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The Science & Technology Policy Institute
The Science and Technology Policy Institute (STPI) - one of three
federally funded research and development centers run by the Institute
for Defense Analyses - assists the Executive Branch of the US government as it formulates
federal S&T policy by providing objective, high-quality analytic support
to inform policymakers.
Chartered by an act of Congress in 1991 as the Critical Technologies
Institute, and later renamed the Science and Technology Policy Institute
in 1998, STPI provides the highest quality and rigorously objective
technical analytical support for the Office of Science and Technology
Policy (OSTP) and other government users, under the sponsorship of the
National Science Foundation.
Specifically, STPI:
- Assembles timely and authoritative information regarding significant S&T developments and trends in the United States and abroad.
- Analyzes and interprets this information, with particular attention to how it affects the federal S&T research and development portfolio and interagency and national issues.
- Studies and analyzes alternatives available for ensuring the
long-term strength of the United States in the development and
application of science and technology, including identifying the
appropriate roles for the federal government and other sectors.
- Provides, upon request of the Director of OSTP, technical support and assistance for the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) and to committees and panels of the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC).
In carrying out its work, STPI consults widely with representatives from private industry, institutions of higher education, and nonprofit organizations and incorporates into its work the information and perspectives derived from these consultations.
STPI addresses S&T issues in the following areas:
- National Security
- Homeland Security
- Critical Infrastructure Protection
- Health and the Environment
- Space and Transportation
- Information/Telecommunication Infrastructure and Technology
- Education and Training
- Physical Sciences
- Engineering and Technology
- Research and Development Portfolio (including emerging S&T issues)
- Development of New Analytic Methods and Tools
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The National Defense Education Act of 1958: Selected Outcomes
This report presents the results of STPI's analysis of the effects of
the National Defense Education Act on increasing the nation's science
and technology capabilities, with emphasis on its impact in promoting
the growth of the college teaching workforce in those areas.
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Design and Evaluation of Nationwide Deployment of Urban Area HOT Networks
This report, prepared for STPI by Robert W. Poole, Jr., and Ted Balaker
of the Reason Foundation, builds on a previous Reason study, which
defined and analyzed HOT Networks for eight large metropolitan areas.
This study extends the work to the 20 most congested areas. It defines a
hypothetical network for each region and estimates its capital cost,
toll revenues, and the extent to which its capital costs could be
financed on the basis of expected toll revenues.
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