Eighty years ago, presidential science advisor Vannevar Bush delivered to President Harry S. Truman a remarkable report entitled “Science-The Endless Frontier.” In this report, Bush described the ...

CFR President Michael Froman and Senior Fellow Rush Doshi discuss takeaways from the Endless Frontiers retreat, Vannevar Bush’s legacy, and five priorities for renewing U.S. competitiveness in science ...

To the editor: In James B. Milliken’s op-ed, mention is made of Vannevar Bush’s report “Science, the Endless Frontier” (“Science funding and immigration fuel America’s innovation. They’re at risk,” ...

We are at an inflection point. For four score years or so, the research enterprise that fueled the American innovation engine was built on the Bell Labs model and the NSF model. In the latter, a ...

In the final year of World War II, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt told the director of the organization that oversaw the Manhattan Project—as well critical advancements in the mass production of ...