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The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are private, nonprofit institutions that provide expert advice on some of the most pressing challenges facing the nation and world. Our ...

The first part of this past summer, I was preoccupied with preparing three different grant applications. Writing grants is a normal part of my job. Heck, sometimes it feels like it is the majority of ...

When Anant Agarwal was a young man, he entered the most competitive college admissions tournament in the world. Every year, nearly half a million students compete for only 10,000 spots in the ...