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Strengthening the U.S. Biomanufacturing Sector Through Standardization

The U.S. is facing a shortage in both pilot-scale and manufacturing-scale biomanufacturing facilities that severely hinders product development and commercialization.

06.01.23 | 9 min read
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Technology & Innovation
Share an Idea For What FESI Can Do To Advance DOE’s Mission

Do you have ideas that could inform an ambitious project that FESI has a comparative advantage pursuing? We want to hear it.

05.25.23 | 3 min read
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FESI >> Priority Use Cases

Friends of FESI have identified priority use cases to inform project ideas.

05.25.23 | 3 min read
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We have the data to improve social services at the state and local levels. So how do we use it?

Good data is a critical component of delivering effective government services from local to federal levels. But now, too much useful data lives in a silo.

05.25.23 | 4 min read
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Ecosystems & Entrepreneurship
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Increasing Access to Capital by Expanding SBA’s Secondary Market Capacity

Interagency Community Investment Committee agencies should partner with the Small Business Administration to use their existing authority and infrastructure to pilot a secondary market for their securitized debt instruments.

05.25.23 | 9 min read
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How do you clean up 170 million pieces of space junk?

The space economy is enormous, but one of its biggest challenges is tiny: space debris.

05.24.23 | 6 min read
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Technology & Innovation
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The bold vision of the CHIPS and Science Act isn’t getting the funding it needs

The CHIPS and Science Act establishes a compelling vision for U.S. innovation and place-based industrial policy, but that vision is already being hampered by tight funding.

05.23.23 | 10 min read
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Building a National Network of Composite Pipes to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions

The U.S. would need 65,000 miles of pipeline to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050. Here’s how the Biden Administration can expanding the use of low-emission, composite materials to support a net-zero vision.

05.22.23 | 9 min read
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What Should Come Next for the NSF Innovation Engines Communities? (And What About Those That Just Missed Out?)

There are exciting things ahead for communities that participated in the NSF Engines grant program, even for those that missed out on securing funding.

05.17.23 | 6 min read
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Social Innovation
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Addressing Online Harassment and Abuse through a Collaborative Digital Hub

The authors propose that the White House Task Force to Address Online Harassment and Abuse convene government actors, civil society organizations, and industry representatives to create an Anti-Online Harassment (AOH) Hub to improve and standardize responses to online harassment and to provide evidence-based recommendations to the Task Force.

05.16.23 | 10 min read
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Accelerating Biomanufacturing and Producing Cost-Effective Amino Acids through a Grand Challenge

Amino acids are essential but costly inputs for large-scale bioproduction. Federal funding can incentivize scalable production, cutting these costs in half.

05.15.23 | 14 min read
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CHIPS and Science Funding Update: FY 2023 Omnibus, FY 2024 Budget Both Short by Billions

Here’s how CHIPS and Science funding is shaping up in the battle over the federal budget.

05.12.23 | 12 min read
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