Publications

 STPI does a wide range of work for our government sponsors, including evaluation of programs, identification of best practices, and analysis of policy options.

Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP)

International S&T Collaborations at HBCUs, MSIs, and EPSCoR Jurisdiction Institutions
Irina Liu, Abby R. Goldman, Gabriella G. Hazan, Hannah L. Kirk, Thomas D. Olszewski, Pavel Panko, John E. Sabatini, Sarah Pagan, IDA Product 3001890, February 2024

Characterizing the Loss of Talent From the U.S. STEM Ecosystem
Thomas D. Olszewski, Gabriella G. Hazan, Hannah L. Kirk, Irina Liu, John E. Sabatini, IDA Product 3001891, February 2024

Report to the President: Fiscal Year 2022
IDA Product 3000539, December 2023

Quick-Response Summary of Request for Information on Criminal Justice Statistics
Nathan N. Dinh, Brian L. Zuckerman, Dylan H. Cohen, IDA Document P-33497, April 2023

Report to the President: Fiscal Year 2021
IDA Document NS D-33234, August 2022

Identifying Outstanding Scientists Using Bibliometric Indicators
Xueying Han, Sally S. Tinkle, Pavel Panko, Nathan N. Dinh, Gabriella G. Hazan, Gifford J. Wong, Abby R. Goldman, Luba Katz, IDA Document NS D-33048, March 2022

Synopsis of Responses to OSTP’s Request for Information on the Use and Governance of Biometric Technologies in the Public and Private Sectors
Thomas D. Olszewski, Lisa M. Van Pay, Javier F. Ortiz, Sarah E. Swiersz and Laurie A. Dacus, IDA Document NS D-33070, March 2022

Economic Benefits and Losses from Foreign STEM Talent in the United States
Keith W. Crane, Thomas J. Colvin, Abby R. Goldman, Emily R. Grumbling, and Andrew B. Ware, IDA Document D-31855, October 2021

Federal Technology Transfer Evaluation: An Overview of Measures and Metrics, Common Challenges, and Approaches to Improve Evidence-Building Capacity
Vanessa Peña, Brendan R. Novak, IDA Document NS D-22781, August 2021

Successful Processes to Design and Evaluate Industrial and Innovation Policies
Keith W. Crane, Asha Balakrishnan, Todd D. Ringler,  Lisa M. Van Pay, Lincoln M. Butcher, Marilyn G. Harbert, Andrew B. Ware, IDA Document NS D-22714, June 2021

Lessons Learned: Implementation of a Federal Prize Competition on Inclusive Innovation Ecosystems
Vanessa Peña, Talla F. Babou, Laurie A. Dacus, Thomas D. Olszewski, and Pavel Panko, IDA Document NS D-22680, May 2021

Report to the President: Fiscal Year 2020
NS D-20506, March 2021

Report to the President: Fiscal Year 2019
NS D-20504, March 2021

Summary Report of the National Summit on the Science and Technology of Epidemiological Modeling and Prediction
Carly S. Cox, Lisa M. Van Pay, Lara L. Rubinyi, Thomas D. Olszewski, Pavel Panko, Grace E. Hildebrand, Luke P. Newell, and James M. Karabin, IDA Document NS D-21545, December 2020

Report to the President Fiscal Year 2018
Mark S. Taylor and Sally S. Tinkle, IDA Document NS D-11031, December 2019

Launch Approval Processes for the Space Nuclear Power and Propulsion Enterprise
Reina S. Buenconsejo, Bhavya Lal, Susannah V. Howieson, Jonathan R. Behrens, and Katie Kowal, IDA Document D-10910, September 2019

Commercial Development of Civilian Supersonic Aircraft
Sara A. Carioscia, Jericho W. Locke, Iain D. Boyd, Mark J. Lewis, and Richard P. Hallion, IDA Document D-10845, August 2019

Towards the Development of a National Planetary Protection Policy
Jericho W. Locke, Cara P. Cavanaugh, Bhavya Lal, Katherine M. Kowal, Jeffrey Trauberman, Sara A. Carioscia, IDA Document NS D-10786, August 2019

Approaches to Increase Awareness, Adoption, and Adaptation of Innovation in the Federal Government
Vanessa Peña, IDA Document NS D-10577, June 2019

The Role of a Chief Innovation Officer in the Federal Government
Vanessa Peña, IDA Document NS D-10698, June 2019

