jason rao - a presidential directive for science and technology engagement

ST&I in Administration StrategyStrategy for American Innovation

Invest in building blocks of innovation; promote competitive markets that spur entrepreneurship; catalyze breakthroughs for national priorities (e.g., energy, health, etc.)

Global Development StrategyInnovation as a pillar of U.S. global development policy

Global Health Initiative and Feed the Future Emphasizes research and innovation as critical tools to achieve

health, nutrition, and development goals

National Security Strategy Calls for expanded international science partnerships

Obama Bush

“science” 25 1

“international cooperation” 9 3

“education” 32 2

“partnership” 45 7

Positive Views of S&T

Source: Zogby International Survey 2004. 3,300 Arabs surveyed.

“New Beginnings”

“On science and technology, we will • launch a new fund to support technological

development in Muslim-majority countries, and to help transfer ideas to the marketplace so they can create jobs.

• We will open centers of scientific excellence in Africa, the Middle East and Southeast Asia, and

• appoint new science envoys to collaborate on programs that develop new sources of energy, create green jobs, digitize records, clean water, grow new crops.”

--President Obama, Cairo, 4 June 2009

http://www.america.gov/science_envoys.html

Science Envoys

Bruce Alberts

Elias Zerhouni

Ahmed Zewail

Rita Colwell

Gebisa Ejeta

Alice Gast