ITIF：2026年动员进行技术经济战争，第5部分：转变STEM研究政策报告（英文版）

U.S. research policy is outmoded. It focuses too much on basic science, not enough on engineering and applied research. There is too little industry involvement, no prioritization of national power needs, and too much spillover—especially to China.  Change must be more than incremental. Just as a new federal research model emerged after WWII, we need a new federal research model today, one that puts the mission of not losing to China in national economic power industries front and center. 