Science and Technology Policy Institute

The Science and Technology Policy Institute (STPI) is a Federally funded research and development center located in Washington, D.C. STPI provides objective research and analysis on science and technology policy issues in support of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), as well as for its sponsor, the National Science Foundation, and other science-performing Federal agencies. STPI is administered by the non-profit Institute for Defense Analyses, located in Alexandria, Virginia.

In 1990, Congress chartered the Critical Technologies Institute (CTI). This law established CTI as a Federally funded research and development center under the sponsorship of the Office of Science and Technology Policy and supported by appropriations from the Department of Defense. During this period, CTI was administered by the RAND Corporation. In 1998, Congress enacted the National Science Foundation Authorization Act of 1998, changing the name of the Critical Technologies Institute to the Science and Technology Policy Institute (STPI). This act also changed the sponsorship of STPI from the Department of Defense to the National Science Foundation and amended the institute's duties. In 2003, the RAND Corporation was replaced by the Institute for Defense Analyses as the administrator of STPI.