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Compete Connect — June 2026 Edition
Dear Council on Competitiveness Community, The celebration of our Council’s 40th anniversary and the nation's 250th Independence Day is the right time to consider the extraordinary role innovation – encompassing imagination, insight, ingenuity, invention, and impact – has always played in America’s history of prosperity and global leadership.  As we noted in our seminal report, […]
Council Insight: New Analysis Warns of Historic Contraction in U.S. Scientific Research Funding
Source: Grant Witness A new analysis of National Science Foundation (NSF) grant awards and funding trends raises concerns about the future of the U.S. research enterprise. The data indicate the NSF is on pace for its lowest level of research grantmaking in more than 50 years, with both the number of awards and the total […]
America's Heartland Is Fueling the Next Generation Bioeconomy | Forbes.com
Photo: The Hon. Deborah L. Wince-Smith, President and CEO, Council on CompetitivenessPhoto credit: University of Nebraska System The next great U.S. innovation story is growing in Nebraska. In her latest Forbes.com article, the Hon. Deborah L. Wince-Smith, President and CEO of the Council on Competitiveness, makes the case that America’s Heartland has many of the assets needed […]
Council Insight: The Jobs Gap America Is Not Counting
During the Council's Summer 2026 Board, Executive Committee, and National Commission Meeting, Gallup Chairman and Council Executive Committee Member Jim Clifton opened the day with a challenge to the standard framing of U.S. economic health. The 4.3 percent official unemployment rate reported that morning, he argued, excludes a vast number of Americans who are, effectively, […]
Compete Connect — May 2026 Edition
Dear Council on Competitiveness Community, As we move into summer, having paid our respects to America’s military personnel who made the ultimate sacrifice to ensure our freedoms, we continue to build momentum toward our country’s 250th birthday and our own 40th anniversary celebration this December. Please make sure to save the dates for this special edition of the […]
Transforming Computing, Transforming Maryland — A New Approach To Place-Making Innovation | Forbes.com
Left to right: The Hon. Deborah L. Wince-Smith, President and CEO, Council on Competitiveness, Dr. Darryll J. Pines, President, University of Maryland, College Park, and Dr. David K. Wilson, President, Morgan State UniversityPhoto credit: Exquisitely Composed Images What does it take to build the United States' next great innovation ecosystem? In Maryland, we saw an […]
Compete Connect — April 2026 Edition
Dear Council on Competitiveness Community, The 2026 sprint continues! Coming off an incredibly successful Maryland edition of the “Competitiveness Conversations Across America” at the end of March, we pivoted fast to an early 2026 Board Meeting – combined with a special, virtual meeting of our Executive Committee and National Commission on Innovation and Competitiveness Frontiers. […]
Council Insight: Two Charts, One Wake-Up Call
Consider these two data sets side by side. The first, drawn from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) data, shows China's R&D investment crossing above that of the United States as early as 2024 — several years before previous predictions, and the result of more than two decades of relentless acceleration. In 2000, China […]
Council on Competitiveness Welcomes Procter & Gamble’s Sundar Raman as New Business Vice Chair
The Council on Competitiveness is pleased to announce that Sundar Raman, Chief Executive Officer of Fabric & Home Care and P&G Ventures at Procter & Gamble, has joined its Board as Business Vice Chair. In this dual capacity, Mr. Raman leads P&G’s largest business sector—home to iconic brands like Tide, Downy, and Swiffer—while also heading […]
Compete Connect — March 2026 Edition
Dear Council on Competitiveness Community, One quarter through our 40th anniversary year, and the imperative to focus and act on the future of U.S. competitiveness has never been greater. This time next month, we will have a major update on our Board’s first meeting in 2026 – during which they, along with our Executive Committee […]
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