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Brent Beadell, a doctoral candidate in clinical and experimental therapeutics, uses the organ-on-a-chip platform at USC Alfred E. Mann School of Pharmacy.

Keeping America First in Innovation, Technology, and New Discoveries

America's Leading Research Universities...

are keeping our nation first in the global race to lead in science through innovation, technology, and new scientific discoveries.

The global race for technological and scientific leadership is now more competitive than ever, with cutting-edge advancements and highly educated talent critical requirements for our nation's success.


Producing New Inventions

America’s leading research universities make up eight of the top 10 universities worldwide that were granted U.S. utility patents in 2023, according to the National Academy of Inventors. In 2022 alone, they produced 4,980 new patents.

University-Fostered Startups' New Innovations Give the United States a Competitive Edge

The robust ecosystem of U.S. startup businesses, fed in part by the new discoveries continually emerging from America's leading research universities, helps the United States keep its technological leading edge.

The new scientific and technological advancements emerging from America's leading research universities led to the creation of 622 new startup businesses just in 2022 alone. The discoveries also led to 5,724 transfers of new innovations to private sector businesses so they could further develop and bring them to market. All told, there have been a total of over 4,000 operational new tech and science startup small businesses that were formed out of leading university research innovations in the years leading up 2023.

Of the top 50 universities in the world for producing venture-capital-backed entrepreneurs in 2023, 37 of them were among America's leading research universities.

Continuously Creating the STEM Workforce That The United States Needs to Compete

America's leading research universities are continually educating and training the highly-educated STEM workforce that the United States needs to maintain its global scientific and technological lead in an increasingly competitive world. 

Without that highly educated STEM workforce, the United States would fall behind. That is where our nation's research universities play a key role.

The United States needs the best talent to be educated right here. A recent independent report concludes that "the United States benefits from its highly ranked system of higher education, research freedom, and extensive research infrastructure, but these are areas that international competitors are investing in and modeling after the United States." The report goes on to say that "the international competition for STEM talent increases every year. The primary concern around foreign programs recruiting talent from the United States is the prospect of international competitors and adversaries accessing skills and knowledge of high economic or security value."

Besides educating our remarkable domestic STEM talent, the United States also attracts, educates, and retains the top talent from countries like China, India, South Korea, Canada, and Vietnam. By attracting the best and brightest researchers from around the world, we are able to out-innovate our competitors.

Breaking New Ground Here in the United States in Critical Emerging Areas

America's leading research universities are making advances in critical emerging areas like advanced semiconductor design and manufacture, microelectronics, quantum computing, synthetic biology, and nanotech. Just a few recent examples include:

 

Learn more about how America's leading research universities are keeping our nation first in innovation, technology, and new discoveries:

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Banner Image Credit: Brent Beadell, a doctoral candidate in clinical and experimental therapeutics, uses the organ-on-a-chip platform at USC Alfred E. Mann School of Pharmacy.