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27 Jul Bayh-Dole Coalition Responds to OSTP’s New Report — And Offers Advice

WASHINGTON, D.C. (July 27, 2026) -- Today, the Bayh-Dole Coalition responded to the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy's release of Science: A New Golden Age -- and seconded the report's recommendations to expedite grant reviews, reduce red tape, and provide researchers with long-term, fully funded grants. Other proposals, like giving federal grants and contracts directly to scientists rather than the institutions they work for, appear problematic, as it's not clear how they would make the R&D system more effective and could undermine the commercialization of resulting inventions that drive our economy....