Late last year, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy issued a request for information (RFI) in the Federal Record on “priorities for strengthening the science and technology ecosystem to support both the expansion of scientific knowledge and the mechanisms to transition these discoveries into the marketplace.” OSTP said that the information submitted “will inform the formulation of Executive branch efforts to advance and maintain U.S. S&T leadership.”

The National Academies entered a response to the RFI that drew upon an extensive body of its recent work aimed at advancing U.S. science and innovation. “Across our work advising administrations of both parties; convening expertise and practice from science, engineering, and medicine; and synthesizing evidence to inform policy, we see a moment of structural change that calls for new approaches to discovery, translation, and talent development that can power economic growth and improve American lives,” said the presidents of the three Academies in a letter accompanying the response.

Read the full response here.