Federal science-funding agencies spend tens of billions of dollars each year on extramural research, but a healthy dose of transparency could improve the grantmaking process greatly.
To protect against future infectious disease outbreaks, the Department of Health and Human Services Coordination Operations and Response Element should develop and maintain the capacity to regularly deliver N95 respirator masks to every home using a mail delivery system.
With millions of new scientific papers published every year, acting on research insights presents a formidable challenge. But what if evidence could “live”?
To implement environmental initiatives efficiently, the federal government should build and deploy digital resources in ways that meet the needs of multiple environmental and ecological agencies at once.
Federal STEM-funding agencies — led by NSF and NIH, as the two largest sources of federal funding for academic research — should explore and pursue strategies for changing grant-funding incentives in ways that strengthen and elevate the role of the career research scientist in academia.
U.S. Customs and Border Patrol should immediately update its Use of Force policy to include restrictions on use of force by mobile sentry devices.
The federal government can accelerate capabilities and applications of environmental biotechnology by establishing the CLimate Improvements through Modern Biotechnology (CLIMB) Center.
The Biden-Harris Administration can combat the impacts of redlining through a new place-based program called “Putting Redlines in the Green”.
The federal government must ensure that success for early-career STEM professionals does not demand mental-health sacrifice.
The federal government should create a Reduce, Repurpose, Recharge Initiative (RRRI): a voluntary program designed to keep farmers engaged in groundwater conservation in the Ogallala Aquifer.
The Biden Administration should create the “AYA Research Institute” to increase federal capacity to identify and resolve environmental justice issues.
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.