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Government Capacity
Report
Philanthropy Partnerships Summit Report: Building Collaborations for Impact

…two-way communication.   Alternative models are emerging New or less commonly used modalities such as prize challenges, field trials platforms, metascience projects, and alternative science organizations like focused research organizations (FROs)…

02.03.26 | 20 min read
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FAS
Blog
Gil on the Hill: January 2026

…played a central role in introducing this concept in 2020 in the form of a proposal for Focused Research Organizations. Several FAS teammates have spent years evangelizing the concept across…

01.29.26 | 8 min read
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Clean Energy
Report
DOE 4.0: Rethinking Program Design for a Clean Energy Future

…used for demonstration and deployment programs. 2CFR 200 and 2CFR 910 are almost 200 pages long, requiring extensive compliance that smaller organizations and organizations new to federal applications may not…

01.26.26 | 27 min read
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Clean Energy
Report
One Year into the Trump Administration: DOE’s Diminished Organizational Capacity

…Figure 1. DOE organization chart prior to November 20th, 2025 (Source: DOE). Figure 2. DOE’s new organizational structure after November 20th, 2025 (Source: DOE) As part of this shift, DOE…

01.20.26 | 10 min read
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Environment
Issue Brief
Long-term effects of disasters: an ongoing threat to public health

…temperature extremes. Heatwaves alone can increase the risk of chronic kidney disease, and can even make the body age faster, while those who have experienced heat illness and heat stroke…

01.15.26 | 10 min read
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