Science, Technology, and Innovation Policy

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Commentary

Apr 24, 2025

Beyond a Manhattan Project for Artificial General Intelligence

The Manhattan and Apollo programs represent starkly different approaches to technological advancement. A whole-of-society effort like the Apollo program is essential for enhancing America's global AI dominance.
Expert Insights

Apr 24, 2025

Decision Making under Deep Uncertainty and the Great Acceleration: The Role of Experts and Policy Analysis in a World in Transition

How should policy analysis best inform society’s attempts to navigate tumultuous times? Decision Making under Deep Uncertainty can provide vital information while helping repair broken conversations among experts, decisionmakers, and the public.
Research

Apr 13, 2025

Navigating skills and talent development for quantum technology: Current insights and future horizons

Quantum technology is advancing rapidly, highlighting the need for a skilled workforce. We examine the emerging trends and propose policy actions to develop a resilient, equitable and future-ready quantum technology skills pipeline and workforce.
Commentary

Apr 2, 2025

Empowering Early Career Researchers to Tackle Global Challenges: The Frontiers Programme

The Royal Academy of Engineering's Frontiers Programme empowers early career researchers to address global challenges through interdisciplinary collaboration, equitable partnerships, and mentorship, enhancing the research-for-development landscape.
Commentary

Mar 26, 2025

When AI Takes Time to Think: Implications of Test-Time Compute

The rise of reasoning models adds another tool to the AI development toolkit and has implications for policy, competition, and security. As with most technological advances, nothing has changed overnight, but the cumulative impact of this shift could be substantial over time.
Mar 19, 2025

Technology and Security Policy Center (TASP)

Advanced technologies are changing global competition and security, and RAND’s Technology and Security Policy Center is at the vanguard of understanding and shaping these technologies and their impacts.
Research

Mar 19, 2025

Evaluation of the Strength in Places Fund: Wave 1 Process Evaluation

This process evaluation report seeks to understand how Wave 1 of the Strength in Places Fund worked and where there might be scope for learning and improvement. It brings together evidence from a document review, interviews and an applicant survey.
Research

Mar 17, 2025

From research to reality: Research and innovation in the NHS as key to enabling the 10-Year Plan

Success in establishing wider transformation efforts as part of the 10-Year Health Plan depends on delivering a research-and-innovation-powered NHS. The report discusses how to achieve this.
Research

Mar 17, 2025

Evaluation of the Strength in Places Fund: Wave 2 Process Evaluation

This report covers the interim process evaluation of Wave 2 applications to the Strength in Places Fund, detailing how it worked in practice, areas of strength and areas for improvement, and where learning and improvement occurred from Wave 1.
Project

Mar 17, 2025

From research to reality

RAND Europe, supported by Wellcome, explored the importance of research and innovation in and around the NHS.
Expert Insights

Mar 10, 2025

Policy Options to Prevent the Creation of Mirror Organisms

Ongoing research could lead to the creation of mirror organisms, whose molecular components are mirror images of those found in nature. This paper examines policy options to prevent their creation, given the potential risks such organisms pose.
Expert Insights

Mar 3, 2025

RAND Response to NIST Request for Input on AI 100-5, “A Plan for Global Engagement on AI Standards”

In this paper, the authors respond to a National Institute of Standards and Technology request for input on a plan that aims to advance responsible global technical standards for the development and use of artificial intelligence.

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At the Paris AI Summit, Europe Charts Its Course

DeepSeek's Lesson: America Needs Smarter Export Controls

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Beyond a Manhattan Project for Artificial General Intelligence

Decision Making under Deep Uncertainty and the Great Acceleration: The Role of Experts and Policy Analysis in a World in Transition

Navigating skills and talent development for quantum technology: Current insights and future horizons

Empowering Early Career Researchers to Tackle Global Challenges: The Frontiers Programme

When AI Takes Time to Think: Implications of Test-Time Compute

Technology and Security Policy Center (TASP)

Evaluation of the Strength in Places Fund: Wave 1 Process Evaluation

From research to reality: Research and innovation in the NHS as key to enabling the 10-Year Plan

Evaluation of the Strength in Places Fund: Wave 2 Process Evaluation

From research to reality

Policy Options to Prevent the Creation of Mirror Organisms

RAND Response to NIST Request for Input on AI 100-5, “A Plan for Global Engagement on AI Standards”

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At the Paris AI Summit, Europe Charts Its Course

DeepSeek's Lesson: America Needs Smarter Export Controls

Explore RAND’s Work on this Topic

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Beyond a Manhattan Project for Artificial General Intelligence

Decision Making under Deep Uncertainty and the Great Acceleration: The Role of Experts and Policy Analysis in a World in Transition

Navigating skills and talent development for quantum technology: Current insights and future horizons

Empowering Early Career Researchers to Tackle Global Challenges: The Frontiers Programme

When AI Takes Time to Think: Implications of Test-Time Compute

Technology and Security Policy Center (TASP)

Evaluation of the Strength in Places Fund: Wave 1 Process Evaluation

From research to reality: Research and innovation in the NHS as key to enabling the 10-Year Plan

Evaluation of the Strength in Places Fund: Wave 2 Process Evaluation

From research to reality

Policy Options to Prevent the Creation of Mirror Organisms

RAND Response to NIST Request for Input on AI 100-5, “A Plan for Global Engagement on AI Standards”

Oops! An unexpected error has occurred.