Use of Grand Challenges in the Federal Government
Vanessa Peña and Chelsea A. Stokes, IDA Document NS D-10699, June 2019

Tour of Duty Hiring in the Federal Government
Vanessa Peña, IDA Document NS D-10700, June 2019

User-Focused Innovation in the Federal Government
Vanessa Peña and Jonathan R. Behrens, IDA Document NS D-10701, June 2019

Partnership Development in the Federal Government
Vanessa Peña, Chelsea A. Stokes, and Jonathan R. Behrens, IDA Document NS D-10702, June 2019

Evidence-Based Approaches for Improving Federal Programs and Informing Funding Decisions
Vanessa Peña and Jonathan R. Behrens, IDA Document NS D-10703, June 2019

Assessment of the Utility of a Government Strategic Investment Fund for Space
Keith W. Crane, Evan Linck, Sara A. Carioscia, and Bhavya Lal, IDA Document D-10616, April 2019

Roundtable Proceedings: Ways Forward for On-Orbit Servicing, Assembly, and Manufacturing (OSAM) of Spacecraft
Sara A. Carioscia, Benjamin A. Corbin, and Bhavya Lal , IDA Document NS D-10445, July 2018

Assessment of the Future Economic Impact of Quantum Information Science
Keith W. Crane, Lance G. Joneckis, Hannah Acheson-Field, Robert N. Rozansky, Iain D. Boyd, Xueying Han, and Benjamin A. Corbin. IDA Paper P-8567, August 2017

Review of Federal Agency Policies and Scientific Integrity
Rashida Nek and Anita R. Eisenstadt. IDA Document D-8305, December 2016

Review of Federal and Non-Governmental Methane Measurement and Monitoring
Christopher T. Clavin and Anne E. Ressler. IDA Document D-8029, June 2016

Examination of Plant Breeding at U.S. Academic Institutions and Private Companies in 2015
Emily J. Sylak-Glassman, Christopher T. Clavin, Ethan A. Klein, Ryan M. Whelan, Anne E. Ressler, and Michelle S. Hindman. IDA Paper P-5331, February 2016

A Summary of Recent Federal Government Activities to Promote Spectrum Sharing
Jonathan R. Agre and Karen D. Gordon. IDA Paper P-5186, September 2015

Findings and Recommendations from the Supercharged Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Reentry Workshop
Martha V. Merrill, Ryan M. Whelan, and Sharon R. Williams. IDA Paper P-5250, April 2015

Federal Ethics Rules and Their Impacts on Recruiting and Retaining Federal Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Policy
Vanessa Peña, Michael C. Mineiro, and Ryan M. Whelan, IDA Paper P-5208, November 2014

Analyzing the Telecommunications Equipment Sector Using a Qualitative Framework
Brian Cohen, Nayanee Gupta, Jonathan R. Agre, and Huan Lin Zhang, IDA Document D-5346, October 2014

Research Collaborations Between Universities and Department of Defense Laboratories
Nayanee Gupta, Brian J. Sergi, Emma D. Tran, Rashida Nek, and Susannah V. Howieson, IDA Document D-5230, July 2014

Best Practices for Federal Research and Development Facility Partnerships
Vanessa Peña, Ryan M. Whelan, and Susannah V. Howieson, IDA Paper P-5148, June 2014

Federal Term Appointment Hiring Authorities for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Personnel
Daniel E. Basco, Emma D. Tran, Steven B. Walser, Mary R. Hawkins, and Michael C. Mineiro, IDA Document D-5148, April 2014

Options for Enabling Innovation with a Photonics Foundry Ecosystem
Brian S. Cohen, Robert F. Leheny, Daniel J. Radack, Vashisht Sharma, Marko MG Slusarczuk, and Huan L. Zhang, IDA Document D-5162, April 2014

History of the Critical Position Pay Authority and Options to Support Its Use
Vanessa Peña and Michael C. Mineiro, IDA Document D-5159, March 2014

Department of Defense Utilization of Military Scientists and Engineers
IDA Paper P-5082, March 2014

A Review of Approaches to Sharing or Relinquishing Agency-Assigned Spectrum
Karen D. Gordon, Jonathan R. Agre, Daniel K. Correa, Bill Brykczynski, J. Katharine Burton, Leo H. Jones, Jr., Michael C. Mineiro, and Brian David A. Mussington, IDA Paper P-5102, January 2014

