The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the crucial need for science to inform policy. This proposal identifies five key areas for action.
The next administration should establish a Grid Resilience Innovation Demonstration Network to modernize the U.S. electrical grid.
Establish a national entrepreneurial fellowship to accelerate the transformation of research discoveries into scalable, market-ready tech.
The next administration should establish an office at the Dept. of Health and Human Services dedicated to combating COVID-19 misinformation.
The next administration can achieve significant reductions in greenhouse-gas emissions by helping transition the commercial truck and bus industries to cleaner fuels like electric power and hydrogen.
The next administration should establish a White House Taskforce focused on promoting digital market competition.
Create a plan for a digital platform to connect teachers with college students and recent graduates to serve as tutors for K-12 students.
The U.S. government should create a Foundational Technology Development and Deployment Office to fill critical commercialization gaps.
Create a $500M fund and an administration authority that allows relevant government agencies to create public-private partnerships.
A blueprint for the next administration to reform Section 230.
The COVID-19 pandemic exposed systematic vulnerabilities in how wildlife movement and emerging infectious diseases should be managed.
The next Administration should invest in Earth observation to directly measure environmental change and greenhouse gas emissions.