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Climate & Energy
day one project
Policy Memo
Enabling Faster Funding Timelines in the National Institutes of Health

…system is in desperate need of modernization. Examples of promising alternative models exist: in the last two years, private “fast science funding” initiatives such as Fast Grants and Impetus Grants…

02.15.23 | 12 min read
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Emerging Technology
Press release
New Coalition Launches for Increased Investment in Education R&D

…Director, Walton Family Foundation. “ALI will help realize the ambitious vision that youth have for education, reinventing learning to be more relevant and inspiring.” For media inquiries, please contact press@fas.org…

02.14.23 | 3 min read
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Government Capacity
Blog
An Overdue Fix for Pulse Oximeters

…pulse oximeters on the market today. COVID-19 illustrated, in devastating fashion, the consequences of this problem. Embedded bias in pulse oximeters demonstrably worsened outcomes for patient populations already disproportionately impacted…

11.01.22 | 3 min read
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Emerging Technology
Article
AI for science: creating a virtuous circle of discovery and innovation

…an incentive structure wholly foreign to academia,” and “a fast and focused research paradigm … [which] raises the question of what other problems exist that are ripe for a fast…

08.22.22 | 9 min read
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Emerging Technology
day one project
Policy Memo
CLimate Improvements through Modern Biotechnology (CLIMB) — A National Center for Bioengineering Solutions to Climate Change and Environmental Challenges

…(CLIMB) Center will fast-track our nation’s ability to meet domestic and international decarbonization goals, remediate contaminated habitats, detect toxins and pathogens, and deliver on environmental-justice goals.  The CLIMB Center would…

05.19.22 | 11 min read
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