Federal Personnel Exchange Mechanisms
Susannah V. Howieson, Elmer Yglesias, Samuel L. Blazek, Emma D. Tran, IDA Document D-4906, November 2013

Federal Partnerships for Facilities, Infrastructure, and Large Instrumentation
Vanessa Peña, Susannah V. Howieson, and Stephanie S. Shipp, IDA Document D-4937, June 2013

Department of Energy Technology Maturation Programs
Susannah V. Howieson, Elaine M. Sedenberg, Brian J. Sergi, and Stephanie S. Shipp, IDA Paper P-5013, May 2013

Department of Energy Agreements for Commercializing Technology
Susannah V. Howieson, Brian J. Sergi, and Stephanie S. Shipp, IDA Paper P-5006, April 2013

Attracting and Retaining Science and Engineering Talent in the Federal Government: A Workshop Summary
Bill Brykczynski, Pamela Ebert Flattau, and Rashida Nek, IDA Document D-4740, February 2013

Expediting the Transfer of Technology from Government Laboratories into the Aeronautics Industry
Bhavya Lal, Sherrica S. Holloman, Rob Mahoney, Christopher A. Martin, Kristen A. Koopman, Richard P. Hallion, and Sally A. Rood, IDA Paper P-4952, February 2013

Guidance for Employing Foreign Citizen Scientists and Engineers at Department of Defense Science and Technology Reinvention Laboratories
Asha Balakrishnan, Susannah V. Howieson, and Elizabeth C. Lee, IDA Document D-4786, February 2013

A Study of Facilities and Infrastructure Planning, Prioritization, and Assessment at Federal Security Laboratories (Revised)
Susannah V. Howieson, Vanessa Peña, Stephanie S. Shipp, Kristen A. Koopman, Justin A. Scott, and Christopher T. Clavin, IDA Paper P-4916, Revised, February 2013

Federal Security Laboratory Governance Panels: Observations and Recommendations
Susannah V. Howieson, Christopher T. Clavin, Elaine M. Sedenberg, IDA Paper P-4940, January 2013

Innovation Pipeline Management: Lessons Learned from the Federal Government and Private Sector
Bhavya Lal, Nayanee Gupta, and Christopher L. Weber, IDA Document NS D-5367, January 2012

A Survey of Entrepreneurship Education Initiatives
Vanessa Peña, Morghan Transue, Alison Riggieri, Stephanie Shipp, and Richard Van Atta, IDA Document NS D-4091, May 2010

The National Defense Education Act of 1958: Selected Outcomes
Pamela Ebert Flattau, Jerome Bracken, Richard H. Van Atta, Rodolfo de la Cruz, Kay Sullivan, IDA Document D-3306, December 2005

Space Transportation Analysis
Dan Garretson, James Woolsey, Bruce Harmon, Emile Ettedgui, Shaun McGee, Marshall Kaplan, and Charles Cool, IDA Document D-3109, February 2005


National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) and President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST)

Scientific Collections: Mission-Critical Infrastructure for Federal Scientific Agencies
Pamela Ebert Flattau, Margaret Boeckmann, Rodolfo de la Cruz, Paul Lagasse, Nyema Mitchell, Malcolm Patterson, and Darius Singpurwalla, IDA Document D-3694, December 2007

S&T Collaboration: Ideas for Enhancing European-American Cooperation
President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, October 2004

Federal-State R&D Cooperation: Improving the Likelihood of Success
President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, June 2004


Department of Commerce (DOC) and National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

Case Studies of Community Resilience Policy
Nayanee Gupta, Christopher T. Clavin, Zoe E. Petropoulos, Austin B. Mudd, Rashida Nek, and Sally S. Tinkle, NIST GCR 16-002, May 2016

Technology Transfer and Commercialization Landscape of the Federal Laboratories
Mary Elizabeth Hughes, Susannah Vale Howieson, Gina Walejko, Nayanee Gupta, Seth Jonas, Ashley T. Brenner, Dawn Holmes, Edward Shyu, and Stephanie Shipp, IDA Paper NS P-4728, June 2011

Measuring Innovation and Intangibles: A Business Perspective
Alexandra Stone, Susan Rose, Bhavya Lal, and Stephanie Shipp, IDA Document D-3704, December 2008


