C6 · Pillar C · Growth Acceleration
Federal R&D restoration
Raise federal R&D toward the postwar share of GDP (about 1.0–1.2 percent versus ~0.7 percent today), rebalanced toward applied research and translation: NSF, NIH, DARPA and ARPA-style programs, a permanent expanded R&D tax credit, and technology-transfer modernization.
- 10-year fiscal
- +$75B costInvestment
- Implementation
- Years 1–10
- Middle class
- Positive
- Planetary
- Positive
$50B–$100B · High confidence
Medium- and long-term productivity gains.
Includes clean-energy and climate-adaptation research.
Global precedent
South Korea and Israel sustain higher R&D intensity. The post-Sputnik U.S. mobilization is the domestic precedent. CHIPS and Science (2022) is the recent bipartisan statute.
Lead mechanism
OSTP; NSF; NIH; DARPA.
Bipartisan framing
Broadly bipartisan. CHIPS and Science Act (2022) is the recent precedent.
Figures in this framework are illustrative directional estimates derived from publicly available data and conventional Congressional Budget Office budget-window logic. They are not official CBO scores. Any provision adopted from this framework would require formal CBO scoring before legislative consideration. This document is a policy white paper, not an introduced bill.