What it will take to make more flexible and responsive funding available to rural development organizations serving low-income and persistent poverty rural regions?| Aspen Institute Community Strategies Group
Most notably, CHIPS authorized rising spending targets for key anchors of the nation’s innovation ecosystem, including the National Science Foundation (NSF), the Department of Energy’s Office of Science, and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). In that regard, the act’s passage was a breakthrough—including for an expanded focus on place-based industrial policy.| Brookings