Department of Defense (DOD)

Assessing Potential Demand for Orbital Outposts
Thomas J. Colvin, Keith W. Crane, Rachel Lindbergh, Talla F. Babou, Benjamin A. Corbin, Roger M. Myers, Rina L. Zhang, IDA Document NS D-22791, August 2021

Opportunities to Advance Department of Defense Technology Transfer with Partnership Intermediary Agreements
Vanessa Peña, Jay Mandelbaum, Talla F. Babou, and Cara P. Cavanaugh, IDA Paper P-20450, November 2020

Policy Issues for Department of Defense Technology Transfer
Susannah V. Howieson, Stephanie S. Shipp, Gina K. Walejko, Pamela B. Rambow, Vanessa Peña, Sherrica S. Holloman, and Philip N. Miller, IDA Paper P-4958, January 2013

Exemplar Practices for Department of Defense Technology Transfer
Susannah V. Howieson, Stephanie S. Shipp, Gina K. Walejko, Pamela B. Rambow, Vanessa Peña, Sherrica S. Holloman, and Philip N. Miller, IDA Paper P-4957, January 2013

Assessment of the Defense Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (DEPSCoR): Final Report, Volume I – Summary
B. Zuckerman, P. Boardman, A. Hodges, W. Jeffrey, N. Karvonides, K. Sullivan, R. Van Atta, C. Viola Srivastava, and E. Yglesias, IDA Document D-3649, October 2008

Assessment of the Defense Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (DEPSCoR): Final Report, Volume II – Supporting Material
B. Zuckerman, P. Boardman, A. Hodges, W. Jeffrey, N. Karvonides, K. Sullivan, R. Van Atta, C. Viola Srivastava, and E. Yglesias, IDA Document D-3649, October 2008


Department of Energy (DOE)

Frontier Observatory for Research in Geothermal Energy: A Roadmap
Alexis M.W. McKittrick, Leslie S. Abrahams, Christopher T. Clavin, Robert N. Rozansky, Daniel A. Bernstein, IDA Document NS D-10474, February 2019

Research Strategies for Detection and Measurement of Oil and Gas Sector Methane Emissions
Christopher T. Clavin, Leslie S. Abrahams and Alexis M. W. McKittrick, IDA Paper P-8315, January 2017


Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)

Options and Opportunities to Address and Mitigate the Existing and Potential Risks, As Well As Promote Benefits, Associated with AI and Other Advanced Analytic Methods
Brian L. Zuckerman, James M. Karabin, Rachel A. Parker, Sharon R. Williams, William E.J. Doane, IDA Document-33132, December 2020


Department of Transportation (DOT) Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)

Evaluating Options for Civil Space Situational Awareness (SSA)
Emily S. Nightingale, Bhavya Lal, Brian C. Weeden, Alyssa J. Picard, and Anita R. Eisenstadt IDA Paper NS P-8038, August 2016


Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA)

Current and Potential Use of Technology Forecasting Tools in the Federal Government
Emily J. Sylak-Glassman, Sharon R. Williams, and Nayanee Gupta. IDA Document D-5735, March 2016


National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Demand Drivers of the Lunar and Cislunar Economy
Thomas J. Colvin, Keith W. Crane, Rachel Lindbergh, and Bhavya Lal. IDA Document D-13219, April 2020

Evaluation of a Human Mission to Mars by 2033
Evan Linck, Keith W. Crane, Brian L. Zuckerman, Benjamin A. Corbin, Roger M. Myers, Sharon R. Williams, Sara A. Carioscia, Rodolfo Garcia, Bhavya Lal. IDA Document D-10510, February 2019

Early Stage Research and Technology at U.S. Federal Government Agencies
Vanessa Peña, Susannah V. Howieson, Bhavya Lal, Jonathan R. Behrens, Brian L. Zuckerman, Martha V. Merrill, and Julian L. Zhu. IDA Document D-8481, April 2017

Global Trends in Space, Volume 1: Background and Overall Findings
Global Trends in Space, Volume 2: Trends by Subsector and Factors that Could Disrupt Them
Bhavya Lal, Emily J. Sylak-Glassman, Michael C. Mineiro, Nayanee Gupta, Lucas M. Pratt, and Abigail R. Azari, IDA Paper P-5242, June 2015

Global Trends in Civil and Commercial Space (Presentation)
Bhavya Lal, Emily J. Sylak-Glassman, and Nayanee Gupta, IDA Document NS D-5682, October 2015


