About US Stem

Accepting applications for US STEM Immigration Track

Fast Grants Program

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About Our Programs

US STEM Track

Talent is everywhere, but opportunity is not.

The U.S. STEM track focuses on leveraging existing immigration pathways, such as the O-1 visa and the Early Career STEM Research Initiative, to bring STEM talent to the United States.

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Our Approach

Immigration matters for the global advancement of innovation and science.

For example, study of International Math Olympiad (IMO) medalists found that those who were able to move were 3x more productive. IMO winners who were able to move to the U.S. were 6x more productive (Agarwal et al 2021).

Almost a quarter of all US innovation since 1976 can be attributed to high-skilled, foreign-born individuals (Bernstein et al 2022).

Back-of-the envelope calculations suggest that bringing a highly skilled immigrant to the US for 10 years generates ~$2.7–11.3M in social value via their impact on R&D alone.

Call for Applications

The Fund is excited to announce the initiation of the Fast Grants Challenge under the U.S. STEM Immigration program.

This initiative is aimed at enhancing and fully utilizing the immigration opportunities available to STEM professionals seeking to enter the United States.

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