Renewing American Innovation Project

Providing thoughtful analysis on the U.S. innovation ecosystem and exploring methods for sustaining American technological competitiveness

Renewing American Innovation (RAI) explores the policies and partnerships that will secure the United States’ role as a leading innovator while ensuring that all Americans have a shared stake in the innovation economy.

Producing insightful analysis and convening stakeholders from across the innovation ecosystem, RAI seeks to foster a public appreciation for the networks and institutions to which we owe much of our prosperity today.

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Innovation Lightbulb: Foreign-born Share of the U.S. STEM Workforce

Among the U.S.’s most educated STEM workforce cohort, foreign-born representation is significant. Nearly 60 percent of doctorate-level computer and mathematical scientists and doctorate-level engineers employed across all S&E fields in the U.S. are foreign-born.

Newsletter by Julia Yoon — April 5, 2024

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Innovation Insights is a video series exploring critical issues facing the United States in the realm of technology and innovation. Drawing from a network of experts and practitioners, Innovation Insights makes complex topics digestible and understandable for a general audience.

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Innovation Lightbulb: Foreign-born Share of the U.S. STEM Workforce

Among the U.S.’s most educated STEM workforce cohort, foreign-born representation is significant. Nearly 60 percent of doctorate-level computer and mathematical scientists and doctorate-level engineers employed across all S&E fields in the U.S. are foreign-born.

Newsletter by Julia Yoon — April 5, 2024

When AI Helps Generate Inventions, Who Is the Inventor?

AI advancements will contribute more and more significantly to the invention processes, blurring the lines of inventive contribution and raising the question of whether AI should be considered a joint or perhaps even sole inventor.

Commentary by Andrei Iancu and Rama Elluru — February 22, 2024

Balancing the Ledger: Export Controls on U.S. Chip Technology to China

An initial assessment of recent attempts by the United States to limit or delay China’s ability to acquire and produce advanced semiconductor technologies reveals a mixed picture in a complex and rapidly evolving industry.

Report by Sujai Shivakumar, Charles Wessner, and Thomas Howell — February 21, 2024

The French Model for Cooperative Semiconductor Research: Lessons from CEA-Leti

The role of cooperative research centers in the global semiconductor network offers important lessons for the establishment of the NSTC called for in the CHIPS and Science Act. This article reviews the Grenoble-based microelectronics research center known as CEA-Leti.

Report by Sujai Shivakumar, Charles Wessner, and Thomas Howell — February 16, 2024