Headed by the president’s science adviser, OSTP serves as a one-stop shop for everything science and innovation inside the White House.

The foundation is launching with an initial slate of grants to local scientific centers of excellence in Seattle.

President Biden has announced 14 new recipients of the National Medal of Science and 11 winners of National Medal of Technology & Innovation.

Some researchers say that US-agency policies provide opportunities for political interference.

“These cuts are the height of self-inflicted harm,” said Robert Atkinson, the president of the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, a nonpartisan science and technology policy ...

Office of Science and Technology Policy Director Michael Kratsios criticized diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives in federally funded research, calling them “close-minded” in a speech Monday.

The second-in-command in Trump’s Office of Science and Technology Policy announced her departure Tuesday. OSTP’s Dean Ball also recently left the office.