COSSA Participating in Development of New Vision for U.S. Science and Technology

Throughout the fall, a task force of more than 60 leaders in science, technology, industry, government, and philanthropy has been meeting to discuss and develop a new Vision for American Science and Technology (VAST). The bipartisan group includes representatives spanning the various sectors that touch the U.S. scientific enterprise. The near-term goal is to develop a draft of the vision that can be shared with the incoming Presidential Administration and Congress in the coming weeks with the final vision slated to be complete by early 2025.  COSSA Executive Director Wendy Naus is serving on the Task Force.

According to a press release, the VAST Taskforce is “working to identify opportunities and challenges facing the [scientific and technological] enterprise; assess the steps needed to ensure the enterprise can meet incoming challenges in an increasingly competitive world; and lay out actions that will best position the United States for future prosperity.”

Axios covered VAST in a recent piece.