National Institutes of Health (NIH) and National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Collaboration in the National Cancer Institute (NCI) Informatics Technologies for Cancer Research (ITCR) Initiative
Cassidy A. Pomeroy-Carter, Brian L. Zuckerman, Justin C. Mary, and Xueying Han, IDA Paper P-9200, July 2018

An Outcome Evaluation of the National Institutes of Health Director’s New Innovator Award Program for Fiscal Years 2007–2009
Sally S. Tinkle, Justin C. Mary, Jonathan E. Snavely, Cassidy A. Pomeroy-Carter, and Christopher K. Tokita, IDA Paper P-8478, December 2016

An Evaluation of the National Institutes of Health Director’s New Innovator Award Program Finalists for Fiscal Years 2007–2009
Sally S. Tinkle, Justin C. Mary, Jonathan E. Snavely, Cassidy A. Pomeroy-Carter, and Christopher K. Tokita, IDA Paper P-8480, December 2016

Technology Development at the National Institute of Health (NIH): Summary Report
Brian L. Zuckerman, Judith A. Hautala, and Rashida Nek, IDA Document D-5712, November 2015

An Outcome Evaluation of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director's Pioneer Award (NDPA) Program, FY 2004–2006
Bhavya Lal, Alyson G. Wilson, Seth Jonas, Elizabeth C. Lee, Amy M. Richards, and Vanessa I. Peña, IDA Paper P-4899, August 2012

Process Evaluation of the Large-Scale Collaborative Project Awards (Glue Grants) of the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)
Brian Zuckerman and Christina Viola Srivastava, IDA Document NS D-4051, July 2010

Feasibility Study for Evaluation of the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study (CCSS)
Brian Zuckerman and Christina Viola Srivastava, Science and Technology Policy Institute, IDA Document NS D-4038, March 2010

Process Evaluation of the National Institutes of Health Director’s Pioneer Award Program: FY 2004–2008
Bhavya Lal, Ritu Chaturvedi, Adrienne Zhu, Mary Beth Hughes, Stephanie Shipp, Christina Kang, Amy Marshall, and Elmer Yglesias, Science and Technology Policy Institute, IDA Document D-4014, January 2010

Transforming Translation-Harnessing Discovery for Patient and Public Benefit
Report of the Translational Research Working Group of the National Cancer Advisory Board, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, June 2007

Restructuring the National Cancer Clinical Trials Enterprise
Report of the Clinical Trials Working Group of the National Cancer Advisory Board, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, June 2005


National Science Foundation (NSF)

Evaluation of National Science Foundation's Research Experience and Mentoring Program
Lara L. Rubinyi, Logan M. Pratico, Vernon K. Dunn, Asha Balakrishnan, IDA Document D-33085, September 2022

Summary of the NSF Design and Discovery Forum: Climate Science, Children, and the Media
Lisa M. Van Pay, Rina L. Zhang, Matthew A. Ishimaru, IDA Document NS D-33104, May 2022

Next Step Space Weather Benchmarks
Geoffrey Reeves, Thomas J. Colvin, Jericho W. Locke, et al., IDA Document GR-10982, December 2019

Assessment of the National Science Foundation's Overseas Offices: Final Report
Brian L. Zuckerman, Rachel A. Parker, Brian J. Sergi, Daniel E. Basco, and Austin B. Mudd. IDA Document D-5424, February 2015

Evaluation of the National Science Foundation's Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR): Final Report
Brian L. Zuckerman, Rachel A. Parker, Thomas W. Jones, Brian Q. Rieksts, Ian D. Simon, Gilbert J. Watson III, Elaine A. Sedenberg, Sherrica S. Holloman, Ryan M. Whelan, Lucas M. Pratt, Christopher T. Clavin, Abigail R. Azari, Mitchell J. Ambrose, Jessica N. Brooks, and Pamela B. Rambow. IDA Paper P-5221, December 2014

Increasing Competitiveness of Investigators and Concentration Modeling: Quantitative Approaches
Thomas W. Jones, Brian Q. Rieksts, and Brian L. Zuckerman. IDA Document NS D-5320, October 2014

Methods for Evaluation of the National Science Foundation’s Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR): Qualitative Analyses/Enhanced Research Base
Rachel A. Parker and Brian L. Zuckerman. IDA Document NS D-5321, October 2014

