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Article
Expected Utility Forecasting for Science Funding

…collected for Focused Research Organizations (FROs), a new type of non-profit research organization designed to tackle challenges that neither academia or industry is incentivized to work on. The pilot study…

11.20.23 | 11 min read
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Social Innovation
day one project
Policy Memo
Turning Community Colleges into Engines of Economic Mobility and Dynamism

…for these key roles and coordinate the efforts of various stakeholders, including the Departments of Education and Labor, state governments, and philanthropic organizations seeking to fund high-quality comprehensive solutions such…

10.31.23 | 17 min read
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FAS
Press release
Federation of American Scientists (FAS) Announces a New Collaboration with Experts Cristin Dorgelo, Jennifer Pahlka, Kathy Stack and Peter Bonner as Senior Fellows

…government in building federal capacity. Since delivering 100 implementation-ready policy proposals for the 2020 presidential transition, FAS has grown, expanding capabilities as an organization. Since the outset of the current…

10.26.23 | 4 min read
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Ecosystems & Entrepreneurship
Blog
What Works in Boston, Won’t Necessarily Work in Birmingham: 4 Pragmatic Principles for Building Commercialization Capacity in Innovation Ecosystems

…in venture development organizations and state public-private partnerships swept the country, some of which (like Ben Franklin Technology Partners and BioSTL) are still with us today, and some of which…

10.24.23 | 12 min read
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Science Policy
Issue Brief
Moving the Nation: The Role of Federal Policy in Promoting Physical Activity

…on physical activity, partnering with other government agencies and departments as well as other organizations, including the Active People, Healthy Nation program and funding initiatives such as the State Physical…

10.19.23 | 7 min read
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