Unleash the full power of America’s science and technology enterprise

by reducing inefficiencies and breaking down barriers that hinder progress today

For all Americans to benefit from science and technology, we must build upon and accelerate successes at the state and regional levels and combine the assets of the private, public, and nonprofit sectors. States are major economic drivers, and each of these sectors is a vibrant generator of original research and development. 

Today, too much of our investment and talent operate in isolation, bounded by sectors, industries, disciplines, and geographies. Our nation is also losing its inventive edge: long the world’s leader in patent applications, the US fell to second place in 2021. 

To make the advances our country requires, move at the pace of technological change, and reclaim our leadership as the world’s top innovator, we must enable industry, government, and the nonprofit sector – including academia – to operate in complementary ways that reduce redundancies, eliminate red tape, incentivize collaboration, and engage Americans everywhere.

    • Optimize the tax code to enhance competitiveness, strengthen national security, and create more well-paying jobs 

    • Strengthen the Research & Development Tax Credit 

    • Enhance the Federal Advanced Manufacturing Investment and Production Credits 

    • Guarantee purchase of products developed to meet critical need areas (e.g., low-earth-orbit transport, medical interventions) 

    • Empower local leaders to align American resources through regionally-based science and technology economic hubs – co-created and co-funded by the private sector and all levels of government – to spur efficiencies and create pathways to well-paying jobs  

    • Enable and encourage expanded use of nimble public sector funding tools to support limited, time-bound initiatives

    • Accelerate technology transfer from universities and government to industry  

    • Maximize returns from science and technology investments by developing and adopting evidence-based funding approaches 

    • Reduce researchers’ administrative workloads by eliminating obsolete regulations