WASHINGTON, Aug. 3 -- Senator Todd Young issued the following press release:
U.S. Senators Todd Young (R-Ind.) and Mark Warner (D-Va.) introduced the Promoting High-skilled Doctoral Talent (PHD Talent) Act, legislation to strengthen America's pipeline of scientists and engineers by helping universities establish accelerated bachelors-to-Ph.D. pathways in critical and emerging technology fields.
The legislation would create a Department of Energy (DOE) program to support partnerships among universities, National Laboratories, and industry that prepare more American students for doctoral-level careers in strategically important fields such as artificial intelligence, semiconductors, quantum science, advanced manufacturing, biotechnology, cy...