国会应全额资助NSF的TIP理事会，使美国对中国更具竞争力

ROBERT D. ATKINSON AND MEGHAN OSTERTAG |JUNE 2025 Congress has authorized $20 billion overfiveyears to fund the National Science Foundation’sTechnology Innovation Partnership, but lawmakers have appropriated just $410 million. To winthe techno-economic war with China, America needs the TIP directorate to be fully funded. KEY TAKEAWAYS NSF has long funded curiosity-driven research with the intent of producing basicknowledge rather than supporting U.S. technological advancement and competitiveness. The NSF Directorate for Technology, Innovation, and Partnership (TIP) was established in2022 with a more tightly focused mission of accelerating key technologies to advanceU.S. competitiveness. Congress has authorized $20 billion over five years to fund the TIP directorate as part ofthe CHIPS and Science Act. But lawmakers have appropriated just $410 million. Operating with just a fraction of its intended budget, TIP so far has funded translationalresearch with industry partners in critical technologies, including biotechnology andwireless communications. TIP has conducted collaborative research on key technologies with international allies,including India and Japan. Congress should not cut TIP’s budget and should instead fund TIP with at least $1 billionfor this fiscal year. Congress and the Trump administration should also lift hiringrestrictions. CONTENTS Key Takeaways ................................................................................................................. 1Introduction ..................................................................................................................... 2What Is the Directorate for Technology, Innovation, and Partnership?...................................... 3What Has TIP Accomplished?............................................................................................. 5Technology Translation and Development ...................................................................... 5Regional Innovation and Economic Growth .................................................................... 6Workforce Development............................................................................................... 6How TIP Can Fill in the Gaps in the U.S. Innovation Ecosystem ............................................. 7Recommendations ............................................................................................................ 8Boost TIP Appropriations to $1 Billion for the Coming Fiscal Year ....................................... 8Expand International Research Collaboration .................................................................... 9Conduct Frequent Reviews of TIP’s Performance............................................................... 9Move the ERC and IUCRC Programs Under TIP ................................................................. 9Conclusions ................................................................................................................... 10Endnotes ....................................................................................................................... 11 INTRODUCTION When Congress passed the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022, it authorized $81 billion to theNational Science Foundation (NSF) over five years, with only one-fourth to go to the Directoratefor Technology, Innovation, and Partnership (TIP), which NSF had launched shortly before thislegislation.1The predecessor bill, the Endless Frontier Act, assigned about two-thirds of the newfunding to TIP, but due to intense university lobbying for no-strings-attached funding, the finalbill significantly reduced TIP’s share. Congress intended TIP funding to (1) support use-inspired and translational research andaccelerate the development and use of federally funded research and (2) strengthen U.S.competitiveness by accelerating the development of 10 key technologies. Despite congressional authorization, TIP has received only a fraction of the promised funding:$410 million in supplemental appropriations from the CHIPS and Science Act—far below the$20 billion authorized for FY 2023 to FY 2027. Given China’s massive investment in the 10technologies the act focuses on, the investment to date is a drop in the bucket. If Congress and the Trump administration want to avoid losing the techno-economic war withChina and expand research and innovation, both of which the TIP program promises to deliver,Congress needs to fund TIP in this fiscal year with at least $1 billion. WHAT IS THE DIRECTORATE FOR TECHNOLOGY, INNOVATION, ANDPARTNERSHIP? China is challenging the United States for global technology leadership. In response to thiscrisis, Congress passed the CHIPS and Science Act. But shortly before this, the then-director ofNSF, Sethuraman Panchanathan, created a new directorate, TIP, within NSF to focus more onboth research with industry relevance and technology commercialization to industry. This was tobe a somewhat new ap