With the recent launch of our policy website and blog, Lincoln Network is seeking to expand its roster of guest contributors in DC, Silicon Valley, and other tech/policy hubs. Topics of interest include (but are not limited to):

• Silicon Valley vs. DC culture and translation problems 💿🆚🏛️
• Hot takes on tech policy issues in the news 🤷‍♂️🔥
• Conservative landscape mapping on tech policy 🐘🗺️
• Techlash and related policy issues 😠🖥️
• Venture capital policy issues 🏦💰🦄
• Promoting more hard tech (atoms vs. bits) ⚛️🆚🖥️
• The role of federal R&D spending in promoting innovation 🏛️💰💡
• Novel approaches to promote economic growth / Progress studies 📈
• Concentrated platform power vs. decentralized Internet ⛪🆚🛍️
• Policy divide between big tech and startups, mid-cap, VCs 🏢🆚🏘️🏗️
• Innovation governance and institutional design / institutional vs. technical challenges for innovation 🏛️💡
• Edge cases for permissionless innovation 💡🙈🤔
• New governance approaches to innovation and SEZs 🌐🏛️
• Importing Singaporean policy ideas 🇸🇬💡
• Out-innovating China / American competitiveness 🇨🇳🆚🇺🇸
• Defense tech, DARPA, In-Q-Tel, and related issues 🎖️✈️💻
• Technical talent acquisition and expertise in government 🖥️🏛️
• Technology ethics from a pro-innovation perspective ⚖️🖥️😇
• Synthetic biology, crypto, quantum computing, and other emerging technologies. ⛓️🧬⚛️
• Innovation policy issues not covered by mainstream DC think tanks 👽💡

Blog submissions should be between 750-1500 words, although longer pieces will sometimes be accepted or considered for publication as white papers. Our typical compensation for articles is $200-600 per piece depending on length, frequency, and seniority.

To apply please fill out this form with your bio, writing sample, and list of article ideas.