What should Biden do about science? Survey

	Yes	Maybe	No
a. Re-enter the Paris climate accord	a. Re-enter the Paris climate accord Yes	a. Re-enter the Paris climate accord Maybe	a. Re-enter the Paris climate accord No
b. Re-enter the World Health Organisation	b. Re-enter the World Health Organisation Yes	b. Re-enter the World Health Organisation Maybe	b. Re-enter the World Health Organisation No
c. Call a global summit to create a new world order for funding and managing science	c. Call a global summit to create a new world order for funding and managing science Yes	c. Call a global summit to create a new world order for funding and managing science Maybe	c. Call a global summit to create a new world order for funding and managing science No
d. Propose a major boost in US R&D budgets, for both private and public organisations	d. Propose a major boost in US R&D budgets, for both private and public organisations Yes	d. Propose a major boost in US R&D budgets, for both private and public organisations Maybe	d. Propose a major boost in US R&D budgets, for both private and public organisations No
e. Announce reform of US visa rules for researchers and engineers	e. Announce reform of US visa rules for researchers and engineers Yes	e. Announce reform of US visa rules for researchers and engineers Maybe	e. Announce reform of US visa rules for researchers and engineers No
f. Announce a major new pandemic R&D initiative, on a war-time budget level	f. Announce a major new pandemic R&D initiative, on a war-time budget level Yes	f. Announce a major new pandemic R&D initiative, on a war-time budget level Maybe	f. Announce a major new pandemic R&D initiative, on a war-time budget level No

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a. Re-enter the Paris climate accord

a. Re-enter the Paris climate accord Yes

a. Re-enter the Paris climate accord Maybe

a. Re-enter the Paris climate accord No

b. Re-enter the World Health Organisation

b. Re-enter the World Health Organisation Yes

b. Re-enter the World Health Organisation Maybe

b. Re-enter the World Health Organisation No

c. Call a global summit to create a new world order for funding and managing science

c. Call a global summit to create a new world order for funding and managing science Yes

c. Call a global summit to create a new world order for funding and managing science Maybe

c. Call a global summit to create a new world order for funding and managing science No

d. Propose a major boost in US R&D budgets, for both private and public organisations

d. Propose a major boost in US R&D budgets, for both private and public organisations Yes

d. Propose a major boost in US R&D budgets, for both private and public organisations Maybe

d. Propose a major boost in US R&D budgets, for both private and public organisations No

e. Announce reform of US visa rules for researchers and engineers

e. Announce reform of US visa rules for researchers and engineers Yes

e. Announce reform of US visa rules for researchers and engineers Maybe

e. Announce reform of US visa rules for researchers and engineers No

f. Announce a major new pandemic R&D initiative, on a war-time budget level

f. Announce a major new pandemic R&D initiative, on a war-time budget level Yes

f. Announce a major new pandemic R&D initiative, on a war-time budget level Maybe

f. Announce a major new pandemic R&D initiative, on a war-time budget level No

	Yes	Maybe	No
a. End restrictions on US-China collaboration, because the world can benefit	a. End restrictions on US-China collaboration, because the world can benefit Yes	a. End restrictions on US-China collaboration, because the world can benefit Maybe	a. End restrictions on US-China collaboration, because the world can benefit No
b. Tighten restrictions, because the Chinese government isn’t to be trusted	b. Tighten restrictions, because the Chinese government isn’t to be trusted Yes	b. Tighten restrictions, because the Chinese government isn’t to be trusted Maybe	b. Tighten restrictions, because the Chinese government isn’t to be trusted No
c. Force China to protect US intellectual property with trade penalties if necessary	c. Force China to protect US intellectual property with trade penalties if necessary Yes	c. Force China to protect US intellectual property with trade penalties if necessary Maybe	c. Force China to protect US intellectual property with trade penalties if necessary No
d. Restrict US-China collaboration only in sensitive, strategic technologies	d. Restrict US-China collaboration only in sensitive, strategic technologies Yes	d. Restrict US-China collaboration only in sensitive, strategic technologies Maybe	d. Restrict US-China collaboration only in sensitive, strategic technologies No

Yes

Maybe

a. End restrictions on US-China collaboration, because the world can benefit

a. End restrictions on US-China collaboration, because the world can benefit Yes

a. End restrictions on US-China collaboration, because the world can benefit Maybe

a. End restrictions on US-China collaboration, because the world can benefit No

b. Tighten restrictions, because the Chinese government isn’t to be trusted

b. Tighten restrictions, because the Chinese government isn’t to be trusted Yes

b. Tighten restrictions, because the Chinese government isn’t to be trusted Maybe

b. Tighten restrictions, because the Chinese government isn’t to be trusted No

c. Force China to protect US intellectual property with trade penalties if necessary

c. Force China to protect US intellectual property with trade penalties if necessary Yes

c. Force China to protect US intellectual property with trade penalties if necessary Maybe

c. Force China to protect US intellectual property with trade penalties if necessary No

d. Restrict US-China collaboration only in sensitive, strategic technologies

d. Restrict US-China collaboration only in sensitive, strategic technologies Yes

d. Restrict US-China collaboration only in sensitive, strategic technologies Maybe

d. Restrict US-China collaboration only in sensitive, strategic technologies No

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* 3. How should Biden handle scientific relations with the rest of the world? Please pick up to 3 options.

a. Work towards the US joining the Horizon Europe R&D programme

b. Increase the number of bilateral R&D funding programmes with other countries

c. Increase mutual security R&D – cyber, AI, space, nuclear - with NATO members

d. Boost spending on R&D collaboration in developing countries

e. Expand international student-exchange and fellowship programmes

Other:

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* 4. What are the most important things Biden could do to tackle this and future pandemics? Please pick 3 options.

a. Increase international cooperation on pandemic research

b. Launch a major new US pandemic agency to fund public and private R&D

c. Create a new mechanism to coordinate US state and federal pandemic response efforts

d. Create a new international system monitoring and modelling infectious disease

e. Boost funding for fundamental research on infectious diseases

Other:

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* 5. What are the most important things Biden could do to tackle climate change? Please pick 3 options.

a. Establish a new, dedicated climate change research agency

b. Plan and fund green infrastructure development

c. Mount a big electric vehicle push, on the scale of the 1950s highway construction

d. Empower the Environmental Protection Agency and other environmental agencies with more money, regulatory powers, and research budget

e. Introduce legislation to enact and fund the "Green New Deal"

Other:

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* 6. Is there anything else Biden should do to promote science at home and abroad?

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* 7. In what country do you live?

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* 8. Are you a:

Researcher

Working in industry/business

Working in government/public sector

Working for an NGO/association

Student

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What should Biden do about science?

A Science|Business survey

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* 1. What should Biden do in his first 100 days, for science?

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* 2. How should Biden handle scientific relations with China?

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* 3. How should Biden handle scientific relations with the rest of the world? Please pick up to 3 options.

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* 4. What are the most important things Biden could do to tackle this and future pandemics? Please pick 3 options.

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* 5. What are the most important things Biden could do to tackle climate change? Please pick 3 options.

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* 6. Is there anything else Biden should do to promote science at home and abroad?

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* 7. In what country do you live?

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* 8. Are you a: