CEO
Daniel Correa
he/him
Science and Technology Policy,
Law and Economics

Daniel Correa is Chief Executive Officer of the Federation of American Scientists, where he leads the organization and its commitment to advancing science and technology policy. As CEO, Daniel works to build on FAS’ proud history advocating for nuclear weapons transparency, broadening the organization’s portfolio to encompass all of science policymaking and working to ensure that the best scientists and technologists are involved in designing and implementing public policy.

Prior to serving as FAS CEO, Daniel founded the Day One Project, a nonpartisan initiative focused on developing new ideas across science and technology policy. As Director of the Day One Project, Daniel built a team focused on developing and implementing new ideas in science and technology policy and supporting scientists and technologists to serve in government.

Prior to that work, Daniel led the Technology and Public Policy Project at Stanford’s Freeman Spogli Institute, an initiative to enlist leading technical and policy experts to develop actionable policy proposals across a range of cutting-edge international and domestic science and technology issues. In 2017, he established the Federal Innovation Council as an initiative of the Partnership for Public Service, and built it into a platform for senior government officials to forge a more innovative, effective, technologically-driven government.

He previously helped shape science and technology policy for the Obama Administration for four years, serving as Assistant Director for Innovation Policy at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. At the White House, Daniel developed the Administration’s innovation strategy and led government-wide science and technology initiatives that invested hundreds of millions of dollars in government innovation, R&D commercialization, civic technology, entrepreneurship, and more.

Prior to joining the White House, Daniel was the first employee at the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, a Washington, D.C. think tank, where he led development of technology, entrepreneurship, and innovation policy.

He has held the position of Kauffman Fellow in Law, Economics and Entrepreneurship at Yale Law School. 

He received a law degree from Yale Law School, a master’s degree in economics from Yale University, and a bachelor’s degree from Dartmouth College.

publications
FAS
Blog
Renewing the Call for Bold Policy Ideas

We sit on the verge of another Presidential election – an opportunity for meaningful, science-based policy innovations that can appeal to lawmakers on both sides of the aisle.

03.21.24 | 4 min read
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Technology & Innovation
Blog
Watch This Space: Looking at the Next Generation of Space Launch Technology

We sat down with space technology startup K2 Space to find out just how big of a leap the next generation of launch vehicles will represent.

09.21.23 | 8 min read
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Ecosystems & Entrepreneurship
day one project
Policy Memo
Creating the Make it in America Regional Challenge

The Biden Administration should create the Make it in America Regional Challenge (MIARC) to activate demand in underinvested regions with cluster-based techno-economic development efforts.

04.28.22 | 6 min read
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Science Policy
day one project
Policy Memo
Piloting and Evaluating NSF Science Lottery Grants: A Roadmap to Improving Research Funding Efficiencies and Proposal Diversity

Our nation’s methods of supporting new ideas should evolve alongside our knowledge base.

02.04.22 | 16 min read
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Social Innovation
day one project
Policy Memo
Doubling the R&D Capacity of the Department of Education

The time is now to transform the research arm of the Education Department into an innovative, novel space to improve education outcomes.

07.09.21 | 1 min read
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Science Policy
day one project
Policy Memo
Ambitious, Achievable, and Sustainable: A Blueprint for Reclaiming American Research Leadership

A blueprint to restore the foundation for U.S. competitiveness by embarking on a new growth trajectory for federal research spending.

04.25.20 | 1 min read
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