To Strengthen the Federal Government-University Research Partnership
Headline: Orders Federal Agencies to Strengthen University Research Partnerships
What it does: Agencies supporting university research must review and align policies with the order's principles, and OSTP must conduct regular partnership reviews and report recommendations to the President.
- Agencies will review and may change university research policies and procedures.
- The Office of Science and Technology will produce regular reports with recommendations to the President.
- Encourages transparent cost-sharing, merit-based review, and simpler research policies.
Summary
This order sets guiding and operating principles for the partnership between the Federal Government and American universities and directs agencies that fund university research to review and align their policies with those principles.
The Office of Science and Technology, with the National Science and Technology Council, must conduct regular reviews of the partnership, seek input from agencies and outside stakeholders, and deliver a report to the President with recommendations.
The order aims to keep the partnership strong to promote discovery, technological innovation, training of scientists and engineers, economic prosperity, and national security.
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