquitous, and it’s up to policymakers to chart the way forward The genetic blueprints for humans, plants, disease-causing bacteria, and all other…

A health-oriented ARPA could help the U.S. address challenges like antimicrobial resistance May 25, 2021

To help catalyze innovation in the health and biomedical sciences, research and development (R&D) paradigms with a track record of producing ‘moonshot’-scale breakthroughs – such as the Advanced…

Increasing equity and accessibility of research funds can help secure U.S. leadership in science April 16, 2021

Just a small group of nationally-ranked universities are awarded the majority of federal research funding. In 2018, a study found that out of…

House explores the future of work at the close of the decade January 6, 2020

Just before Congress left for the holidays, the House Education and Labor Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Investment held a hearing examining ways to prepare for the future of work. This…