PCAST Documents and Reports

President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST)

• PCAST Committee

2025

• Letter on Future Opportunities for Science and Technology to Impact the Nation (January 15, 2025)
  • Letter to the President
• Harnessing Social and Behavioral Science Insights to Enhance Policymaking and Improve the Lives of the American People (January 15, 2025)
  • Report
  • Letter to the President and Executive Summary

2024

• Report on Recommendations for Improving Groundwater Security in the United States (December 14, 2024)
  • Report
  • Letter to the President and Executive Summary
• Report on Recommendations for the Networking and Information Technology Research and Development Program (December 5, 2024)
  • Report
  • Letter to the President and Executive Summary
• Letter on Recommendations for Expanding STEM Talent in the Federal Workforce (October 23, 2024)
  • Letter to the President
• Report on Recommendations for Advancing Nutrition Science (September 20, 2024)
  • Report
  • Letter to the President and Executive Summary
• Report on Recommendations for Supercharging Research: Harnessing Artificial Intelligence to Meet Global Challenges (April 29, 2024)
  • Report
  • Letter to the President and Executive Summary
• Joint Statement to Leaders from PCAST and the United Kingdom’s Prime Minister’s Council for Science and Technology (March 14, 2024)
  • Joint Statement
• Report on Recommendations for Strategy for Cyber-Physical Resilience (February 27, 2024)
  • Report
  • Letter to the President and Executive Summary
• Report on Recommendations for Accelerating Effective Reduction of Greenhouse Gas Emissions (February 20, 2024)
  • Report
  • Letter to the President and Executive Summary

2023

• Report on Recommendations for A Transformational Effort on Patient Safety (September 7, 2023)
  • Report
  • Letter to the President and Executive Summary
• Letter on Recommendations for Advancing Public Engagement with the Sciences (August 29, 2023)
  • Letter to the President
• Report on Recommendations for the National Nanotechnology Initiative (August 18, 2023)
  • Report
  • Executive Summary
• Report on Recommendations for Supporting the U.S. Public Health Workforce (May 1, 2023)
  • Report
  • Letter to the President and Executive Summary
• Report on Recommendations for Enhancing Prediction and Protecting Communities Against Extreme Weather Risk (April 24, 2023)
  • Report
  • Letter to the President and Executive Summary
• Report on Recommendations for Modernizing Wildland Firefighting (February 22, 2023)
  • Report
  • Letter to the President and Executive Summary

2022

• Report on Recommendations for Strengthening U.S. Biomanufacturing (December 8, 2022)
  • Report
  • Letter to the President and Executive Summary
• Report on Recommendations for Semiconductors R&D (September 20, 2022)
  • Report
• Letter on Recommendations for Semiconductors R&D (August 9, 2022)
  • Letter to the President

Framing

• President Biden’s Letter to OSTP Director, Dr. Eric Lander (January 15, 2021)
  • View Letter

Historical Documents

• Letter from Dr. Vannevar Bush (OSRD Director) to President Roosevelt (November 17, 1944)
  • View Letter