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Science has resurfaced. President Joe Biden made the announcement just seven days after taking office.
"Scientific and technology knowledge, data, and evidence are vital to the development and iterative refinement of solid policies, as well as the delivery of equitable programs, across every department of government," he added in the statement. He also demanded that all federal agencies in the United States choose a top professional to serve as Agency Chief Scientist and Scientific Integrity Official right away.

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What is the significance of this for USAID?

Science is crucial to our work, especially in the face of a global epidemic. It helps us understand and build solutions across cultures, geographies, and industries as our development challenges get more complicated. It teaches us how to plan for and respond to disasters, create health-care systems, build resilience, increase agricultural output, and analyze environmental changes using science.

Ticora V. Jones was chosen to both jobs by USAID due to its growing relevance in development.

"USAID's openness to experiment, ask questions, and embrace the complexity of the challenges we work on gives me hope for the future of science and inclusive development," adds Ticora, who holds degrees from MIT and UMass Amherst.

"Science has an impact on how effective our work can be, therefore it's important to support these initiatives."

Ticora manages the Agency's research policy and activities as managing director for research and interim head of the Innovation, Technology, and Research Hub.

Ticora, a trained engineer with over ten years of international development experience, uses not only her professional skills, but also her personal experiences as a member of an underserved community to motivate and inspire development practitioners all over the world, as well as to encourage greater diversity, equity, and inclusion at USAID.



Ticora believes that scientific and technological advancements are critical to international growth, citing the Industrial Revolution as an example. During the pandemic, she also feels science and technology helped individuals interact across countries and regions. Ticora V. Jones provided the photo.

Ticora helped build an Agency-wide strategy for science and technology through policy and programming meant to raise USAID's footprint in this field as an American Association for the Advancement of Science Diplomacy, Security, and Development Fellow in 2009. In 2012, she helped develop the Higher Education Solutions Network, which works with higher education institutions all over the world to build bridges amongst researchers using a multidisciplinary approach to science, technology, innovation, and entrepreneurship.

The ResilientAfrica Network at Makerere University, one of the Higher Education Solutions Network program's development laboratories, has become a research leader in Uganda, on the African continent, and globally, thanks to Ticora's leadership and mentoring. The ResilientAfrica Network has become a sought-after partner by prominent U.S. universities and is well networked across industries and geographies as a result of a long-term engagement with USAID. Uganda is presently establishing a government research grant financing program for local research handled by the school, comparable to the National Science Foundation in the United States – one of just a few in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Over the previous decade, Ticora has also elevated USAID's Partnerships for Enhanced Engagement in Research (PEER) program. PEER provides funding to researchers in partner nations who work with US government-funded researchers in the US. The program brings together a wide group of partners to find, test, and scale novel solutions for development's most pressing issues.

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Ticora will work with the Agency Research & Development Council to expedite President Biden's science goals as top scientist, assisting in the coordination of the Agency's research and development operations.

"Science work at USAID must continue to progress," she says, "since the world is changing and our capacity to stay up is important to our job as an international development organization."

Author Information

Eseroghene Oruma is the lead Communications Specialist for USAID's Innovation, Technology, and Research Hub's Research Division.