The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) is on the lookout for public enter on federal coverage updates that may speed up the American scientific enterprise and strengthen the science and know-how (S&T) ecosystem.
In a Nov. 26 request for information (RFI) posted to the Federal Register, OSTP defined that the aim is to allow groundbreaking discoveries and guarantee scientific progress and technological innovation “benefit all Americans.”
OSTP needs enter from academia; trade; state, native, and tribal governments; and different stakeholders on priorities to strengthen the S&T ecosystem “to support both the expansion of scientific knowledge and the mechanisms to transition these discoveries into the marketplace,” in accordance to the RFI.
The RFI will assist inform the White House’s efforts “to advance and maintain U.S. S&T leadership,” OSTP mentioned.
OSTP is on the lookout for suggestions on a broad vary of matters, akin to coverage modifications to federal funding mechanisms, procurement processes, or partnership authorities that may strengthen public-private collaboration.
OSTP additionally needs to understand how the federal authorities can higher help the interpretation of scientific discoveries from academia, nationwide laboratories, and different analysis establishments into sensible functions.
Additionally, OSTP needs enter on how federal insurance policies can “strengthen the role played by small- and medium-sized businesses as both drivers of innovation and as early adopters of emerging technologies.”
The RFI additionally needs solutions on how the advantages of federally funded analysis can attain all Americans, how the federal authorities can leverage and put together for “advances in AI systems that may transform scientific research,” and the way the federal government can strengthen analysis safety to defend delicate applied sciences and dual-use analysis.
“[President Donald Trump] has set a clear priority for this Administration: to revitalize America’s scientific enterprise and usher in a Golden Age of American Innovation,” OSTP Director Michael Kratsios wrote in a Dec. 1 post to X.
“To advance that mission, [OSTP] has published a Request for Information seeking policy proposals from the scientific community to strengthen our S&T ecosystem,” he added.
Responses to the RFI are due by Dec. 26.