innovation at three levels: federal and state policy, municipal ecosystems, and academic entrepreneurship and innovation. The center was founded with a gift of $8 million from Robert McNair and his wife Janice, through the Robert and Janice McNair Foundation. Mexico Center The Mexico Center works to create policy research on issues that affect the Mexico and the United States. The center's research agenda currently focuses on eight major issues: trade, energy, telecommunications, health care, infrastructure, education, human mobility, and the administration of justice/security. Politics and Elections The Presidential Elections program focuses on nonpartisan analysis of presidential elections. Staff include John P. Williams and Mark P. Jones. Religion and Public Policy The Religion Policy Program studies the effects of religion on politics in America and around the world on several topics, including voting patterns, the role of faith-based organizations, conflict resolution, and religious fundamentalism in the Middle East. Space Policy The International Space Medicine Summit brings together “leading physicians, space biomedical scientists, engineers, astronauts and cosmonauts from the space-faring nations for high-level discussions about the research needed to prevent and/or mitigate the medical and biomedical challenges spacefarers experience in long-duration spaceflight.” Staff include George W. S. Abbey and Neal F. Lane. Science and Technology The Science and Technology Program focuses on issues that include “space, health, medicine, energy and the environment, national and domestic security, science education, and the public’s understanding and trust of science.” Notable staff include Robert Bazell, Neal F. Lane, Kristin R.W. Matthews, and Robert Curl. Major Publications The Iraq Study Group was supported by the Baker Institute and co-chaired by Secretary Baker. It was a bipartisan panel with the mandate to "conduct a forward-looking, independent assessment of the current and prospective situation on the ground in Iraq, its impact on the surrounding region, and consequences for U.S. interests." The group produced the Iraq Study Group Report in 2006. Student involvement Jesse Jones Summer Leadership Center Students secure their internships independently of the institute, but get support from experts and staff members. The mission of the program is to "offer Rice University undergraduate students hands-on experience in the world of public policy research and analysis in our nation's capital." The program was founded in 2004 and since its inception, the program has funded 141 students to work in Washington, D.C. for the summer. Moscow Summer Intern Program Undergraduates from Rice and other U.S. universities can apply for a