Endless Frontier Fellow
Alice Wu
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Alice Wu is an Endless Frontier Fellow in Science Policy working on climate and metascience policy. She comes from an academic research background in solar cells and nanotechnology. She has also led and collaborated on design projects in Morocco, Colombia, Kenya, and India to tackle local challenges in water, energy, food, and the environment. Alice received her S.M. in Electrical Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and her B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Columbia University.

publications
Science Policy
day one project
Policies
How to Replicate the Success of Operation Warp Speed

Operation Warp Speed’s unique success is thanks to strong public-private partnerships, effective coordination, and structured leadership. Here’s how to replicate the OWS model for future success.

03.20.23 | 13 min read
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Science Policy
day one project
Policies
Enabling Faster Funding Timelines in the National Institutes of Health

The NIH funds the world’s most innovative biomedical research, but rising administrative burden is slowing down the speed of breakthroughs.

02.15.23 | 12 min read
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Technology & Innovation
Report
118th Congress: Ensuring Energy Security

Recent crises, such as the pandemic and the Russia-Ukraine war, have led to volatile fossil fuel prices and raised national concerns about energy security. The growing frequency of blackouts across the country due to extreme weather points to an increasingly vulnerable and aging electric grid. Grid capacity right now is incapable of supporting the rapid […]

01.12.23 | 8 min read
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Technology & Innovation
Report
Science and Innovation in the 118th Congress

To help seed the ground for bipartisan progress, we’ve put together a menu of the best policy ideas on a range of critical topics.

01.12.23 | 2 min read
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Science Policy
Blog
Visualizing Federal Funding for Wildfire Management and Response

Over the past two years, the federal government has invested unprecedented amounts of funding in wildfire suppression, hazardous fuels reduction, community preparedness, and restoration through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) and the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). Together, the IIJA and IRA provide $24 billion in funding for wildfire issues, distributed over 40 different programs and administered […]

12.01.22 | 3 min read
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