Equity and Excellence: A Vision to Transform and Enhance the U.S. STEMM Ecosystem

Posted by The White House on December 20, 2022

Last August, speaking at the signing ceremony for the historic CHIPS and Science Act—one in a string of Biden-Harris Administration legislative achievements that will help power a new generation of American innovation—President Biden laid out a mission statement for America’s bold, new science and technology investments. “In America, everything is possible,” the President said. “We can channel the full talents of all our people into a greater measure of hope and opportunity for our nation and for the world.”

On December 12, 2022, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) is releasing a vision to drive this mission and help America to make good on this promise by tearing down institutional barriers which have long stood in the way of equitable participation in the fields of science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and medicine (STEMM), and prevented the American innovation ecosystem from achieving its full potential.

Shaped by more than a year of deep engagement with the American people—including students and teachers, workers in science and technology sectors, researchers, innovators and entrepreneurs, education and university leaders, grassroots organizers and community scientists, business leaders, federal STEMM policymakers and others—this vision calls on people, institutions, and organizations across America’s science and technology fields to take bold, concerted action toward achieving equity in STEMM by addressing five action areas.

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