Methodology for the Evaluation of the National Science Foundation’s Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR)
Brian L. Zuckerman, Rachel A. Parker, Thomas W. Jones, and Brian Q. Rieksts. IDA Document NS D-5322, October 2014

Advanced Technology-Enhanced Education: A Workshop Report
Brian L. Zuckerman, Abigail R. Azari, and William E. J. Doane. IDA Document D-5084, December 2013

The Role of the National Science Foundation in the Origin and Evolution of Additive Manufacturing in the United States
Christopher L. Weber, Vanessa Peña, Maxwell K. Micali, Elmer Yglesias, Sally A. Rood, Justin A.Scott, and Bhavya Lal. IDA Paper P-5091, November 2013

The Impact of Predictive Avoidance Restrictions on Astronomical Observatories
Steven D. Kramer, Science and Technology Policy Institute, IDA Document D-4202, November 2010

Strategies for Evaluating Engineering Education Research
Bhavya Lal, IDA Document D-3739, January 2009

Portfolio Evaluation of the National Science Foundation’s Grants Program on “International Research and Education in Engineering” (IREE)
Pamela Ebert Flattau, Bhavya Lal, Allison Laskey, and Joseph J. Ford, III, IDA Document D-3727, January 2009

The Evaluation of Engineering Education Research: Emerging Issues and Promising Developments (Workshop Report)
Asha Balakrishnan, Bhavya Lal, and Pamela Ebert Flattau, IDA Document D-3726, January 2009

Early Outcomes of the National Science Foundation’s Grants Program on “How People Learn Engineering” (HPLE)
Pamela Ebert Flattau, Bhavya Lal, Colleen Horin, Haley Martinez, and Joseph J. Ford III, IDA Document D-3725, January 2009

Portfolio Evaluation of the National Science Foundation’s Grants Program for the Department-Level Reform (DLR) of Undergraduate Engineering Education
Stephanie Shipp, Nyema Mitchell, and Bhavya Lal, IDA Document D-3724, January 2009

Preliminary Findings from the NSF Survey of Object-Based Scientific Collections: 2008
Pamela Ebert Flattau, Margaret Boeckmann, Paul Lagasse, Nyema Mitchell, and Darius Singpurwalla, IDA Document D-3707, December 2008


Other Publications

China Space Talent
 Asha Balakrishnan, Xueying Han, Lincoln M. Butcher, Kelsey L. Schoeman, Blaine V. Curcio, IDA Product 3000742, October 2023

Russia Space Talent
Luba Katz, Rachel Lindbergh, Oleksandr Shykov, IDA Document D-33069, March 2023

Challenges to China’s Academic STEM Research Ecosystem
Xueying Han, Irina Liu, Gifford J. Wong, Richard P. Appelbaum, IDA Document NS D-23835, July 2021

Norms of Behavior in Space – Summary of Key Takeaways
Lincoln M. Butcher, Travis S. Cottom, Asha Balakrishnan, IDA Document NS D-33173, June 2022

Assessment of Global Norms of Behavior and Legal Regimes Related to On-Orbit Activities
Rachel Lindbergh, Lincoln M. Butcher, Cara P. Cavanaugh, Asha Balakrishnan, IDA Document D-28849, April 2022

Powering Agriculture: Summative Evaluation
Keith W. Crane, Brian L. Zuckerman, Emma M. Thrift, IDA Document D-13192, April 2020

Global Trends in On Orbit Servicing, Assembly, and Manufacturing (OSAM)
Benjamin A. Corbin, Amana Abdurrezak, Luke P. Newell, Gordon M. Roesler, Bhavya Lal, IDA Document D-13161, March 2020

Measuring the Space Economy: Estimating the Value of Economic Activities in and for Space
Keith W. Crane, Evan Linck, Bhavya Lal, and Rachel Y. Wei, IDA Document D-10814, March 2020

A Brief Examination of Chinese Government Expenditures on Artificial Intelligence R&D
Thomas J. Colvin, Irina Liu, Talla F. Babou, and Gifford J. Wong, IDA Document D-12068, February 2020

A Tentative Framework for Examining U.S. and Chinese Expenditures for Research and Development on Artificial Intelligence
Thomas J. Colvin; Talla F. Babou, Keith W. Crane, Irina Liu, and Gifford J. Wong, IDA Document D-10856, September 2019

Evaluation of China’s Commercial Space Sector
Irina Liu, Evan Linck, Bhavya Lal, Keith W. Crane, Xueying Han, and Thomas J. Colvin, IDA Document D-10873, September 2019

Emerging Science and Technology Trends: A Report of the IDA Science and Technology Policy Institute
Jason A. Gallo, Emily J. Sylak-Glassman, Susannah V. Howieson, Mark S. Taylor, William E. J. Doane, Ian D. Simon, Christopher Clavin, Becaja M. Caldwell, Katherine M. Kowal, Cara P. Cavanaugh, and Abhiram Sanka, IDA Document NS D-10678, June 2019

Global Trends in Space Situational Awareness (SSA) and Space Traffic Management (STM)
Bhavya Lal, Asha Balakrishnan, Becaja M. Caldwell, Reina S. Buenconsejo, and Sara Carioscia, IDA Document D-9074, April 2018

Threats to U.S. Competitiveness in Space: Oral and Written Statements for the 21 February 2018 Meeting of the U.S. National Space Council
Bhavya Lal, IDA Document NS D-8962, February 2018

Global Trends in Small Satellites
Bhavya Lal, Elena de la Rosa Blanco, Jonathan R. Behrens, Benjamin A. Corbin, E. K. Green, Alyssa J. Picard, and Asha Balakrishnan, IDA Paper P-8638, July 2017

Emerging Trends in the Commercial Space Sector: Need for Responsive Policy Reform? (Presentation)
Bhavya Lal, IDA Document NS D-8471, April 2017

Market Analysis of a Privately Owned and Operated Space Station
Keith W. Crane, Benjamin A. Corbin, Bhavya Lal, Reina S. Buenconsejo, Danielle Piskorz, Annalisa L. Weigel, IDA Document P-8247, March 2017

A Review of the BUILDER Application for Assessing Federal Laboratory Facilities
G. James Herrera, Chelsea A. Stokes, Vanessa Peña, Susannah V. Howieson, IDA Document D-8407, February 2017

Valuation Methodologies for Rocket Motors from Excess Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles
Keith W. Crane, IDA Document D-8342, February 2017

On-Orbit Manufacturing and Assembly of Spacecraft
Iain D. Boyd, Reina S. Buenconsejo, Danielle Piskorz, Bhavya Lal, Elena De La Rosa Blanco, and Keith W. Crane, IDA Paper P-8335, January 2017

Report to the President — Fiscal Year 2015

The CubeSat Ecosystem: Examining the Launch Niche (Paper and Presentation)
Emily S. Nightingale, Lucas M. Pratt, and Asha Balakrishnan, IDA Document NS D-5678, December 2015

Global Trends in Space, Volume 1: Background and Overall Findings
Global Trends in Space, Volume 2: Trends by Subsector and Factors that Could Disrupt Them
Bhavya Lal, Emily J. Sylak-Glassman, Michael C. Mineiro, Nayanee Gupta, Lucas M. Pratt, and Abigail R. Azari, IDA Paper P-5242, June 2015

Innovation Policies of Brazil
Nayanee Gupta, Christopher Weber, Vanessa Peña, Stephanie S. Shipp, and David, W. Healey, IDA Paper P-5039, September 2013

Innovation Policies of Russia
Nayanee Gupta, Stephanie S. Shipp, Sarah H. Nash, G. James Herrera, and David W. Healey, IDA Paper P-5079, September 2013

Innovation Policies of South Korea
Nayanee Gupta, David W. Healey, Aliza M. Stein, and Stephanie S. Shipp, IDA Document D-4984, August 2013

Pathways to Cooperation between the Intelligence Community and the Social and Behavioral Science Communities
Steven E. Koonin, Sallie A. Keller, Stephanie S. Shipp, Ted W. Allen, and Gina K. Walejko, IDA Paper P-5000, May 2013

Emerging Global Trends in Advanced Manufacturing
Stephanie S. Shipp, Nayanee Gupta, Bhavya Lal, Justin A. Scott, Christopher L. Weber, Michael S. Finnin, Meredith Blake, Sherrica Newsome, and Samuel Thomas, IDA Paper P-4603, March 2012

Developing Human Capital in China - Implications for the United States
Bhavya Lal, IDA Research Notes, Winter 2007, p. 17–19